This seemingly simple but philosophical sentence points out the connection between gains and losses and builds a bridge between disappointment and happiness. Let us understand that getting is a kind of happiness. Don't just worry about what is lost in front of you and ignore other scenery around you. Don't lose big because of small things.

Hang your head and immerse yourself in the memories and sadness of the past (people, things, things), then you will miss more scenery and things around you, or people. Everything in the world has a cause and cannot be forced.

Tagore used a symbolic metaphor in this sentence, symbolizing the sun and stars as all kinds of opportunities or things you want in life.

"If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you will also miss the stars." This sentence comes from the sixth poem in Tagore's Stray Birds. The original poem is: If you miss the sun and miss your teacher, you will also miss the stars.

Extended data

Creation background

Birds was created in 19 13, and the first edition was completed in 19 16. One part of Birds was translated by the poet from his own Bengali aphorism Collection of Broken Jade (1899), and the other part was an impromptu English poem written by the poet during his visit to Japan in 19 16.

The poet stayed in Japan for more than three months, and the ladies kept asking him to write a fan or a commemorative book. The poet once praised the simplicity of Japanese haiku, and his Bird was obviously influenced by this poetic style.

The influence of the work

Tagore's Birds had a great influence on modern poetry in China. After the publication of Zheng Zhenduo's translation of Birds, prose poetry became very popular in the poetry world. Xie Bingxin, a poetess, said in the preface of her collection of poems Stars that her poems were influenced by Tagore.

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