Extract from Tagore's Birds
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
if you shed tears when you miss the sun, you will also miss the stars.
The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.
When he smiled, the world loved him. When he laughed, the whole world was afraid of him.
once we dreamt that we were strangers. we wake up to find that we were dead to each other.
once, we dreamt that we were strangers. We woke up only to find that we were dear to each other.
do not sit your love upon a precipice (cliff; Cliff; Danger) because it is high.
Don't put your love on a cliff, because the cliff is very high (it is easy to fall to pieces).
what you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.
you can't see yourself, all you see is your shadow.
I can't choose the best. The best choices me.
I can't choose the best, but choose me the best.
the best does not come along. It comes with the company of all.
The best things don't come alone. It comes with everything.
rest beliefs to the work as the eyes to the eyes.
Rest and work are just like eyelids and eyes.
man is worse than an animal when he is an animal.
when a man is an animal, he is worse than an animal.
Don't blame your food because you have no appetite.
Don't blame your food because you have no appetite.
you smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been watching long.
you smiled slightly and didn't talk to me. And I feel that I have been waiting for this for a long time.
the stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.
The stars are not afraid to look like fireflies.
man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.
man can't express himself in his history, he struggles to get ahead in it.
life is given to us, we get it by giving it.
God has given us life, and we can really get it only by giving our lives.
we come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
when we are greatly humble, we are closest to greatness.
the sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.
The sparrow sees the peacock bearing its tail and worries about it.
the perfect decks itself in beauty for the love of the perfect.
"perfection" decorates itself beautifully for the love of "imperfection".
god says to man, "I heal you there I hurt, love you there punish."
god says to people, "I hurt you because I heal you, and punish you because I love you".
thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lamp holder standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
thank the flame for giving you light, but don't forget the lamp holder, who stands firmly and patiently in the darkness.
tiny grass, your steps are small, but you are posseses the earth under your tread.
Grass, your steps are small, but you own the land under your feet.
wrong can't be wrong but right can.
mistakes can't stand failure, but truth is not afraid of failure.
the mist, like love, plays on teh heart of the hills and bringing out surprises of beauty.
Fog, like love, plays in the heart of a mountain peak, giving birth to all kinds of beautiful changes.
we read the world wrong and say that it decides us.
We read the world wrong and say it deceives us.
Man barricades again himself.
Man has set up obstacles for himself.
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; He who loves finds the gate open.
He who wants to be a good person knocks at the door; He who knows love sees that the door is open.
The artist is the lover of nature, there he is her slave and her master.
The artist is the lover of nature, so he is the slave of nature and her master.
the dust receives the insult and in return offers her flowers.
dust is insulted, but it is rewarded with flowers.
Do not insure your friend by lending his merits from your own pocket.
Don't take out your merit from your own pocket and lend it to your friend, which is an insult to him.
the echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original.
The echo mocks her original to prove that she is the original.
The sun has his simple rod of light. The clouds are discarded with gorgeousness.
The sun only wears a simple light coat, but the white clouds are covered with splendid skirts.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
When you don't wait to tell the complete truth, it's easy to tell the "truth".
Ask the possible to the impossible,
Where is your dying-place,
In the dreams of the impromptu, comes the answer.
"Maybe" asks "Impossible", "Where do you live?" It replied, "In the dream of the powerless".
if you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.
if you shut the door on all mistakes, the truth will be shut out.
the leaf becomes flowers when it loves. The flower becomes fruits when it hurts.
Green leaves become flowers when they are in love, and fruits when flowers worship.
The small truth has words that are clear; The great truth has great silence.
The truth can be clearly stated in clear words; Dali has only silence.
he who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
People who are too busy doing good can't find time to be good.
darkness travels towards light, but blindness towards death.
Darkness leads to light, while blindness leads to death.
life has become richer by the love that has been lost.
Life is richer because of losing love.
let him only see the thorns who have eyes to see the rose.
Let those who open their eyes to see the rose also see its thorns.
the moon has her light all over the sky, her dark spots to her elf.
The moon shines her light all over the sky, but keeps her black spots for herself.
the stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes.
the river of truth flows through the wrong ditch.
the false can never grow into truth by growing in power.
Hypocrisy can never become true by virtue of its growth in power.
I have suffered and despaired and know death and I am glad that I am in this great world.
I have experienced pain, despair and death, and I am glad to live in this great world.