Classic Poems -- Tagore, Stray birds

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 cannot choose the best. The best chooses me.

I cannot select the best one. Is the best choice for me.

The mystery of creation is like the darkness of night-it is great.

Delusions of knowledge are like the fog of the morning.

The mysteries of creation are like the darkness of night-great.

However, the phantom of knowledge is just like the fog in the morning.

 

Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high. ['presipis] n cliff

Don't let your love sit on the cliff because the cliff is high.

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

If you shed tears because of the loss of the sun, you will also lose the stars.

No person deserves your tears, and who deserves them wont make you cry.

No one is worthy of your tears, but those who are worthy of your tears will not make you cry.