The hills are like shouts of children who raise their arms, trying to catch stars.
In plain words
The hills look like children with their arms flung up to the sky.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Stray Birds, aphorism #113 (1916), Tagore's own English wording, not translated.
- Stray Birds
- 1916
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