By: Rabindranath Tagore
Ah, who was it coloured that little frock, my child and covered your sweet limbs with
that little tunic?
You have come out in the morning to play in the courtyard, tottering and tumbling as
you run.
But who was if coloured that little frock, my child?
What is it makes you laugh, my little life-bud?
Mother smiles at you standing on the threshold.
She claps her hands and her bracelets jingle, and you dance with your bamboo stick
in your hand like a tiny little shepherd.
But what is it makes you laugh, my little life-bud?
O beggar, what do you beg for clinging to your mother’s neck with both your hands?
O greedy heart, shall I pluck the world like a fruit from the sky to place it on your little
rosy palm?
O beggar, what are you begging for?
The wind carries away in glee the tinkling og your anklet bells.
The sun smiles and watches your toilet.
The sky watches over you when you sleep in your mother arms, and the morning
The wind carries away in glee tinkling of your anklet bells.
The fairy mistress of dreams is coming towards you flying through the twilight sky.
The world- mother keeps her seat by you in your mother’s heart.
He who plays his music to the stars is standing at your window with his flute.
And the fairy mistress of dreams is coming towards you, flying through the twilight sky.
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