Stray Birds
by Rabindranath Tagore
Indian English • Public Domain • Free to stream
Stray Birds, published in 1916, is a collection of 325 short lyric poems and aphorisms by Rabindranath Tagore. These are intimate, meditative verses that capture fleeting moments of beauty, truth, and longing — observations about nature, love, God, and the human condition compressed into a line or two. Tagore wrote many of them on slips of paper while travelling. They are among the most quoted of his works worldwide, combining Eastern spiritual insight with a simplicity and universality that speaks across all cultures. Stream this beautiful collection free, with no account required.
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Stray Birds was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
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