Fireflies (Rabindranth Tagore)

 My fancies are fireflies--

Specks of living light

Twinkling in the dark.

"Let me light my lamp,"

Says the star,

"And never debate

If it will help to remove the darkness."

Poem taken from:

Rabindranth Tagore, Indian Poet and Philosopher, 1861 - 1941

Translated from the Bengali by the author

Cousineau, Phil (editor). Burning the Midnight Oil: Illuminating Words for the Long Night's Journey into Day. Viva Editions, 2013.