The soil in return for her service
keeps the tree tied to her,
the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.

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Text Authorship:

• by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fireflies, no. 28 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Ralph D'Mello (b. 195?), "Fireflies", 1999 [ tenor or baritone and clarinet ], from Tagore Songs, no. 2
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