The moon's smile has forsaken all restraint, the light overflows. O 'rajanigandha' pour out all your smell. The agitated wind doesn't know in which direction to move- Everyone looks lovely when it encompasses the blossoming bower. Today the blue sky's forehead is washed in sandal, The coupled-swan of the eloquent wood have spread their wings. With a plant from paradise, what does the moon spread around the world. What honeymoon- light from heaven is lit up here. --from Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore, translated by Abu Rushd