Birds flying through the sky are bound to leave traces. Did Tagore say that?

Tagore did not say. Tagore said, "There is no trace of wings left in the sky, but I have already flown", which is from firefly collection.

Original text:

I left no trace of my wings in the air, but I'm glad I've flown.

Translation:

There are no traces of wings left in the sky, but I have flown.

Firefly Collection is a collection of poems written by Indian poet Tagore, with 257 short poems. Their poems are short and pithy, distinctive in style, vivid and free, with only one sentence as the shortest and eight or nine sentences as the longest.

Extended data

Creation background

The poems in Firefly Collection were written in the 1920s and belong to Tagore's later creation. During this period, the national liberation movement in India continued to rise; The struggle of people all over the world against the fascist aggression of Germany, Japan and Italy is also brewing and going on.

Due to the progress of the times and the development of the situation, Tagore's ideological understanding has also undergone gratifying changes. The poet broke free from the fiery mass movement in the middle period, turned to actively participate in political movements and stubbornly opposed imperialism, colonialism and feudalism.

The influence of the work

As a portrayal of himself, the phrase "There are no traces of wings in the sky, but I flew over" quoted by San Mao, a writer in Taiwan Province Province, has been talked about by many people.

reference data

Baidu encyclopedia-firefly collection