I dream of a star, an island of light, where I shall be born and in the depth of its quickening leisure my life will ripen its works like the ricefield in the autumn sun.
我梦见一颗星,一座光的岛,我将在那里诞生;在那孕育生命的深深闲暇中,我的生命将使作品成熟,如秋阳下的稻田。
— Rabindranath Tagore · Stray Birds, 310 (1916) —