Quote#Wisdom
Koel! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings?
Quote byPuran Singh · 1881–1931
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sisters of the Spinning Wheel (1921), "Poems from the Land of the Five Rivers", "Koel (The Black Cuckoo)", I.
English (original)
Koel! what lightning fell? what singed thy wings? What keeps thee fresh, yet charred?
— Puran Singh
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