Tradition and verse — not medical advice
Baby's Way
Shown in author's own English -- not a translation we made.
If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.
It is not for nothing that he does not leave us.
He loves to rest his head on mother's bosom, and cannot ever bear to lose sight of her.
Baby knows all manner of wise words, though few on earth can understand their meaning.
It is not for nothing that he never wants to speak.
The one thing he wants is to learn mother's words from mother's lips. That is why he looks so innocent.
Baby had a heap of gold and pearls, yet he came like a beggar on to this earth.
It is not for nothing he came in such a disguise.
This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless, so that he may beg for mother's wealth of love.
In plain words (ours, not the poet's): the poem imagines that a baby is really a wise, free spirit who chooses, out of love, to become small and helpless — just so his mother gets to hold him and care for him.
Why public domain: Tagore wrote The Crescent Moon in English himself ("translated from the original Bengali by the author"), first published London 1913. US: published before 1929, so public domain in the US. Tagore died 1941; India's copyright term (life + 60 years) means the work has been public domain in India since 2002.