Living
Stray Birds 84: In death the many becomes one
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
In death the many becomes one; in life the one becomes many.
Religion will be one when God is dead.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 84: In death the many becomes one.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/271/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 84: In death the many becomes one.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/271/.
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