Living
Stray Birds 186: They hated and killed and men praised them
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
They hated and killed and men praised them.
But God in shame hastens to hide its memory under the green grass.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 186: They hated and killed and men praised them.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/373/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 186: They hated and killed and men praised them.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/373/.
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