Living
Stray Birds 208: Let my doing nothing when I have nothing
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do become untroubled in its depth of peace like the evening in the seashore when the water is silent.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 208: Let my doing nothing when I have nothing.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/395/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 208: Let my doing nothing when I have nothing.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/395/.
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