Living
Stray Birds 235: Do not say
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Do not say, "It is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 235: Do not say.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/422/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 235: Do not say.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/422/.
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