Living
Stray Birds 268: Death belongs to life as birth does
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the foot as in the laying of it down.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 268: Death belongs to life as birth does.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/455/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 268: Death belongs to life as birth does.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/455/.
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