Living
Stray Birds 280: Let the dead have the immortality of fame
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1916) · From Stray Birds (1916)
Living
Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 280: Let the dead have the immortality of fame.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/467/.
Chicago
Tagore, Rabindranath. “Stray Birds 280: Let the dead have the immortality of fame.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/467/.
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