On my 72nd Birthday TO BE IS NOT TO BE, THAT’S THE ANSWER O my birthday, Here you come To show me again My old painting, 'THE AGED EMBRYO', Looking at which, I once asked Is that an embryo in the womb Or a dead in the dark tomb? And the difference is that When we the Love Eternal join, We realize that both are Just two faces of the same coin O my Birthday, you've come To make me one year older Yet, how much younger I feel! As I've finally come to find out that TO BE IS NOT TO BE For now, I go on