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The Gardener (Tagore)/27

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3918509The Gardener — 271913Rabindranath Tagore

“TRUST love even if it brings sorrow. Do not close up your heart.”
“Ah no, my dear friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them.”

“The heart is only for giving away with a tear and a song, my love.”
“Ah no, my dear friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them.”

“Pleasure is frail like a dewdrop, while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in your eyes.”
“Ah no, my dear friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them.”

“The lotus blooms in the sight of the sun, and loses all that it has. It would not remain in bud in the eternal winter mist.”
“Ah no, my dear friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them.”