The Gardener 27
"Trust love even if it brings sorrow. Do not close up your heart.""Ah no, my 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 friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them."
"Pleasure is frail like a dewdrop, while it laughs it dies. Butsorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in youreyes.""Ah no, my friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them."
"The lotus blooms in the sight of the sun, and loses all that ithas. It would not remain in bud in the eternal winter mist.""Ah no, my friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them."
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The Gardener 27 is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Gardener, translated by the author from the original Bengali (Macmillan, London and New York, 1913; this text the 1915 printing), Project Gutenberg ebook #6686; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Rabindranath Tagore, The Gardener 27, in The Gardener (1913), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #6686, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/tagore-gardener/poem-27.html, id L27663.
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