The Gardener #57

I plucked your flower, O world !



I pressed it to my heart and the thorn pricked.


When the day waned and it darkened,

I found that the flower had faded,

but the pain remained.



More flowers will come to you with perfume and pride, O world !



But my time for flower-gathering is over,

and through the dark night i have not my rose,

only the pain remains.







Rabindranath Tagore