Why me ?

Oh that I might have my request ;

And that God would grant me the thing that I long for !

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Job 6:8

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I seek what I cannot get,

I get what I do not seek.

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The Gardener #15 · Rabindranath Tagore

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

The Gardener #52

Why did the lamp go out ?

I shaded it with my cloak to saveif from the wind,

that is why the lamp went out.

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Why did the flower fade?

I pressed it to my heart with anxious love,

that is why the flower faded.

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Why did the stream dry up?

I put a dam across it to have it for my use,

that is why the steam dried up.

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Why did the harp-string break?

I tried to force a note that was beyongits power,

that is why the harp-string is broken.

Rabindranath Tagore

The Gardener #47

If you would have it so,
I will end my sing.
If it sets your heart aflutter,
I will take away my eyes from your face.
If it suddenly startles you in your walk,
I wil step aside and take another path.
If it confuses you in your flower weaving,
I will shun your lonely garden.
If it makes the water wanto and wild,
I will not row my boat by your bank.




Rabindranath Tagore