Love

The Gardener 27: Trust love even if it brings sorrow

by Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1915) · From The Gardener (1915)

Love

"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. But sorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in your eyes."
"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 it has. It would not remain in bud in the eternal winter mist."
"Ah no, my friend, your words are dark, I cannot understand them."

MLA

Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 27: Trust love even if it brings sorrow.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/129/.

Chicago

Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 27: Trust love even if it brings sorrow.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/129/.

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