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The Gardener 47: If you would have it so
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore (1915) · From The Gardener (1915)
If you would have it so, I will end my singing.
If it sets your heart aflutter, I will take away my eyes from your face.
If it suddenly startles you in your walk, I will 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 wanton and wild, I will not row my boat by your bank.
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MLA
Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 47: If you would have it so.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/149/.
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Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Gardener 47: If you would have it so.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tagore/149/.
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