"Why did the flower fade?
I clutched it to my heart in excess of feeling and crushed it.
Why did the lamp go out?
I shielded it to my heart in my cloak and it got no air."
2007-03-28 06:13:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
THE WAY OF WISDOM
Why did the lamp go out?
I smothered it with my coat,
To protect it from the storm.
That’s why the lamp went out.
Why did the flower fade?
I pressed it to my heart
In fear-filled love.
That’s why the flower faded.
Why did the river dry up?
I built a dam
To keep it all for myself.
That’s why the river dried up.
Why did the harp-string snap?
I wanted to force a note from it
That it could not give.
That’s why the harp-string
snapped.
Rabindranath Tagore
2007-03-28 07:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by britishchippy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 - The Gardener
Why did the lamp go out?
I shaded it with my cloak to save it from the wind, that is why
the lamp went out.
Why did the flower fade?
I pressed it to my heart with anxious love, that is why the
flower faded.
Why did the stream dry up?
I put a dam across it to have it for my use, that is why the
stream dried up.
Why did the harp-string break?
I tried to force a note that was beyond its power, that is why
the harp-string is broken.
2007-03-29 19:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE WAY OF WISDOM
Why did the lamp go out?
I smothered it with my coat,
To protect it from the storm.
That’s why the lamp went out.
Why did the flower fade?
I pressed it to my heart
In fear-filled love.
That’s why the flower faded.
Why did the river dry up?
I built a dam
To keep it all for myself.
That’s why the river dried up.
Why did the harp-string snap?
I wanted to force a note from it
That it could not give.
That’s why the harp-string
snapped.
2007-03-28 23:01:23 · answer #3 · answered by kushal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is from "The Gardener", section 52.
Section 57 is a nice follow-up:
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.
2007-03-28 13:45:48 · answer #4 · answered by RE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is from the way of wisdom.
2007-03-30 11:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by ss k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋