<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480050" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Gardener XIII: I Asked Nothing</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked nothing, only stood at the <br>edge of the wood behind the tree.<br> Languor was still upon the eyes<br>of the dawn, and the dew in the air.<br> The lazy smell of the damp grass<br>hung in the thin mist above the earth.<br> Under the banyan tree you were<br>milking the cow with your hands,<br>tender and fresh as butter.<br> And I was standing still.<br> I did not say a word. It was the<br>bird that sang unseen from the thicket.<br> The mango tree was shedding its<br>flowers upon the village road, and the <br>bees came humming one by one.<br> On the side of the pond the gate of <br>Shiva's temple was opened and the<br>worshipper had begun his chants.<br> With the vessel on your lap you<br>were milking the cow.<br> I stood with my empty can.<br> I did not come near you.<br> The sky woke with the sound of<br>the gong at the temple.<br> The dust was raised in the road<br>from the hoofs of the driven cattle.<br> With the gurgling pitchers at their <br>hips, women came from the river.<br> Your bracelets were jingling, and <br>foam brimming over the jar.<br> The morning wore on and I did not<br>come near you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rabindranath+Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=480050" data-title="The Gardener XIII: I Asked Nothing de Rabindranath Tagore" data-description="I asked nothing, only stood at the edge of the wood behind the tree. Languor was still upon the eyes of the dawn, and the dew in the air. The lazy smell of the damp grass hung in the thin mist above the earth. Under the banyan tree you were mi..."></div> </div> </div>

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