<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=503874" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The candle and the fly</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A woman in love is a candle; <br>Her love and the candle’s flame are to burn.<br>Her pining is the candle’s burning.<br>They pine and burn and exhaust themselves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A man in love is like a fly; <br>Both are in flight towards their targets<br>Of love and flame, to which they succumb<br>By one longing and the other by falling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The candle is burnt; so is the beloved.<br>The fly is burnt; so is the lover.<br>No doubt, the end for them is mere ash<br>But their pursuits gave them enough push.<br>27.10.2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</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=503874" data-title="The candle and the fly de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="A woman in love is a candle; Her love and the candle’s flame are to burn. Her pining is the candle’s burning. They pine and burn and exhaust themselves. A man in love is like a fly; Both are in flight towards their targets Of love and flame..."></div> </div> </div>

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