If you would have it so ... Rabindranath Tagore

photo: Passion flower

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.


Rabindranath Tagore (b. 7 May 1861 in Calcutta, British India; d. 7 August 1941 in Calcutta, British India)