This World Is Beautiful!

I am a big fan of Rabindranath Tagore and his works appeared in this Blogger two times already. The other day, when I was reserving my books with the local library, I decided to make a complete search for Tagore and a book titled "This World Is Beautiful!" came up and actually it's a (rare) collection of Tagore's works.

Inside this book, there is a poem I read the first time, and was written by Tagore in 1886 (age 26).

LIFE
This world is beautiful. I do not want to die.
I wish to live in the life of man,
and have a place in his living heart,
as in a sunbright flowerful garden.
Oh, the ceaseless ripple of life on earth,
the meetings and partings so happy and sad
With human joys and griefs I shall wreathe my song,
and live for ever in the deathless life of man.
If I fail, then may I have
a little place in your midst, my friends,
and make new songs at morn and eve,
like flowers that bloom to be culled by you.
Pick my flowers with a smile on your face,
and throw them away when they fade.

My friends, pick my flowers with a smile on your face, and throw them away when they fade!