BIRTHDAY SONGBy NAHABED KOUCHAKOnthe morning of thy birthWe were glad but thou wert wailing,See that when thou leav’st the earthThou art glad and we bewailing.Let me speak unto thy heart,—List if thou hast understanding;Keep thyself from fools apart,All their flatteries withstanding.For the fool, like fire and heat,Scorcheth everything, and burneth;But the wise, like water sweet,Deserts into gardens turneth.
BIRTHDAY SONGBy NAHABED KOUCHAKOnthe morning of thy birthWe were glad but thou wert wailing,See that when thou leav’st the earthThou art glad and we bewailing.Let me speak unto thy heart,—List if thou hast understanding;Keep thyself from fools apart,All their flatteries withstanding.For the fool, like fire and heat,Scorcheth everything, and burneth;But the wise, like water sweet,Deserts into gardens turneth.
BIRTHDAY SONG
By NAHABED KOUCHAKOnthe morning of thy birthWe were glad but thou wert wailing,See that when thou leav’st the earthThou art glad and we bewailing.Let me speak unto thy heart,—List if thou hast understanding;Keep thyself from fools apart,All their flatteries withstanding.For the fool, like fire and heat,Scorcheth everything, and burneth;But the wise, like water sweet,Deserts into gardens turneth.
By NAHABED KOUCHAK
Onthe morning of thy birthWe were glad but thou wert wailing,See that when thou leav’st the earthThou art glad and we bewailing.Let me speak unto thy heart,—List if thou hast understanding;Keep thyself from fools apart,All their flatteries withstanding.For the fool, like fire and heat,Scorcheth everything, and burneth;But the wise, like water sweet,Deserts into gardens turneth.
Onthe morning of thy birthWe were glad but thou wert wailing,See that when thou leav’st the earthThou art glad and we bewailing.
Onthe morning of thy birth
We were glad but thou wert wailing,
See that when thou leav’st the earth
Thou art glad and we bewailing.
Let me speak unto thy heart,—List if thou hast understanding;Keep thyself from fools apart,All their flatteries withstanding.
Let me speak unto thy heart,—
List if thou hast understanding;
Keep thyself from fools apart,
All their flatteries withstanding.
For the fool, like fire and heat,Scorcheth everything, and burneth;But the wise, like water sweet,Deserts into gardens turneth.
For the fool, like fire and heat,
Scorcheth everything, and burneth;
But the wise, like water sweet,
Deserts into gardens turneth.