Text: | Nay, Do Not Grieve |
Author: | Sarojini Naidu, 1879-1949 |
Tune: | NAIDU |
Composer: | Libby Larsen, 1950- |
1 Nay, do not grieve though life be full of sadness,
dawn will not veil its splendor for your grief,
nor spring deny their bright appointed beauty
to lotus blossom and ashoka leaf.
2 Nay, do not pine though life be marred with trouble,
time will not pause or tarry on its way;
today that seems so long, so strange, so bitter,
will soon be some forgotten yesterday.
3 Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces,
joy yet unspent of all the unborn years,
will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow
and make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.
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First Line: | Nay, do not grieve though life be full of sadness |
Title: | Nay, Do Not Grieve |
Author: | Sarojini Naidu, 1879-1949 |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Wisdom from the World's Religions: Our Common Ground; Change; Grief and Loss(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NAIDU |
Composer: | Libby Larsen, 1950- |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10. |
Key: | D♭ Major |
Copyright: | © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association |