As Sun Sets by Sir Edwin Arnold at Spillwords.com

As Sun Sets

As Sun Sets

 by Sir Edwin Arnold, “The Light of Asia”

(often misattributed to a saying of Buddha)

 

Fair goes the dancing when the Sitar is tuned.
Tune us the Sitar neither high nor low,
And we will dance away the hearts of men.
But the string too tight breaks, and the music dies.
The string too slack has no sound, and the music dies.

There is a middle way.
Tune us the Sitar neither low nor high.
And we will dance away the hearts of men.

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