When roses die, <br />Only the brilliance, the color, the beauty vanish <br />The scent abides <br />Lingering with the flowing of the eastern wind. <br />Roses do not perish, <br />Even if the leafy stem bow its head and die.<br /><br />Salah Labaki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-death-of-roses/
