The Wind, One Brilliant Day

I wanted to share my favorite poem. It's by the Spanish contemporary poet, Antonio Machado. Enjoy. 

Jasminum polyanthum (Pink Jasmine)

THE WIND, ONE BRILLIANT DAY

The wind, one brilliant day, called
to my soul with an odor of jasmine.

"In return for the odor of my jasmine,”
the wind said to me,
“I would like to trade you for the smell of your roses."
I said, "I have no roses; all the flowers
in my garden are dead."

"Well then,” the wind said,
“I'll take your withered petals
and your yellow leaves
and the waters of your fountain."

The wind left. And I wept.
And I said to myself: "What have you done
with the garden that was entrusted to you?"