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WE CANNOT

Thou thinkest thou hast finished?
Three questions answer: How can I find out
How many years a crow lives?
To the farthest star
How great is the distance?
What do I now desire?

Friend, again we do not know.
Again all is unknown to us.
Again must we begin. 
Nothing has end.
1916

Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich

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The Three Magi by Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich

The Three Magi

The Town. Variant. Scenery sketch for N.Evreinov drama “The Three Magi”. 1907
Город. Вариант. Набросок декорации к мистерии Н.Евреинова «Три волхва»
Gouache, ink on paper mounted on cardboard. 28.5 x 34 cm.
E.M.Velichko collection, Moscow

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