a■In front stretches the ocean of Peace.

O Helmsman, sail out to the open sea. ■

You will be my eternal companion— Take, O take me in your arms.

The Pole-star will shine Lighting the path to Eternity. O Lord of Deliverance, Your forgiveness, your mercy Shall be my everlasting sustenance On my journey to the shores of Eternity. |

May the bonds of earth dissolve, The mighty Universe take me to her arms. And I come to know fearlessly The Great Unknown.

b

Death cannot swallow life, which is immortal; It only casts its shadow like Rahu This I know for certain.

There is no plunderer

Hiding in the secret caves of the Universe Who can defraud love of its value— This I know for certain.

What was the ultimate Truth for me, Was nothing but a disguise In which the ultimate Falsehood hid itself— This disgrace of Existence The law of the Universe could never bear, This I know for certain.

Everything is driven

By the ceaseless movement of change— This is but the low of Time.

That death is not

The ultimate expression of the changeless— This I know for certain.

The self said : The world is!" That truth is verified

By the supreme truth of the T within me— This I know for certain.

e

O bird, from time to time why do you forget your song? Why do you not send out your call?

Without your songs the morning is profitless— Do you not know that?

The first rays of early down touch the trees, In the trembling of the leaves your melody awakes; You are a friend of the morning light-Do you not know that?

The goddess of Awakening is sitting

With robe trailed loose beside my bed— Do you not know that?

Do not deprive her of your songs. Into the dreams of Sorrow's night Your morning hymns bring the message of new life—

Do you not know that?

d

If 1 can, 1 shall find once again The seat in whose lap is spread The endearing message of a far-distant land. The dreams of the past Will crowd together again, And humming a dim melody Will build anew the nest.

Calling back happy memories It will make awakening sweet; The flute that has become silent Will find its melody again.

With hands outstretched" she Will linger on the balcony; In the dark night,

, Along the scented path of the Spring

Will be heard the footfall of the Great Silence.

The beloved from the far-away land, Who with her love has spread the carpet, Will keep for ever her message Resounding in my ears.

She, whose language I knew not, Who spoke only with her eyes— Her message will echo in tender music Through all eternity.

e

Now has come Man Supreme Man after God's own heart! The world is a — tremble with wonder And the grass quivers.

In heaven resounds the conch, On earth plays the drum of Victory— The sacred moment has come That brings the Great Birth!

The gates guarding the moonless night have fallen, The hill of sunrise rings with the call Fear not' And ushers in the dawn of a new life!

The heavens thunder the song of Victory : Man has come!'

f

To-day in the midst of my birthday 1 am lost.

I want near me my friends— The gentle touch of their hands. I shall take with me—

' Earth's ultimate love. Life's parting gift, Man s last blessing My bag is empty to-day All that I had to give, I have given utterly The little gifts I receive daily— Some affection, some forgiveness— 1 shall take with me, When in my httlq raft I make my last crossing To the voiceless festival of the End!