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The End
The End
It is time for me to go, mother; I am going.
When in the paling darkness of the lonely dawn you stretch out
your arms for your ba…
The Flower-School
The Flower-School
When storm-clouds rumble in the sky and June showers come down.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its <…
The Chanpa Flower
The Chanpa Flower
Supposing I became a chanpa flower, just for fun, and grew on a
branch high up that tree, and shook in the wind with laughter and
The Beginning
The Beginning
"Where have I come from, where did you pick me up?" the baby asked
its mother.
She answered, half crying, half laughing, an…
The Astronomer
The Astronomer
I only said, "When in the evening the round full moon gets
entangled among the beaches of that Dadam tree, couldn't somebody
catch…
Superior
Superior
Mother, your baby is silly! She is so absurdly childish!
She does not know the difference between the lights in the
stre…
Stray Birds 81 - 90
Stray Birds 81 - 90
81
WHAT is this unseen flame of darkness
whose sparks are the stars?
82
LET life be beautiful like su…
Stream Of Life
Stream Of Life
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
<…
Stray Birds 71 - 80
Stray Birds 71 - 80
71
THE woodcutter's axe begged for its handle from the tree.
The tree gave it.
72
IN my solitude of h…
Stray Birds 51 - 60
Stray Birds 51 - 60
51
YOUR idol is shattered in the dust
to prove that God's dust is greater than
your idol.
52 …
Stray Birds 11- 20
Stray Birds 11- 20
11
SOME unseen fingers, like idle breeze,
are playing upon my heart the music of the ripples.
12
Stray Birds 31 - 40
Stray Birds 31 - 40
31
THE trees come up to my window
like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.
32
HIS own mornings are …
Still Heart
Still Heart
When I give up the helm
I know that the time has come for thee to take it.
What there is to do will be instantly done.
Vain i…
Sleep-Stealer
Sleep-Stealer
Who stole sleep from baby's eyes? I must know.
Clasping her pitcher to her waist mother went to fetch water
from th…
Signet of Eternity
Signet of Eternity
The day was when I did not keep myself in readiness for thee;
and entering my heart unbidden even as one of the common crowd,
…
Sit Smiling
Sit Smiling
I boasted among men that I had known you.
They see your pictures in all works of mine.
They come and ask me, `Who is he?'
I k…
Salutation
Salutation
In one salutation to thee, my God,
let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet.
Like a rain-…
Senses
Senses
Deliverance is not for me in renunciation.
I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
Thou ever…
Prisoner
Prisoner
`Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?'
`It was my master,' said the prisoner.
`I thought I could outdo everybod…
Roaming Cloud
Roaming Cloud
I am like a remnant of a cloud of autumn
uselessly roaming in the sky, O my sun ever-glorious!
Thy touch has not yet melted my vapo…
Poems On Man
Poems On Man
Man goes into the noisy crowd
to drown his own clamour of silence.
Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly.…
Poems On Life
Poems On Life
Life is given to us,
we earn it by giving it.
Let the dead have the immortality of fame,
but the living the…
Passing Breeze
Passing Breeze
Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love,
O beloved of my heart---this golden light that dances upon the leaves,
these idle cloud…
Playthings
Playthings
Child, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the
morning.
I smile at your play…