Lord, I have strayed too far

2006-07-11 3:39 PM

Lord, I have strayed too far

O Beloved Lord
I have strayed too far into
Your country
I have stolen (and eaten) too many of your fruit
I have filled myself from your holy rivers
Too intoxicated am I to return
Too lost to be of any use to mankind
Absolve me, O Lord, of all social responsibilities
I am of no use to mankind
the affairs of men are lost to me
Too far have i strayed into your heart, O Lord,
Now i am Your slave, Beloved
Forgive me O Lord
I cannot even serve Thee
I can only live in Thy heady memory

Forgive me, O Man
I have strayed too deep into the Lord's House
To help you in your time of need
Take me not to be unkind
even if i seem so.
Taking Siva's name so often
has corrupted me,
Singing Krishna's name by sunrise
has ruined me
I set out to serve thee, O Man
To give my life to thy poor,
but tasted the forbidden fruit of
the Lord's love instead.
Alagammal's child has me destroyed.
Somewhere inside me Radha sings out to her love
Somewhere else Rama's name resounds
I hear Siva's name too like a heartbeat.
In my eyes, my Guru's face perpetually shines.

Forgive me, O Men, i shall probably
pay one day for my callousness.
One day you may see me on the roadside
singing His name,
Throw me a stale crumb so i may live
to take His name once more.

I am lost to this world
dear ones
I once loved you all
I swear by His Holy Feet I did
But then He claimed me …