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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BHIKSHU'S SONG, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI Poet's Biography
First Line: A bhikshu at the door
Last Line: Cease not to smile
Subject(s): Buddhism; Music & Musicians; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: A bhikshu at the door
Last Line: Cease not to smile
Subject(s): Buddhism; Music & Musicians; Buddha; Buddhists
A Bhikshu at the door,
Om Moni Padme Om!
A lute-player without a scroll;
A boatswain without his toll.
My barque is laden with life,
Bound for the shore of light;
Let it drift with the stream
To its destination of dream!
A Bhikshu at the door,
Om Moni Padme Om!
A singer that sings of sorrow;
Whose night knows no tomorrow;
My song finds its source
In its moonless immensity
Bound with the girdle of sleep;
Love's Nirvana, the only pearl in its deep.
Bhikshu, singer, sorrower,
I see the face of thy star;
Om Moni Padme Om!
A barque of life with love,
O, guide thou from above,
With thy star-music's silver tone,
Om Momi Padme Om!
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