The Seeker Of The Seer......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh

I know not since how many lives and deaths,
I wandered hither, thither,
Searching endlessly, 
Without even the faintest signs of you;

I know not how many lives and deaths,
I have lamented and shed the tears of blood,
While I found nothing, no trace of you;

I have passed the births after births,
I was a reptile, a mammoth, a bird,
But soon the drop of mercy,
The Almighty fed me with,
To be born a human, and He said in blessings,
"Thee shall now stride,
On the final seeking ride,
Thou shall find what thou sought,
No more trials of fate,
No more blows of failures,
But a beauteous pearl,
Blessed be, the daughter of Love";

The holy sacrifice,
I shall make no more,
Enough of painful seeking,
My soul has suffered it all,
Love, is no cow, no goat,
Nor is it a human,
Whom one shall sacrifice;

Love, My Almighty told,
Is but a precious pearl,
A pearl so white and pure,
Which knows not what is life,
Or anger or greed or hatred,
Love knows love,
Love resides in the soul,
Love seizes the soul,
Soul possesses the Love;

I've found you after,
Precious lives in prayers,
Innumerable endurances,
When I died a birth of atrocious deeds,
I suffered the serpents' stings,
Which ruled the dungeons of hell;

Tell me Oh my Soul,
My beloved, my seer,
How else must I express?
Let me offer you,
My head, my life, my heart,
in a cuauhxicalli,
Choose one or take all,
And slain it with the sacrificial sword;

I am that treasure hunter,
Who found the rarest gem,
A gem that is my pride,
My joy and my reason to breathe,
For thy love, 
To every living soul,
I can turn into a bundle of lies,
Let me be the sinner,
Or be punished in furnace,
If that is how,
You would be my paramour;

My dearest,
Let there be no looking back,
Let's just walk ahead,
With heads held high,
In Love,
For I have no strength to be,
The seeker of the seer again,
Because I know it's you,
It's only you....