(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, Lov...
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