COME, MY LORD !!
Come, My Lord, I haven’t seen Thee for ages,
I’ll give Thee abundantly if love be Thy wages.
Come, My God, the fire of spiritual destitution in my heart rages,
I will give Thee my whole self even if Thou come to me slowly by stages.Come, My Lord, I am pining in agony and despair,
And without Thee there is neither hope nor joy anywhere.
Come, My Redeemer, all sufferings I am prepared to bear,
For my love for Thee has exorcised all fear and all scare.Come, My Lord, I’ll consecrate my life to Thee,
I will make my work into Thy work and my ‘I’ into ‘Ye.
Come, My Baba, pluck this sweet little burgeoning tree,
Before it withers away and its beauty and fragrance flee.Come, My Lord, this world is for me a disenchanting playground,
Everything is raucous compared to the melody of the divine sound.
Come, My Love, lift me up unto Thy spiritual, empyreal ground,
And hold me to your bosom lest some lesser love’ my spirit hound.Come, My Lord Thou art my joy and ineffable delight,
My passion for Thee is like that of the moth for the light.
Come, My Messiah Thou art the only star of this dark night,
And without Thy benign light I cannot darkness and evil fight.Come, My Lord, Thou alone are my perennial inspiration;
My love for Thee is deep and fathomless as an ocean.
Come, My Baba, my devotion to Thee is my only disposition,
But without Thy Grace I cannot bask in the sunshine of Thy compassion.Come, My Lord, for Thee and for Thee alone I shall ever pine,
I shall indefatigably worship Thee in my heart’s shrine.
Come, My Master, I shall eternally seek Thy bliss divine,
I shall be unflagging in my resolve to make Thee mine.by A. S. Pilgrim
Published in Education and Culture, June 1972
सौदा अस्मत का
वक्त ने ग़ज़ब का हाल बना दिया,
पुज्यनीय नारी को किस्मत से कंगाल बना दिया।
बेचने में लोग लगे हैं उनको
घर की लाज को बाजार बना दिया।
देह का सौदा रूप का विज्ञापन,
प्यार को व्यापार बना दिया ।
आधुनिकता की दौड़ में बहनों को,
मानसिकता और आध्यात्मिकता से लाचार बना दिया ।
नित्य नयी दुश्वारियों ने,
जिन्दगी को ताल से वेताल बना दिया।
अंधी फैशन की दुनिया में मर गये जमीर,
नजाकते इनकी आदमी को खूंखार बना दिया।
शिकायतें तो बहुत है ऐ जिंदगी तुझसे,
पर चुपचाप देख दुनिया की अदायें,
मेंने अपना किरदार निभा लिया।
शांति सुमन
