Friday, September 14, 2018

Sojourn

From Poems From the Sanskrit , translated by John Brough ©1977:

Earth, my own mother; father, Air; and Fire,
My friend; and Water, well-beloved cousin;
and Ether, brother mine: to all of you
This is my last farewell. I give you thanks
For all the benefits you have conferred
during my sojourn with you. Now my soul
Has won clear, certain knowledge, and returns
to the great Absolute from whence it came.


~BhartÅ—hari

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