NONE BESIDE ME SAI BABA I HAVE THEE - Zarine Adi Sahukar (May June 2000)

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NONE BESIDE ME SAI BABA I HAVE THEE

 

Thou has given me eyes, that I may see

All beauteous splendour created and governed by thee.

That I may look at every sea, brook and tear

Hoping that these stupendous and small may draw me near.

Nearer yet nearer to you Sai; my Creator, my Maker

Thou blest me thus, so I mayn't be a forsaker -

 

To Thee; my Lord, my King, my life,

Oh! that I may live, to see, Thee in all and thrive

having none beside me Sai Baba I have Thee.

Thou has given me hands, so that I may labour.

For Thee; never for feeble praise or greed or favour;

Oh that I may make coarse mine hands, with toil –

 

For Thee and find beauty even in the barren soil.

And for Thy love; I may when need arises and cries -

 

Wipe another's tear and make him see Thou never denies

So make him reason with a clearer mind,

That Thou are the purpose of life;

the blissful Divine For having none beside me, Sai Baba, I have Thee.

Thou has given me a mind that, I may reason,

and see the aim of each day, month and season.

The mind, which may if wholly good and pure

Seeing Thy Love; pain and suffering endure.

 

And doing so may with more certainty see,

That here I stand. Thou caused me to be

Oh were it not, my Sai Baba for Thine wonderful ways

I would never have existed here, nor breathed this day

Having none beside me Sai Baba I have Thee.

 

Thou had given me a heart, that I may love,

All that surrounds me and in doing this love Thee

That my tender heart may overflow unperplexed and free, i

Flow with adoration, devotion and love for Thee.

 

Oh that it may outline, the sinister Death's knock when Life's done

And see the Ringdom of Glory, when from earth's door I return.

May love be perpetually burning or none can cause its light -

To fickle, dim, perish die or take flight

Having none beside me, Sai Baba, I have Thee.

 

Had I none of these gifts but just one -

To be thine worshipper, Thine ardent slave alone

so taking away all these, give me but a soul.

A soul-unstained, righteous, white. Oh! give me this,

such that it may take its path, the path of light and bliss.

 

Like the restless waves which clasp and meet,

Like a young rider sure of his steed

Like a faithful hou«d returning home without doubts

Like the high mountain embracing the clouds

Like the silvery lines of streams meeting the river duly

Like the bird returning to its nest so freely

Like the earnest river gushing forth to mingle with the ocean

 

May my soul too meet Thee Sai and thee abide in true devotion

Just as thee aim, so rightly and find so true.

Show me a way Sai Maharaj

Lest I may lose my path or go astray

And at life's end find Thy doors shut; Nay!

Best I should be but a puppet with broken strings

Which is useless without purpose or means

Having none beside me Sai Baba, I have Thee.

 

Give me soul, possessing which, I may at life's end find -The paradise of

Eternal Bliss and remain to be only Thine For having none beside me Sai

Baba, I have always Thee.

Zarine Adi Sahukar

 

Zarine is the beloved daughter of Brig. Adi K. Sahukar (retd) who has now

settled at Jaykay nagar in West Bengal. Miss Zarine was a very good devotee

of Shri Sai Baba and it was His will that she had to pass away into heavenly

abode on 22 December 1970 at a young age of 22 - Editor.

 

(Source Sri Sai Leela Magazine - (May June 2000))