Who am I? - a devotional poem

[bhakti_lata 0]

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Who am I?

 

I am not my face that I see in the mirror

I am not my name that I always sign under

I am not my mood that keeps changing its colour

I am not my emotion that changes like weather

I am not my pain or sorrow or pleasure

I am not even the things that I often desire

I am not my hopes, dreams and ambitions either

I am.......I am.....hmmm...hey....now I remember!

No body I am, I've been and will be a spirit forever

That remains unchanged whatever be the matter.

 

bhakti~lata

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[bhakti_lata 0]

Here's another perpective that i originally wrote in Hindi. I present the same with translation.

 

"main kaun hooN?"

maiN = I

kaun = who

hooN = am

[who am I?]

 

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boond aik saagar kii

jo maya ke greeshm se

hawaa ho gayii hai

 

 

a drop of an ocean

that by the heat of Maya

has been vaporized

 

 

kiran aik sooraj kii

jo agyaantaa ke baadaloN

meiN chhip gayii hai

 

 

a ray of a blazing sun

which has been covered over

by the cloud of ignorance

 

 

ansh aik sampoorN kaa

jis se sambandh apnaa

bhool gayii hai.

 

 

part of a whole

the connection with whom

is forgotten (by the part)

 

 

aik aisee dhoban

jo Hari naam ke jal se

apnaa mailaa aaNchal

mal mal kar

dho rahii hai

 

 

a washerwoman

who using the pure

water of Hari Naam

is vigorously

washing her

soiled saarii

 

bhakti~lata

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[anadi 0]

This is Ok.

Yes, you have talent.

[Guest guest]

These are pretty good.

I have one myself

 

Oh Kanha! Govinda!

If I am a program,

Your pleasure is my code.

Code me as you wish

 

The end... lol /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[bhakti_lata 0]

Thank you anadi prabhu. You say i have talent...but I wrote the poem to express my devotion...I hope my poem is able to convey my devotion rather than my talent. Thanks for your comments.

 

Prabhu, am i correct in assuming that your ID name is anaadi as in "anaadir-aadir govinda sarva kaaraNa kaaraNa ". Anaadi meaning One who is unborn has no beginning ie "The Supreme Lord". The reason I am clarifying this is that someone in reply to one of your posts, i think, thought your id name was 'anadi' a word in hindi which means 'inexperienced'.

 

Thank you also to guest prabhu for appreciating my poem.

 

Govinda!

bhakti~lata