Fw: Songs of Ramprasad

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Dear Friends,

 

Here's another translation. Ravi, I have got your message. The

translations

are from the book "Ramprasad, the melodious mystic" by Swami

Budhananda. It

is published by the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi.

 

 

O mind, you do not know how to farm!

Fallow lies the field of your life.

If you had only worked it well,

How rich a harvest you might reap!

Hedge it about with Kali's name

If you would keep your harvest safe;

this is the stoutest hedge of all,

For Death himself cannot come near it.

 

Sooner or later will dawn the day

When you must forfeit your precious field;

Gather, O mind, what fruit you may,

Sow for your seed the holy Name

Of God that your Guru has given to you,

Faithfully watering it with love;

And if you should find the task too hard

Call upon Ramprasad for help.

 

 

Ravi, due to servor error I am having to post from the website. So you

forward the mail to the site you want.

 

Regards

Jagannath