Lyrics 2

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Some lyrics from my latest musical Dhruva Maharaja.

 

*·* Dhruva *·*

 

My dear Lord:

You are all-powerful.

After entering within me,

You have enlightened all my senses.

Especially my power of speech.

My obeisance's unto You,

the Absolute Truth.

How can one ever forget You?

If one desires elevation

or liberation,

You are the only shelter.

My dear Lord:

One who worships You

with material motivation

is covered by illusion,

still I desire such benedictions,

Boons that are there,

even for those,

who live in hellish conditions

Please bless me

that I may be

with Your devotees,

to transcend this material existence

very easily.

 

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*·* Dhruva *·*

 

Oh, what have I done.

What have I done!

 

Just look at me.

I saw the lotus feet

of the Personality of Godhead,

who can stop the cycle of birth and death

in a single breath

And I prayed for things,

all perishable.

Oh how lamentable.

Foolishly,

covered by maya's energy,

I saw my baby brother as my enemy.

Hah little Uttama. My enemy.

Oh how foolishly.

To pray for things, all perishable.

Oh how lamentable.

 

The Lord offered His service to me,

but all I wanted was prosperity!

Prosperity, name and fame.

What a shame.

to pray for things, all perishable.

Oh how lamentable.

 

I'm just like that poor man, who satisfied the emperor,

who wanted to give him anything he might ask for

and who then asked him only for a few broken grains of husked rice! (sighs)

 

Oh how lamentable.