I'm Not Calling You Mother Anymore

[Guest guest]

I'm not calling you Mother anymore.

You've given me such agony,

and keep giving me more.

I used to be a happy householder.

You've made me into a crazy ascetic.

What else can you do to me, Wild-Haired One?

I'd go from house to house

and beg my food,

rather than call you Mother,

or come to your arms,

or sit in your lap again.

I kept calling " Mother, Mother, "

but Mother, your eyes didn't see

and your ears didn't hear.

Can any other misfortune matter

when a son suffers like an orphan

with his mother still there?

 

- Ramprasad Sen