Lyrics of Life

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass...

The weary sun Gently parted with the sea, At this hour you declared, There is no love. I was saddened slightly - Without anguish, with...

That summer with its total lie; O pang we learned at autumn's hands. Under the cloudscape, slow and high, A blackwing bird before my ...

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let...

The bedroom reeks of really old sweat. Alice has risen up from wonderland, Waking with an adventure-woozy head. Her slippers do not fit. ...

Today I am modest as an animal, Spread flush as rainwashed fields. With a small fat hand I lead My life towards compassion and children. ...

नहीं निगाह में मंज़िल तो जुस्तजू[1] ही सही नहीं विसाल मयस्सर[2] तो आरज़ू ही सही न तन में ख़ून फ़राहम[3] न अश्क आँखों में नमाज़-ए-शौक़ तो...