Boston
Boston
I
In the spirit of enjoyment
We pedestaled genitals
Chewed thorns
Nuzzled stool
And tottered under an awesome load.
We pedestaled genitals
Chewed thorns
Nuzzled stool
And tottered under an awesome load.
Blind, we saw happiness everywhere
Bound up, we struggled
Foolish we languished
Eternally we died.
Bound up, we struggled
Foolish we languished
Eternally we died.
Illusion was our happiness, reality, life.
We were trapped
Shackled
Imprisoned.
We were trapped
Shackled
Imprisoned.
In a day without light
In a universe without sun
We were most important
We were crass, filthy, self-centered,
lowborn, liars.
Haughtily strutting
Through the cosmopolitan monotone
of scum
We pranced, insignificant specks. In those lifeless depths
We thought we were God.
In a universe without sun
We were most important
We were crass, filthy, self-centered,
lowborn, liars.
Haughtily strutting
Through the cosmopolitan monotone
of scum
We pranced, insignificant specks. In those lifeless depths
We thought we were God.
On the treadmill
We confidently ran
With Kali conviction
Further into darkness
Life after life
Death after death
Smiling all the while
Lost.
We confidently ran
With Kali conviction
Further into darkness
Life after life
Death after death
Smiling all the while
Lost.
II.
And beyond that material cloud
On the other side of this tiny earth globe
Under the shelter of Sri Sri Radha Damodara
In pristine purity
You patiently sat
In parampara surrender
To Bhaktisiddhanta's soul-saving order
Translating of the Vedas
That most delectable fruit
Srimad-Bhagavatam.
On the other side of this tiny earth globe
Under the shelter of Sri Sri Radha Damodara
In pristine purity
You patiently sat
In parampara surrender
To Bhaktisiddhanta's soul-saving order
Translating of the Vedas
That most delectable fruit
Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Guardian of the Caitanya tree
With saffron flowing robes
You, triumphant guru
Then graciously offered us the intoxicating
fragrant flower
Sri-hari-nama
Graciously then you placed before us the
irresistable fruit
Pure love of Godhead.
And by your causeless mercy The crows became swans.
With saffron flowing robes
You, triumphant guru
Then graciously offered us the intoxicating
fragrant flower
Sri-hari-nama
Graciously then you placed before us the
irresistable fruit
Pure love of Godhead.
And by your causeless mercy The crows became swans.
You saturate our eyes with heart-melting
Sri-vigraha
And our tongues never know the end
Of your most special gift
The Lord's prasada.
Sri-vigraha
And our tongues never know the end
Of your most special gift
The Lord's prasada.
You are the most esteemed ambassador
Our only contact
You are the crystalline looking glass
Our only glimpse
Of the supreme abode.
Our only contact
You are the crystalline looking glass
Our only glimpse
Of the supreme abode.
Your touchstone mercy
Our only foothold
The supreme magician
You turn bell metal to gold.
Our only foothold
The supreme magician
You turn bell metal to gold.
III
By the grace of our spiritual master
Our every step
Is hallowed and steady
Returning back home
Through that long-forgotten door
Sevana.
Our every step
Is hallowed and steady
Returning back home
Through that long-forgotten door
Sevana.
By the grace of our spiritual master Chills of eagerness
Wrench us from this body
As we fall flat hundred times,
thousand times
Eternally.
Wrench us from this body
As we fall flat hundred times,
thousand times
Eternally.
Srila Prabhupada, eternal father
We are dogs.
How can we praise you?
Still, boundless is your mercy.
Though we grovel, spit and foam
in wrath
Still your cleansing rain
Purifies even the lowest born.
We are dogs.
How can we praise you?
Still, boundless is your mercy.
Though we grovel, spit and foam
in wrath
Still your cleansing rain
Purifies even the lowest born.
Master, regent, king
Your causeless mercy,
Your boundless grace,
Your eternal care...
Yet we still turn away.
Your causeless mercy,
Your boundless grace,
Your eternal care...
Yet we still turn away.
Prabhupada... please!
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