I’m Sick of Living Mother
I’m sick of living, Mother, sick.
Life and money have run out
But I go on crying ‘Tara, Tara,’
Hoping. You are the mother of all
And our nurse. You carry the Three Worlds
In Your belly.
So am I some orphan fallen out
Of the sky? And if You think I’m bad,
Remember, You’re the cord connecting
Every good and evil
And I’m a tool tied to illusion.
Your name can blot out fear
Of Death – so Shiva said,
But, Terrible One, You forget all that,
Absorbed in Shiva, Death, and Time.
Prasad says: Your games, Mother,
Are mysteries. You make and break.
You’ve broken me in this life.
BY: Ramprasad
Translated by Leonard Nathan and Clinton Seely