Song 77

Everybody has some weakness.  Particularly when it comes to some favorite food, we cannot resist the temptation.  I like the jilabi in North India.  As I was travelling in the bus, when I saw it in a shop, where passengers got down to have tea, I too was tempted to eat it. At the same time as I was very health conscious, I generally tried to avoid such roadside food, particularly in my travels.  So when I was sitting in the bus on the one side there came temptation on the other side my mind cautioned me about health and self-control. Then, finally I wrote this song, -to avoid eating my favorite North Indian Sweet.

77                கானல் நீர்

கானல் நீர்தேடிய மானைப்போல

காலமெல்லாம் ஓடித் தேடினாலும்

நாடிய சுகம் ஒன்றும் இல்லை

நான் அறிந்தவரை மாநிலத்தே

சில நொடிடி நேரம் நிலைக்கும்

சுகங்கள் எல்லாம் மாயையே

உணர்ந்த பின்பும் மீண்டுமதை

நாடிச் செல்வதும் வேடிக்கையே

இதை யுணராதார் யாருமில்லை

ஊறறிந்த இந்த உண்மையை

உணர்த்த முயல்வார் பிறருக்கு-ஆனால்

கைகொள்ள இயலார் தன்வரையில்

ஊருக்குத்தான் உபதேசம்

உனக்கும் எனக்கும் இல்லையவை

என்பதே உண்மை ஆனபின்னே

நாம் கானல் நீர் தேடிய மானாமே

25-11- 1996 on the way to Varanasi in the busfrom Mahari, Rewa, M.P.

77   Mirage

Like a deer which chases a mirage

Though we searched all through life

There is no permanent pleasure

As far as I know on this earth

All the pleasures which remain only for few minutes

Are nothing but Maya

Though we realized this truth

Really it is funny as we continue to seek it

There is none who do not understand

This well known truth

But they will give advice about it to others

But will never follow it personally

All the advices are only for others

They are not for us

As this become the reality

We are none but the deer chasing the mirage

25-11- 1996 on the way to Varanasi in the bus.

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