object:1.rvd - When I existed
author class:Ravidas
subject class:Poetry
class:chapter
English version by Nirmal Dass When I existed, You did not. Now You exist and I do not: as a storm lifts waves from water -- still they are water within water. O Madho, how can we describe this illusion? What we believe does not exist. A mighty king sleeps on his throne and in his dream becomes a beggar. Seeing his kingdom vanish before him he greatly mourns -- such is our condition. Like the tale of the serpent and the rope -- I know a little of the secret. Seeing many bracelets we think gold has many forms -- but it is always forever gold. In all things exists the Lord, assuming countless shapes; in each pore he plays and sports. Ravi Dass say, He is nearer than my hand. All that comes to pass is by His will alone. [2184.jpg] -- from Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass <
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