To God : A poem...

If That Be Thy Will, my Lord !

If that be Thy will, my Lord,

I shall go

From birth to birth and

Shall return to this earth

Many a time again !

Through pleasure and pain

Shall I pass alike

And shall carry with a smile

The burden of this

Mortal life.

In return,

I seek not wealth,

No name, No power, no knowledge.

No, not even the

Liberation of my soul !

But grant Thou only this, My Father -

That I may see Thee alone

In all beings and things,

Never ever losing sight of Thee -

And that I may supremely love Thee always

As permeating everyone and everything

And with every atom of my being

As I do at this moment of bliss, my Lord !

Composed by

Hans Dholakia

Original composition : Circa 1982