Poems of Narad

Do Birds Fall Silent?

Do the birds fall silent when we leave,
Is the sun less bright because we dream
Of night and on its bosom grieve.
Are the mountains held in less esteem

By souls who follow in our stead
Is the fragrance of the forest less,
Do new-born souls replace the dead,
Does love rescind its tenderness

Because death is and life must die?
To manifest God and truly live
We must forego the strident "I".
By self-forgetting ourselves we give.