Our Souls Dwell Forever
Four hundred days have gone by since your departure
Thou art always in all my thoughts like my own nature
No one can ever keep thee hidden from my sight any more
Many a morn and eve I hear your footsteps coming ashore
Thy soul has come within my heart and given me happiness
I know not why my life is all shattered living with emptiness
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers
On many an idle day haven’t I grieved for my loss for hours
When I feel tired of waiting I retire to sleep on my idle bed
There I dream of all the fond memories you and I have had
In the morning when I wake up I find all emptiness around
There isn’t a pretty lotus in the pond and the sweet sound
All are gone but not forgotten I have a lot to celebrate now
I have treasured all your memories but I do not know how
All I know that I still love you and continue to do so forever
In my hope that the souls of Lakhan and Saroj dwell forever
Treasure Her Memories
O God ask the sky to open up but shower a blessing
Let the drizzle be so light that her arrival is pleasing
When she is with me let the sky pour the heaviest rain
So that she finds it hard to leave me in the pouring rain
That would be an additional pleasure to extend my age
Her eyes would be my mirror to see more of my image
Let her pretty face keep twinkling in my eyes forever
Let my love be blissful and forgiving like a true lover
Let there be no disturbance and no one to bother
Let me feel the joy of my life come to me together
My hugs and kisses for my sweetheart should hold her
Let me extend my love to persuade her and hold her
To love and to treasure her would be my only pleasure
Let no lightning and thunder spoil my lovely pleasure
Beauty and lovers have been at loggerheads always
Let me strike a balance and honour both as always
I made a solemn prayer that she should be all mine
I did this because this was a responsibility of mine
How fortunate was I when she consented to my love
For years we created a family that was full of our love
I now regret that I couldn’t look after my treasure well
Nature took her away so soon to make me feel unwell
Life would have been easier for me if we had never met
I wouldn’t be lonely suffering my pain and sorrow, I bet
Now that the unthinkable has happened and she is gone
I’ll treasure all her fond memories from dusk to dawn
That was how well my pretty lotus, my life and my dear wife
Groomed me well for fifty five years and enriched my life
No one has ever known our secret recipe for life and living
It was our instinctual love that made our life worth living
My people will love and cherish the life we proudly spent
Just a rose on our mantle would provide us the right scent.
Ram Lakhan Prasad, 26th August 2014.