983. Eradicate Ignorance And Unawareness Poem by Raman Savithiri

You can see me; You can hear me.
But, I am blind and deaf.
I am unable to see Your enchanting beauty,
As I am absolutely ignorant.
Unable to hear Your honey-sweet voice.
As I am entirely unaware.

Even an earthly mother,
Can not bear her child being sightless and heedless.
How do You stand my pain of being vain?

Even an earthly mother,
Would spend her whole life,
To serve unsighted child of hers.
But, Oh! compassion-hearted Mother,
How can You turn to be stone-hearted,
Not ready to spend even few minutes a day,
To this helpless blind kid of yours?

Even an earthly mother,
Would strive her level best,
To bring light into the blind-eyes;
Would seek all means,
To sing songs of love to the deaf-ears;
Oh, All powerful Sakthi!
Is it a hard task to You,
To cast away my blindness – ignorance?
To purge away my deafness – unawareness?