If there be a place in world, a big beast
Has nary a bone nor bugbear the least,
Where all life lives in hallowed harmony,
And conflicts confined should maws get hungry.
If there be place where plenitude prevails,
Where no dweller grabs governed by the greed,
Plenty prevails when each heeds to this creed,
Abandoned, goddess of greed where now wails.
A place where world of life is left alone,
Where cleanliness code of the self prevails,
Where any a decay soonest is gone,
Waste and wealth get where the same weighty cares.
If there's a place that breathes new life to all—
A green lung where breathes for all of planet,
Where all life-forms cohabit, big or small—
What civilised world scarce can emulate.
A place, ancient Indic texts did extol1
A life divine spirit would well uplift,
A place to meditate and touch the soul,
What to mankind bequeathed as Nature's gift.
A place with sacrifice, service-imbued,
The dead where served as much as the alive,
Dead trees as wood where vie for common good,
Such a place man is out man to deprive!
Greeted by woods man was a welcome guest,
He's lost old wisdom: God dwells in forest.
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1. Mahabharata, the epic which can be as old as 5000 years, has many a verse which extols the virtues of woods and forests— plants and animal species.
Forests wherein God dwells and which act as lungs for all life, are getting destroyed on a daily basis. Rainforests at one time covered more than 14 percent of the Earth's surface. Today they have dwindled to less than six per cent.
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Reflections | 04.06.10 |
What a really great poem nice... you can read my poem after love lost it's really nice thanks
God dwells in forest. Observing nature we can feel this truth. God's garden is the greatest garden. From Mahabharata we get information and this epic teaches us more and more. World of life is left here alone. An excellent poem is beautifully penned...10
Thank you Mr Kumarmani, good to hear that you've liked the poem
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
If there's a place that breathes new life to all— A green lung where breathes for all of planet, Where all life-forms cohabit, big or small— What civilised world scarce can emulate. Very revealing text of the poem. thank u for mentioning Mahabharata, the epic which can be as old as 5000 years, eye opener poem, tells so much of the devastation of the gift of God on the earth. than k u. tony
Thank you Dr Brahmin, we are on the same page.