Know Yourself Poem by Mohabeer Beeharry

Let the sun shine,
You can shine brighter;
And more,
For you are the child of the eternal,
Born from light,
A thousand suns combined.

Let the night be peaceful.
Peace is your birthright.
Look in your heart,
Land of inexhaustible peace.
Therein is more peace
Than all nights can conceive.

Let the birds sing and be happy.
You are the source of all songs
And gaiety,
Heir to eternal happiness.

Let the mountains in conceit lift
Their giddy and snow-crowned heads
Wooing the passing clouds,
And the oceans roar.
Why fear when he is there.

Know you not that he watches over you,
Ceaselessly?
That in time of uncertainties and doubts,
Surrounds you with the fortresses
Of his messengers’ love?

Tears will come
And tears will go.
Laughter does not come to stay either;
They are the hard cash of life.
Without them,
Life has very little to be remembered.

This universe
And these stars,
This earth
And this sun.

These blooms and these mountains,
These seas and these oceans,
Are there for you.
You are not here for them.

Tied in a bouquet of priceless marvels,
They tell you
How great is his love.