Inadequate

(1990)  Akashe vatase kusuma suvase

On sky and in air, with fragrance of flowers,
Laughing floats Your mercy.
Pangs of separation I fathom daily,
But Your smiling eyes I don't see.

You have been inside life, pregnant with purpose;
You have gone on filling with an unseen splendor.
You are in the missing tune's sweetness;
Cascades of effulgence You have been exuding.

I can't understand You, not the least bit;
The intellect that You gave, I cannot detect with it.
And even my sensations I cannot deposit
In a lifetime's bucket; why that is... do tell me.

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