SONG OF ADMONITION

SONG OF ADMONITION 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.
Radhe Shyama Radhe Shyama Shyama Shyama Radhe Radhe
Radhe Krishna Radhe Krishna Krishna Krishna Radhe Radhe
Gouri Sankar Gouri Sankar Sankar Sankar Gouri Gouri
Uma Sankar Uma Sankar Sankar Sankar Uma Uma.

O my Jesus                      O Lord Jesus

Hail Hail Jesus                  O Father Father    

O my Mary                        O Virgin Mary

Hail Hail Mary                   O Mother Mother

O my Buddha                    O Lord Buddha

Hail Hail Buddha               O Saviour Saviour

O my Allah                        O Lord Allah

Hail Hail Allah                    O Father Father

O my Shakti                       O Adi Shakti

Hail Hail Shakti                  O Mother Mother

Is there not a nobler mission
   than eating, drinking and sleeping?

It is difficult to get a human birth,
   therefore try your best to realise in this birth.

Fie on that wretch,
   woe to that man

Who wastes all his life
   in sensual pleasures.

Time sweeps away,
   kings and barons,

Where is Yudhishthira?      Where is Ashoka

Where is Shakespeare?     Where is Valmiki?

Where is Napoleon?          Where is Shivaji?

Be up and doing (in) yogic sadhan,
   you will enjoy Supreme Bliss.

Be up and doing (in) brahma vichar,
   you will attain Immortality (kaivalya moksha)
(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)


Can you expect real shanti
   if you waste your time in idle gossiping?

Can you enjoy Supreme Peace
   if you waste your time

In novels (and) newspapers?
In fights and quarrels?

In scandal, backbiting?
(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)

Am I not Thou? Art Thou not I?
   One alone is, therefore true.

When the mind melts in the silence,
   you will have Self-realisation.

What have you learnt, tell me frankly
   from the Bihar and Quetta earthquakes?

Have you got now real vairag?
   Do you practise japa and kirtan?

Here is a challenge to non-believers
   of the Hindu theory of transmigration:

Have you not heard the thrilling narratives
   of Shanti Devi, of her past life?

Can you expect real shanti if you waste your time
  in cards and cinemas (cards and smoking)?

When your throat is choked at the time of death,
   who will help you for your salvation?
(Hare Rama Hare Rama…)

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