Mother, My Loving Lotus

July 3, 2020 Ujjal Mandal

My mother is a blooming lotus of mind, 
Neither Surya does burn
 its soft petals, 
Nor Vayu does plunder 
its sweet fragrance,  
Indra never does efface its colour.
O dear mother, I cry whenever I feel dreary thoughts
start crawling into my heart.
Whenever I feel the bud of my heart
fading away in the scorching heat,
I shower myself then with plenty 
of motherly words and then O mother, I revive.
My mother is a blooming lotus
Because of serenity of mind and  purity of heart
Constitute the austerity of my mother.
If I want to conquer the feet of Mother
I must bloom the beauty of mind into the heart
And if the beauty of mind blooms 
Once, I can win the feet of mother a hundred times.
 
Glossary: Surya-Sun, Vayu-Air, Indra-God of rain