The Traveler

--By Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Translated By Pratit Gurung

Which Sanctuary are you visiting, Oh! traveler?
Which temple are you going to?
What will you offer in worship oh traveler?
How will you take it with you?
To which kingdom are you going to? riding upon people's backs!
Your bones are marvelous columns,
Your muscles are the walls
Your brain is the golden roof,
which are doors to the senses!
Your veins are the flow of rivers,
A temple in itself incomparably Marvelous!
Oh! Which temple will you go Pilgrim?
To which temple's door?
In the glorious throne of the Mind,reigns the Almighty
Your infinite rays of consciousness, is its apex crown
This wonderful temple of the body,amidst the universe!
God is within but your eyes are outside,which city are you searching in?
God resides in the depth,for how long will you drift on the surface?
If you're seeking,illuminate your heart with the shining light of passion
Oh! Pilgrim friend! God walks along with you in the middle of the road
God kisses the hands of the working man who works selflessly
With divine grace does it hold its servant's hands!
the almighty sings by the side of the road in the song of birds
The almighty speaks in the songs of human pain and suffering
Yet, nowhere will it reveal itself to our physical eyes
To which temple will you go traveler?
To which strange promised land?
Return,return...oh! traveler
Go and hold the feet of the people!
Put ointment in the rankling wounds of the afflicted
Be human and make god's divine face smile......