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Light the Lamp of Thy Love - Rabindranath Tagore

 

 Light the Lamp of Thy Love

In my house, with thine own hands,

Light the lamp of Thy Love!

Thy Transmuting Lamp entrancing,

Wondrous are its rays.

Change my darkness to Thy light, Lord!

Change my Darkness to Thy light,

And my evil into good

Touch me but once and I will change,

All my clay into thy gold

All the sense lamps that I did light

Sooted into worries

Sitting at the door of my soul

Light Thy resurrecting lamp!

 

Word Meaning

Transmuting - बदलना 

Entrancing - मनोहर

Wondrous - चमत्‍कारी

Darkness – अंधकार, अज्ञानता

Evil – अशुभ, बुरा

Sooted – काजल

Sense lamps – 5 इंद्रिया

Worries – चिंता, दुख

Resurrecting- पुर्नजीवित होना

 

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