Day of Birth and Second Birth

O Mere divine, I worship at Thy feet

For never did one need Thee so as I,

In the face of every stranger that I meet,

Behind, unmasked, it is the Deity.

On this day of birth and second birth

When the opening of soul is at its peak

I who have trod the fragrant lands of earth

Have grown aware it is only Thee I seek.

In beauty and in violence I greet

The master of all lives who reigns with Thee,

In the stillness of my meditation's seat,

From the highest Kanchenjunga to the sea,

In the shrine within the heart I sing Thy name

Acknowledging the honour and the boon,

For Thee alone Thy children shall proclaim

The world as Thine and pray Thy coming soon.