Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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ANGEL VOICES CROON A LULLABY
CRADLE SONG For our sake He ever keeps Wide-awake And never sleeps. He has broken the bars Of body and mind, Time's bɔon to mankind; His eyes-they are stars That never shall dim, He has come without scars On body and limb, Of birth after birth Upon earth after earth! Just look at his eyes, You will soon realize That the light of the skies Is cradled in Him Who is cradled now, With heaven on his brow, And who, for our sake, For ever keeps Wide-awake And never sleeps.
The Commentator appears before the front curtain and speaks to the audience,