Saint Mira

Author(s): T L Vaswani
Publisher: Saint Miras English Medium School

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SAINT MIRA
O bless me, Beloved!
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Mira hath Thou accepted As more than Thy maid. Mira is Thy bride, Beloved! Protect me then,
Guard Thou Mira's honour, Lord!
At Thy Lotus-feet
Do I shelter seek!
My refuge art Thou, Beloved! And in this broad, boundless sea Of life art Thou my Boat.
How can I cross Without Thee, Beloved?
MANY years have passed since I journeyed to see Mira's Temple at Chitor. Step by step, I ascended the height, until I reached Mira's shrine on that sacred evening which I may not easily forget. The sun had set: I entered the Temple. I bowed at the shrine with tear-touched eyes.
Some one asked me :-"What is Mira?"
And I said "Sing on the Song of the Lord,this is Mira!"
On her way onward, by day and by night, Mira sings on the Song of the Lord. And, as she sings, her