To Death I’m a Stranger
March 19, 2023
Beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, recorded at Ananda Village March 19th 2023.
Lyrics:
To death I’m a stranger,
Poor youth that I am!
What destiny bears me
Hence to that shore?
The chalice of life,
Scarce sipped at the brim,
Has slipped from my grasp
And stains the dark floor.
Has life any meaning?
The grail that men seek
Has never been found
On earth.
The “fountain of youth”—
Ah, only a myth!
None who ever roamed
Far in search of it
Ever found what he sought.
Yet, see how the night sky,
Which banishes the sun,
Is banished in time by the dawn!
Death comes like a gypsy
Who camps on the way;
At dawn, his dark caravan’s gone.
To death I’m a stranger.
Yet, strangest of all,
The stranger I feared
Is a stranger no more!
The shadow I feared
But hides from the sun!
In death there is peace
On God’s infinite shore!
