Song of Man

• I was here from the moment of the
• Beginning, and here I am still. And
• I shall remain here until the end
• Of the world, for there is no
• Ending to my grief-stricken being.
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• I roamed the infinite sky, and
• Soared in the ideal world, and
• Floated through the firmament. But
• Here I am, prisoner of measurement.
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• I heard the teachings of Confucius;
• I listened to Brahma's wisdom;
• I sat by Buddha under the Tree of Knowledge.
• Yet here I am, existing with ignorance
• And heresy.
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• I was on Sinai when Jehovah approached Moses;
• I saw the Nazarene's miracles at the Jordan;
• I was in Medina when Mohammed visited.
• Yet I here I am, prisoner of bewilderment.
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• Then I witnessed the might of Babylon;
• I learned of the glory of Egypt;
• I viewed the warring greatness of Rome.
• Yet my earlier teachings showed the
• Weakness and sorrow of those achievements.
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• I conversed with the magicians of Ain Dour;
• I debated with the priests of Assyria;
• I gleaned depth from the prophets of Palestine.
• Yet, I am still seeking truth.
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• I gathered wisdom from quiet India;
• I probed the antiquity of Arabia;
• I heard all that can be heard.
• Yet, my heart is deaf and blind.
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• I suffered at the hands of despotic rulers;
• I suffered slavery under insane invaders;
• I suffered hunger imposed by tyranny;
• Yet, I still possess some inner power
• With which I struggle to great each day.
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• My mind is filled, but my heart is empty;
• My body is old, but my heart is an infant.
• Perhaps in youth my heart will grow, but I
• Pray to grow old and reach the moment of
• My return to God. Only then will my heart fill!
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• I was here from the moment of the
• Beginning, and here I am still. And
• I shall remain here until the end
• Of of world, for there is no
• Ending to my grief-stricken being.