ABIDE WITH ME
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me,
Only thy presence I yearn for,
World’s din and bustle binds me not–nor
Its riches, I long to step at thy side free!
Friend, a soul’s friend, abide with me.
Friend, friend, abide with me,
Surround with thy bliss that bends down the far sky,
Would that into thy sunny spheres I could fly,
Lay thy touch that makes a drop span infinity,
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me.
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me,
Let the strings be all astir with thy song,
Myriad notes of heaven’s lustre
throng,
With thy magic flute ring my soul’s profundity,
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me.
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me,
Set aglow the dark, break the seal
of sleep,
Reveal the dawn-white dreams hidden in the deep,
My one and all mate on the way of eternal journey,
Friend, O soul’s friend, abide with me.
–ROBI GUPTA