THY WILL
D.
V.
If
it be Thy will!
Shall
I enthrone thee on my head?
Did
I say that Thy pleasure was only this?
Lord,
if it be Thy will!
Thou
hast taken my speech
and made me a mute
But
now Thou wantest music from a mute.
Lord,
if it be Thy will!
With
my voice stilled
At
the dark night’s end, What gift can I bring
Into
Thy hand outstretched
Except
this little song–
If
it be Thy will!
Rustles
there some music
in my heart–
Like
the waking bird shaking
its wings in the nest.
[Rendered
from the original in Telugu by D. ANJANEYULU]