Crime And Punishment

Hate the sin, not the sinner And see, he is standing before As a criminal With a rope tied around The waist, The hands handcuffed And the poor criminal going, The world calling him a criminal But he is not, He is not A criminal, He is a man, A man, See you. Let the world call him a criminal But he is not, He is not a criminal And even if he is a criminal, He could not behave it so, Could not understand it, Feel it The consequence of his karma For which he is suffering, Reaping the bhoga, Had he been a criminal, He would not have kept In isolation, The eyes would not Have turned red And wept. But the police keep bating, Punishing As for a breakthrough, The pleader demanding money As for fighting his case, The file-mover Moving not his files, Just the case foes deferred For the next hearing And justice delayed to The convict, The accused and sinner, The convict and culprit Sick and spiritless From his within. The criminal from the dockyard Hanging the head in shame Staring blankly Without anything in mind, Without any hope in life, Seeing pitilessly Having lost faith in justice And the world debating His bloodshed and crime, None with him, All for money and power, Those who made him turn into A criminal Otherwise he had been not, A simple fellow was her Got lured by the greed of money. None taking him up, All have abandoned him, The police, judge and the public, Accusing and cursing But in the heart of his heart He is not a criminal, No, no, never a criminal But a man, A common man After brad and butter, Wanting to live a common life But they implicated him And he got lured by The offer of a lump sum And committed the crime And hence is a criminal Btu may I ask, Are the judges blotless, Are the lawyers whiter, Are the police stainless, Say you, say you, Why are you silent? N.B. Who’s For Justice Indeed and Where’s It? / Hate The Sin, Not The Sinner/ Have Compassion In Justice/ Don’t Be So Cruel in Your Judgement, Mark It That The Judge of The Judges Is Therefrom Seeing It All/ Crime and Punishment