The Savior

Look, how like a python, How like a ravenous whale And how like the Bermuda Triangle The hungry Fire gapes at us! How terribly the maddened Fire Devours bricks and stones, And drinks the piles of snow like tasty wine! Like a demon, the Fire eats up Crunching the bones of Cain, Eats up the skeleton of Lahab And like the palm's kernel eats Uprooting the blue eyes of Genghis Khan. O man, where are you going Like a bewildered horse? O Horse, where are you going Raising your obstinate tail, o Bull? Breaking down the wall of sight, Look, how horribly the hungry Fire Gapes at us! Such a fire it is That devours piercing not only our visible body But also the deer of our invisible soul, Eats up, like a rat, the invisible coconut Of our heart bit by bit. There is no Jesus more who will absorb All the sins into his cross; There is no Gautama more who will play Day and night the flute of wisdom Sitting under the shade of the Bodhi Tree; There is no Krishna more who will pour down The cloud of love into Radha's thirsty eyes; There is no Mohammad more who will rush To save you from the clutch of hungry Fire. O Man, O Horse, O Bull, Remember, there is no prophet more; Remember, except a lovelorn poet, There is no savior more.