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Man! O Man
In the movement of the zodiac
Amidst the changes of night and day
In the circles of the orbit
That rotates the planets,
The one that emerged from the
Will of the atom that
Moved ages ago
Man, O Man!
Worshipper of beauty
In poetry and sculpture, in an insect and a flower
In the lightning and the cloud
The worshipper of beauty!
The one who lives
The one who enjoys, mourns,
And despairs, the warrior!
The lover!
One who pines, meditates,
Who rejoices and renounces!
The one who reasons
Who in perpetual quest
Amongst the trees, ponds,
On the edges of water, in the snake holes
The one who searches!
The restless one, knowing no defeat!
Who looks up all the time! The great one!
Great traveller!
Man, O, Man!
The one who fights, envies, thinks narrow,
Alas man,
Oh, Man!
The one who fights for prevailing dharma,
The one who cannot tolerate injustice
Ideologue, Mahatma, Man!
In Asia, America, and in Europe
Africa and Australia
In the isles of the sea,
In the cities and towns
The rich or the poor
Young or old
While Black or Brown, Red or Yellow
Strong or meek
The one who lives and sings Man, O Man!
The one who belongs to one family,
Of one blood
Man, O Man!
The one who speaks several tongues
Who roams in several regions,
Who sheds multifaceted lights!
The good hearted one, the kind one
The one who travels rightful paths!
The one who crosses the deep seas
Deserts and climbs high mountains
The one who searches the high skies
And researches the stars
The thirsty one, the reflecting one!
The one who built bridges
Hospitals, museums,
Libraries, factories,
Trains, ships and planes
The one who achieved foresight and
Farthest hearing
Man, O Man!
The one who revels in aesthetic delights
Poet, dancer, sculptor, musician, philosopher
Scientist and thinker
The sorrowful one, the kind one
The one who can feel the pain of others,
The one who cannot lift a hand to kill an ant even
The Buddha and
Jesus!
Social animal, hard labourer,
The one who wears body as garb
The cloud that rains sweat
A member of a family of collective veins
Laborer, factory worker, O Man!
Wage earner, Gardener, farmer,
The one who lives in huts
Who lives on thin starch
The one endowed with many children
The eye of hunger, O Man!
The one who rebels and questions
The one who is not afraid to
Fall a prey to injustice
Prisoner
Rowdy
Murderer
Baby
Man, O Man!
