Laments of loss in poignant elegies Or hymns of thanks in prayerful submission, The soothing charms of mother's lullabies Or anthem of nation in pure oblation: Songs are sung in many a mood of mind -- In many a rendering of streams and flows Life does utter where soul it does find -- Freely through croons or hums, and highs or lows. And notes of songs with tears or joyous refrain That's solemnized with the spirit of oneness Can gather up clouds for a desert rain, Can melt mountains, can resurrect the lifeless... And songs that sing the paeans of humanity Are waved through vibes of Earth to Eternity. -- N P SAMAL