When I am gone away
When I am gone awayRemember me, O children sweet,
No, not because I failed,
No, not because I cried,
No, not because I tried,
No, not because I saw my Lord in you,
No, not because I served my Lord in you,
No, not because I fulfilled my Lord in you,
No, not because I was your Pilot true,
No, not because I was your 'Infinite' blue,
O, but because my life was all gratitude,
gratitude, gratitude
To you, to you, my children sweet, to you.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 6, No.12, 27 July 1971, AUM Centre Press, 1971