The soul-bird
O world-ignorance,Although
You have shackled my feet,
I am free.
Although
You have chained my hands,
I am free.
Although
You have enslaved my body,
I am free.
I am free because I am not the body.
I am free because I am the soul-bird
That flies in Infinity-Sky,
Because I am the soul-child that dreams
On the Lap of the immortal King Supreme.
Sri Chinmoy, Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974, Agni Press, 1975