Translation
To see the lightA tiny blade of grass remains wide awake all night.
To see the light
The buds offer their devoted eagerness.
Alas, neither a blade of grass nor the buds
Can awaken my aspiration-flame.
I sleep and sleep,
My ears tightly closed.
Sri Chinmoy, Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance, part 5, Agni Press, 1976