1.

My rose-road.
    My lotus-home.

2.

The rose-smile
    of the West
    I have.

3.

The lotus-tears
    of the East
    I am.

4.

The beauty
    of a rose
purifies my
    mind-jungle.

5.

The fragrance
    of a rose
    beautifies my
    heart-garden.

6.

In the morning,
    the roses
   are the lightning smiles
    of my soul.

7.

In the evening,
    the roses
are the bleeding tears
    of my heart.

8.

When I see a rose
with my aspiration heart,
    I immediately feel
    that I am
    very close to God.

9.

When I see a rose
with my dedication life,
    I spontaneously feel
    that I am
    a choice child of God.

10.

May my
   heart-rose
   never be
    surrounded by
    my mind-thorns.

11.

Each rose petal
    is at once
    the eagerness of my heart
    and the enthusiasm
    of my life.

12.

Thorns do their duty
    powerfully:
   they protect the roses.

13.

Roses do their duty
    blessingfully:
   they liberate the thorns.

14.

The purity-life
   a rose has.

15.

The divinity-breath
    a rose is.

16.

Indeed,
    a rose and a lotus
    are extremely beautiful,
    but the gratitude-tears
    of our hearts
   are infinitely more beautiful.

17.

Each rose has
    three special names:
God's Vision-Eye,
    God's Compassion-Heart,
   God's Satisfaction-Life.

18.

The outer rose
    blesses my eyes
    immediately.

19.

The inner rose
   illumines
    my heart
    sleeplessly.

20.

Unlike human beings,
    no rose needs
   qualification or
    recommendation.

21.

Each rose
    is a
master-key
to God's Heart-Kingdom.

22.

My desire-mind
    has no access
   to my heart-garden.

23.

My aspiration-heart is
   far beyond the snare
    of my mind-forest.

24.

When I pray,
    I become
a hope-fountain-rose.

25.

When I meditate,
    I become
a promise-mountain-rose.

26.

Twice my stupidity
reigns supreme:
    once when
    I look for a rose
    inside my
    mind-desert,
    and once when
    I neglect to look
    for a rose
inside my heart-garden.

27.

My mind’s
    doubt-weight
    I lose completely
    the moment I enter
into my heart's rose-garden.

28.

O my lotus-heart,
    only because of you
   I see God's smiling Face
    everywhere.

29.

O my lotus-heart,
    because of
your exquisite fragrance,
    I am able to become
    a God-dreamer.

30.

My heart-garden
    deeply enjoys
    the company of
    two guests:
   compassion and sympathy.

31.

As beauty and fragrance
    are inseparable,
even so my heart-lotus
    and my soul-breath
   are inseparable.

32.

Alas,
will my Indian heart
    ever be as pure
    as an Indian lotus?

33.

Alas,
    will my Indian heart
    ever be able to see
    the compassion-beauty
    of an Indian lotus
    in each human being?

34.

Each lotus
    is the
fondest child,
    greatest pride
   and sweetest smile
    of an Indian goddess.

35.

The discovery
    of my
    Indian heart:
    no Indian lotus,
    no Indian goddess.

36.

My heart-lotus tells me
    that I am not
    my mind's dark and
    starless night.

37.

My heart-lotus tells me
    that I am
    my soul's
   illumination-adorer.

38.

Each petal
    of my heart-lotus
reveals a unique message
    from the Beyond.

39.

Each petal
   of my heart-lotus
    receives
    a special boon from
God's Compassion-Eye.

40.

Each petal
of my heart-lotus
    is a humble prayer
    of my heart.

41.

My mind's
ingratitude-weeds
    disappear
    the moment
    I enter into
    my heart's lotus-garden.

42.

The lotus-life
    sings
    inside
my tearful heart-nest.

43.

The lotus-life
    dances
    inside
    my blissful
soul-kingdom

.

44.

My lotus-heart bloom
    expedites
   the arrival of God's Hour.

45.

I call it
my lotus-life.
    God calls it
my heart's purity-breath.

46.

The
    aspiration heart-lotus
    knows
no venom-desire-fruits.

47.

My
   aspiration heart-lotus
    loves me immensely.
   Therefore I do not
    have to go
    to the desire-market
    anymore.

48.

A great
mind-tower
    is empty
    of both flower-beauty
    and flower-fragrance.

49.

A pure
heart-flower
   is the height of beauty
    and the depth
    of fragrance.

50.

Today
    is my
    today's
    hope-flower.

51.

Tomorrow
    will be
    my tomorrow's
    promise-fruit.

52.

God the Lover
   and God the Beloved
    sleeplessly love to play
    hide and seek
   inside humanity's
    aspiration-garden.