Kazi Nazrul Islam - Save Me From All Pettiness

Save me from all smallness <br /> O my Lord, the Graciousness! <br />Teach me, O Lord, no sin is worse <br /> than the sin of pettiness. <br />Even if I am a sinner over hundred births, <br /> even if for eons I sojourn in hell, <br />Even then, I know Lord, there is forgiveness from you. <br /> But is there forgiveness for pettiness? My Lord, Pray tell! <br /> <br />Please, my Lord, in my heart <br /> don't constrict the space. <br />Friends, foes or strangers alike <br /> Let my heart be able to embrace. <br /> <br />Let me not speak ill of others, nor harbor envy; <br /> At others' joy, let be lustrous my soul, <br />Let me weep for that wretched-hapless <br /> whose heart is like a wormhole! <br /> <br />[Original: Bengali, Translator: Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq ]<br /><br />Kazi Nazrul Islam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem..../save-me-from-all-pe