The Domain of Pain

I am a traveler in the pain’s domain In its vast and abounding circumference Whatever I sow gives a crop of pain The sky overcast and a gloomy ambiance My love, my longings are all in vain Birds of hope deserted the tree of life My body is a prison and soul in chain The departing spring cuts me like knife Moon peeps through clouds to brighten My dark nights to keep me from despair Flowers with their vivid smile enlighten But my soul’s agony is beyond compare Tears of a child make me melancholy It hurts me when I see a withering flower It pains me when I perceive a falling tree I’m sad when human relations are sour Conflicts and wars tear me down I’m tormented by the people’s plight Suicide bombers and killings in town Vanquished honesty and the evil’s might It agonizes me to see malicious deeds The evil doer’s connivance & accord My feelings meet my heart’s needs For the kingdom of pain I thank my Lord