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Under the Sun

Under the sun
Everybody takes an oath
And if not many times
At least once in a lifetime
But there are many more to take
As long as we are here
If you are not sure which
I will let you know
For we have that fate under our souls
A fate lying at the very foundations of our lives
An oath to take care of our imperfect bodies
For was it not that way, 
Who would bother sleep
Wake up, dress up and go to work 
Only for a daily meal?

So many more I skipped
For everybody knows
Just when the time comes
For him, for her.
Can I only talk of this one, or,
Should I speak of this one too
Maybe for those who get to experience it?
There’s an oath to love somebody else and care
For many of us, find it reasonable to take care of others,
Were it not an oath, would bother love anymore?

But then, before all that, 
There is one biggest oath
That each one of us took
Willingly or not if he would want it;

Here, 
Under the sun,
Lies the creation
It is beautiful, all can see 
For it, we must take care 
To gain our lives
And then, we toil and toil and toil
Seeking survival in this rushing world

This is not an oath, you say 
But see:
Ever since the day we came out 
From our mother's wombs
I suppose we first looked up and saw the sun
To my wonder, did our necks get tired 
And directed our faces down?
I guess yes

From then on, we had to face it all 
All that is and happens under the sun
Under the sun, we will stay
Stay until we look down or up again…
Never to turn our eyes 
To what happens
Under this yellow sun.

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