Pride and fortune

I am a gypsy-soul belonging to the barren earth
and an empress of the fragrant, grand garden Thou art.
Why should I not take pride for coming a lover of Thine?

I am a pilgrim of dry land
and a beauty queen of the evergreen region Thou art.  
Why should I not consider myself fortunate
for falling in love with the Self of Thine?

I am an individual monument of ugliness
and a great goddess, an ornament of loveliness Thou art.  
Why should I not feel proud of the fascination Thou felt for the sake of mine?

I am penniless and a captive bound by
worldly bondages and a wealthy, liberated, queen of loveliness thou art.  
Why should I not take pride in becoming an ornament of Thine?  
Why should I not consider fateful the self of mine?

- Shri Yogeshwarji