31 Alas ...

ALAS

You are a complicated man;

Therefore

I do not go near you,

Alas!

He is a shallow man;

Therefore

I do not go near him,

Alas, alas!

I am an uncultured man;

Therefore

You two do not come near me,

Alas, alas, alas!

Excerpt from When I Left God In Heaven by Sri Chinmoy