Prema in Heart

Listen, friend, I will speak my heart to thee;
I have found in my life this truth supreme --
Buffeted by waves, in this whirl of life,
There's one ferry that takes across the sea.

Formulas of worship, control of breath,
Science, philosophy, systems varied,
Relinquishment, possession, and the life,
All these are but delusions of the mind --
Love, Love -- that's the one thing, the sole treasure.

In Jiva and Brahman, in man and God,
In ghosts, and wraiths, and spirits, and so forth,
In Devas, beasts, birds, insects, and in worms,
This Prema dwells in the heart of them all.

                  - Swami Vivekananda, 
                     from ‘To A Friend’ - poem in Bengali