When we are busy and blind

to the poor's daily plight

When selfishness rules and

its often 'me' and my delight

Shine O Shine Divine Light

And grant us great insight.

When we try to contain you

with a mind so frail and finite

Create you in our own image

and others their beliefs slight

Shine O Shine Divine Light

Make us humble and contrite.

When faith is reduced to mere

rules, rituals and rigorous rites

And the soul is trapped by the

trivial, trivia, tittle-tattle and trite

Shine O Shine Divine Light

Deep in our hearts burn bright.

When making money seems

to be the only goal in sight

and making a difference is

is lampooned and made light

Shine O Shine Divine Light

Inspire us to greater heights

When power and possession

makes compromise seem right

And success is often measured

by money, means and might

Shine O Shine Divine Light

Lead us on to lives upright.

When we tarry from the truth

and are tempted to take flight

When it has been many a long

lonely and languishing night

Shine O Shine Divine Light

The fire in our hearts re-ignite.

Happy DeepaRaya 2004!