The First Snow

It was the first snow today
It snowed heavily all around
The Heavens have put a white sheet
Around the Mother Earth
To make it a virgin
And none shall tread on it again.

Mother Earth can sit deep
Under this white cover
And be sane
The Heavens have come down
The Earth has become white
And shines like a star once again.

It has purified itself
It has purified itself
It has come in balance
Like Beloved’s heart
It gave up all its grief
And like a youthful virgin
It went under the sheet of release.
Now, for some time, no one
Shall walk over it again.

Though they have brought huge machines,
and are trying hard to tear the sheet of whiteness,
They are trying
They are dying
With the spell of cold
They are dying.
They can’t walk over it again.

The Heavens have covered it like a lover’s hand
And Earth has become Pure.
Saying God! God! God!
What a wonderful act of the Heavens
To cover the Mother Earth!
What a relief, though it is brief.
They shall not walk over it for a while.

Mother Earth has gone
Under the cover of the Heavens.
When Heaven blesses the soul,
Brightness covers it all.
The mortal feels the love,
The Soul feels the strength,
And cries God! God! God!

In God I dwell.
Like a star in the Heavens above.
Like Mother Earth under the cover…
Pure for a while,
Untouched and in Heavenly bliss
Enjoying the mellow sun of winter.

Though they call me a sage,
And love me from the heart,
And love me from all sides,
And feel my depth and breath of life,
Their radiance comes out like winter
Enjoying the white snow
Which has covered the Mother Earth.
And in the mountain, in the voice of the whispering winds,
I hear God! God! God!

By Yogi Bhajan

5 Responses to “The First Snow”

1. Gombesa says:

   March 13, 2006 at 11:42 pm

   Beautiful post.Beautiful poem.Beautiful spirit of the writer.Beautiful life.Beautiful world. GOD IS BEAUTY
   Its so late remember your morning sadhana.Have a good night/day.Remember the sacrifices from the men and women before us; that we get to go to sleep and wake up tommorow.
   SATNAM SIRI WAHEGURU
   WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH.

2. Gombesa says:

   March 13, 2006 at 11:43 pm

   thats not my time. My time its 10:42p.m PST

3. SikhsRus says:

   March 14, 2006 at 8:19 am

   “In God I dwell.
   Like a star in the Heavens above.
   Like Mother Earth under the cover…
   Pure for a while,
   Untouched and in Heavenly bliss
   Enjoying the mellow sun of winter”

   I really like the line above. Thank you for posting Guruka Singh Ji. Great reminder of the pureness of the Khalsa spirit and constant meditation in the name of God to all Singhs and Singhnis.

4. Manvir Singh Khalsa says:

   March 14, 2006 at 3:42 pm

   Very nice poem :)

5. kiran says:

   March 15, 2006 at 3:10 pm

   This guy had one unique way of looking at the world and this poem great example.

   lots of pyar

   Kiran

   ps.. it was 9* in London today…it was nice day indeed, we even had sunshine for a while this afternoon…No rain today..I hope you got it instead GM!! xx