The Story of Chains

Translated by M Harunur Rashid

Driven by lust and greed, 
The moment I saw hidden flesh, 
I became a swan for a deep swim, 
That fastened the eternal knot from that moment onwards. 

In that maze the more I swim, 
The knot tightens but does not break, 
Everyone thought this is what it ought to be like
This the goal, the goal of living. 

Everyone congratulated me,
No one however could guess the story of the chains.