1. The Fire Dragon 3:10
2. Sweetest Baba 3:28
3. Dewdrop in the Dawn 6:26
4. Unknown traveller 4:40
5. Lead me onward 3:25
6. The Renunciates Song 3:52
7. Starlight 3:17
8. Winters End 6:22
9. 1000 Cranes 3:25
10. Winds of Change 4:15
11. Song for Freedom 3:20

1. The Fire Dragon
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1976

Can I tell You how I love you? More than words can ever tell
Even now the blissful vision's passing, leaving me forever caught within Your spell
The magic of Your light surrounds me, even when I cannot see
The clarion call of Your trumpets blowing, has finally come to me
Like a Fire Dragon in the darkness, Your sweet light is cast all about
May I worship You my Fire Dragon? May I fall upon my face before You God?
May I serve and play some small part in Your game? May I strike a blow for Truth?
May I be Your tool and bring to all Your light? May I sit in Your sweet lap forevermore?
None of these things do I really want my Lord, it just sounds so nice to say
Just to please You Lord that's all I want today, just to love You more, that much I will ask, I know I may.
Can I tell You how I love you? More than words can ever tell
Even now the blissful vision's passing, leaving me forever caught within Your spell.

2. Sweetest Baba
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1979

In Sam'skrta the word Baba means "Beloved" and is used as a term of ultimate affection for that Supreme Entity who is always caring for and loving each one of us.
I know where I have seen that sweet face once before
I remember long ago I saw You smiling from a star
Sweetest Baba how I Iong to see Your face
Sweetest Baba, how I love to feel Your Grace
Sweetest Baba, how I long to give my all to You.
I know where I have heard that sweet voice once before
On a lonely moonlit night I heard You calling from afar.
Sweetest Baba, how I love to call Your name ,
Sweetest Baba, how I love to play Your game
Sweetest Baba, it's all an endless loving song to You
I know where I have felt that sweet touch once before
It woke a feeling in my heart that will remain forevermore
Sweetest Baba, won't You take me in Your arms
Like a child in Your endless loving calm
Sweetest Baba, giving glimpses of Your mind
Sweetest Baba, showing how I've been so blind
Sweetest Baba, time and time again You come
Sweetest Baba, You know You are my only one
Sweetest Baba, how can I ever forget You now?

3. Dewdrop in the Dawn
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1978

When the wolves of night are close upon my trail
And I'm exhausted and I fear my strength might fail me
And all the tricks I've tried have been to no avail
Then I find You standing near.
Here I am a single dewdrop in the dawn
And as the rising suns' light catches me I am transformed
Into a soul in flight, a spirit newly born
I awake as You take form.
But all that I can think is how I love You
All I can do is surrender, at Your Lotus Feet
at Your Lotus Feet
A glimpse of You has left me yearning for the day
When I may walk with You upon some cosmic way
I know You yearn for me too, Lord what can I say
Baba I am amazed.
Your magic love surrounds us brighter than the sun,
You are the one whose glory stretches on and on
I see a million minds I see there's only one
Watching over, loving all.
And all that I can think is how I love You
All that I can think is how I love You
All I can do is surrender, at Your Lotus Feet
at Your Lotus Feet
Baba Nam Kevalam
Baba Nam Kevalam is a Sam'skrta mantra intended for devotional chanting in preparation for meditation. I t roughly translates as " Everything is a manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness".

4. Unknown Traveller (Ajana Pathik)
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1983

All hail the "Ajana Pathik" , the mystical being who witnesses all our thoughts and deeds, and guides us on our spiritual journey in mysterious ways.
Oh Unknown Traveller , You heard my cry, I don't know why I was so lonely
You took my hand to guide me through the mists of ages
I live again to see Your smile, such strange enchantment
And everyone I pass reminds me of You
And at every point I touch Your unseen realm.
I often wonder if You have been that unseen friend I can depend on
I love that feeling, to know You're near , a love so dear
Why don't we just float away?
They'll never know our destination
They'll never know we're gone.
Oh Unknown Traveller, You hide Your face, and in it's place there is a question
I dare not ask the shining mask.
"Do you trust me, to lead you on beyond the darkness?"
Then I throw myself in anguish at the wind
But I close my eyes and catch You in my fear.
Can't you see your destiny, shining like a path before you , Your heart forever free?
Just touch my heart so I can love You, You open my eyes and let me see
All of the years that I have sought You, all of the time You were with me
And You're all that I ever want to be, You know everything I think, do and see
And somehow I feel You inside of me, And I sense the magic of You very free.

5. Lead Me Onward
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1983

Like a rain of crystal shadows in the night
There's a cloud of shifting thought obscures my sight
Hidden in a mist of mystery You stand
If I reach for You all I get is empty hands
If I offer my whole self right at Your feet
That's the only way to persuade You to stay with me.
Cloud of mystery gives birth to spark of light
Floating to me and I catch it holding tight
In my hands I hold in awe a holy word
Baba Nam Kevalam Baba Nam Kevalam
Again and again I perceive that it is all the same
Over and over now I cry that I want only You
Yet Your mystery evades me still.
Take my hands and lead me onward through the night
Take me in Your loving arms and hold me tight
Take my pain to sow as stars across the sky
Take my eyes that are so dazzled by Your light
Take my heart entrusted to Your loving care
Take my thoughts that I may see the truth laid bare
Take my oath now that I offer all to thee
Take my life, it's not my own.

6. The Renunciates Song
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1983

You are the only one, beyond time, beyond rhyme or reason
You are the greatest one, beyond space, beyond all lands and seasons
How can I sing to You my Lord when You are sound itself?
For how in song are You described without a sound?
How can I love You Lord, when You are love itself?
How can I worship You my master.
You are the only One, beyond time, beyond rhyme or reason
You are the Perfect One beyond mind, beyond all manifestation
What can I do for You My Lord, to express my love for You
For how in song are You described without a sound?
I know just what I'll do now that I feel Your love abound
I'll give my life into Your service.
I'll uproot mountains that have dared to disobey Your will
I'll bring them bound before You just to show You love them still
I'll change the world the way You want, I'll take Your message far and wide
And when I'm done if You so wish I will return to Your side.
For You're the only one I love, and I won’t part from You
Not if a sea of evil standeth in my way.
For You're the only one I know, I see Your face in all faces,
And all the places that I go I see that You've been there before
You are my only love my Lord, and if I'm crying in my sleep
You say," My child, do not weep, for I am Yours' forevermore."

7. Starlight
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1979

Like starlight shining onwards all around me
Remember that dark dark night when all alone
A clear stream of conscious footprints lead me from my home
A clear call, my restless spirit brought me to Your feet
Like starlight Your haunting music stirs the shifting mountain air
The shadow of an angel flies across my grave
I'm touched my Your loving hand that reached across the night
I know now that Your enchantment never fades
You took me to worlds undreamed of, floating in a vision
And showed me reality to which I'd been so blind
And spells that were woven long ago bear fruit at last
My heart finds fulfilment in Your hands caress.
So sadly I came to You, a child without father
But just like a ship that by the tide has lain long stranded
I thrill now to feel Your flowing sea beneath my soul
I gaze no more mournfully across the burning sand.
Like starlight, shining onwards all around me
The shadow of an angel flies across my grave
And spells that were woven long ago bear fruit at last
I know now that Your enchantment never fades.

8. Winters End
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1978

The earth is frozen in the cruel grip of a long winter, love is dying in the world, all is cold and still. Then the harbinger of the dawn comes, the Great Leader. The peoples hearts are awakened with new hope by his love, they are roused to combat and defeat the evil, and springs sweet light spreads over the land again.
On a cold winters morning a dewdrop formed in the icy dawn
But the coldness of the snow around reflected in it turning it to stone.
A tinkling stream is playing on the icicles a sad refrain,
In the snow of a nearby village children’s tricycles are lonely and forgotten.
My mind clutches at these wondrous icicles that are hanging here,
In the stillness of this eerie night, alone beneath the trees in the forest.
Beautiful it may seem, but the ice edge is sharp
Cutting my clutching hand, crimson tears stain the snow
Pain all around me now , God how it hurts to know.
Floating in Gods heaven all alone,
Winters small creatures lie, dying amidst the snow
They are too small to flee, they are too cold to cry.
Winters chill, spell of night, dark magic binds the world
Frozen are human hearts, we crowd close worlds apart
Lonely cries paid no heed, Love is all, that we need.
The dewdrop awakes now in the morning sun of the godly one
Who has come at last and brings the spring, who's calling us to fight for our freedom.
Fire of love burns now in hearts of heroes,
Wielding our swords of light, warriors gather now,
Now is time to unite, humanity awake.
Here is our leader now, see the master Himself
Glorious golden one, shining like dragon fire
Darkness retreats before, Dharma is our desire.
In the chill spring of morning a dewdrop formed and the rising sun,
Caught the curve of liquid, tensions vessel, shining for a moment like the dawn.
Heralding Winters End, harbinger springs return,
Golden wings open wide, bliss dawning in my mind
Breaking the chains at last, Baba, the Lord is here.
And the dewdrop , awake now in a springtime land where the air is clear but warm
the sunlight touches all our hearts, so many dewdrops in the dawn.

9. 1000 Cranes
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1988

Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She survived the bombing but developed leukaemia when she was 11. When she was in hospital a friend told her that if you fold 1000 paper cranes the gods may grant her a wish. So she bravely folded cranes until she died a few months later. She completed more than 1000. She is remembered by children all over Japan and her memorial stands in Hiroshima today.
Sadako Sasaki your name rings on down through the years Though you were just a child when you died
Sadako Sasaki will you make a thousand cranes for me Let magic bring good fortune once again
That all the children we have borne don't die in vain Lest all the wonders of this world perish in flame
That all the children we have borne don't die in vain Lest all the wonders of this world perish in flame
We will make a thousand cranes to make you well As you live on in our minds on your star island
We will sing a thousand songs to make them hear us Why should it take a thousand suns to bring us peace?
Tears can never bring the dead to life again
We will never let them end our world
Tears can never bring the dead to life again
We will never let them end our world
Sadako Sasaki your name rings on down through the years Though you were just a child when you died.

10. Winds of Change
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1984

Can you feel the wind, it stirs my soul and lifts it high to catch a glimpse of heavens distant sky, lead me on towards my home.
Await the One, with loves' sweet pain burning patterns in my heart to weave a space between the stars, there You are.
Can You feel the stillness, of the cold before the dawn, the calm before the storm about to break and bear us on towards Your light.
Chorus: Can you feel the wind awakening your hearts , it may be gentle but it's true
Can you see the new dawn breaking through the darkness, is it happening to you?
I love Your smile, it takes my heart in a tender loving hold that tells me never to let go, not fade away from loves true flame
I see Your tears like diamonds falling catch my heart to cast down my despair, I need not fear the darkest night.
A thousand winds have bourn us high then died their fury gone to set us down just one stage further on towards our home
A thousand suns have shone their light on our long struggle, fed the flame of hope that never dies, that leads us on...
A thousand times, the leaves have turned burnt orange, fallen spinning, still our journey seems to have no end, in the wind I hear You call.
Chorus
Will You be my love, I'll wait for You though the world may pass away and only You and I remain, I'll feel the same.

11. Song for Freedom
© Dada Nabhaniilananda 1978

“Age of Anandam” means “Age of Bliss”
Vigilance they say is the price of freedom
A small price surely for eternal glory
Listen carefully can You hear the anguish
Of a lonely people crying for salvation?
Look around you, can you see the sadness
written with cruel strokes on peoples faces?
Chorus:
Awake now there is a road to freedom
You who have the courage now must take it
Awake humankind in your darkest hour
For the age of Anandam is at hand.
See here how the blessed wind of fortune
Has blown to you a chance of many life times
Humanity is waiting for your greatness
to shine through you and break their chains of darkness.
Chorus:
Awake now there is a road to freedom
You who have the courage now must take it
Rise up and sing in joy this song for Freedom
For the Age of Anandam is at hand.

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