We do not get a human life 
Just for the asking. 
Birth in a human body 
Is the reward for good deeds 
In former births. 
Life waxes and wanes imperceptibly, 
It does not stay long. 
The leaf that has once fallen 
Does not return to the branch. 
Behold the Ocean of Transmigration. 
With its swift, irresistible tide. 
O Lal Giridhara, O pilot of my soul, 
Swiftly conduct my barque to the further shore. 
Mira is the slave of Lal Giridhara. 
She says: Life lasts but a few days only. 



Life in the world is short, 
Why shoulder an unnecessary load 
Of worldly relationships? 
Thy parents gave thee birth in the world, 
But the Lord ordained thy fate. 
Life passes in getting and spending, 
No merit is earned by virtuous deeds. 
I will sing the praises of Hari 
In the company of the holy men, 
Nothing else concerns me. 
Mira's Lord is the courtly Giridhara, 
She says: Only by Thy power 
Have I crossed to the further shore.