How life changes

Today i was checking out pics on a social networking site and i happened to see my cousin's photo..
Yes though she is my cousin (1st cousin), i haven't met her past 3 years due to some incident that happened which has distanced us apart though we stay in the same city yet we are separated. we have spoken to each other though unintended for a couple of times.

Frankly speaking we never got along well with each other due to the very small age-gap between the 2 of us. She was 3 months younger to me and since we studied in the same class (standard.. though not the same school luckily)there was intense competition to excel and stand first.

Now i see a lot has changed between what we were then and what we are now.

We would meet a few times in a year when we all gathered in our ancestral home to spend the summer vacation yet we were like a house on fire. Me, being short tempered and she being naughty.. today i look back and think why i was so serious about life and dint chill.. i wonder if i have not enjoyed my life to the fullest...

today no matter what i do, i cant recreate the memories i would want it to be :(

ಕರುಣಾಳು ಬಾ ಬೆಳಕೆ....

ಕರುಣಾಳು ಬಾ ಬೆಳಕೆ ಮುಸುಕಿದಿ ಮಬ್ಬಿನಲಿ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು.

ಇರುಳು ಕತ್ತಲೆಯಾ ಗವಿ ಮನೆದೂರ ಕನಿಕರಿಸಿ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಹೇಳಿ ನನ್ನಡಿ ಇಡಿಸು ಬಲು ದೂರ ನೋಟವನು ಕೇಳಲೊಡನೆಯೆ ಸಾಕು ನನಗೊಂದು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ.
ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಇಂತಿರದಾದೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಬೇಡದೆ ಹೋದೆ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಕರುಣಾಳು ಬಾ ಬೆಳಕೆ ಮುಸುಕಿಡಿ ಮಬ್ಬಿನಲಿ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
ಇಷ್ಟು ದಿನ ಸಲಹಿರುವೆ ಈಮೂಕನನು ನೀನು, ಮುಂದೆಯೂ ಕೈ ಹಿಡುದು ನಡೆಸದಿಹೆಯಾ ?
ಕಷ್ಟದಡವಿಯ ಕಳೆದು ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಹೊಳೆಗಳ ಹಾದು, ಇರುಳನ್ನು ನೂಕದಿಹೆಯ ?
ಬೆಳಗಾಗ ಹೊಳಯದೆ ಹಿಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಾನೊಲಿದು ಈನಡುವೆ ಕಳಕೊಂಡ ದಿವ್ಯ ಮುಖ ನಗು ತಾ.
ಇರುಳು ಕತ್ತಲೆಯಾ ಗವಿ ಮನೆದೂರ ಕನಿಕರಿಸಿ ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆಸೆನ್ನನು
- B M Shree

The original English composition by John Henry Newman is as follows:

Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Meantime, along the narrow rugged path,
Thyself hast trod,
Lead, Saviour, lead me home in childlike faith,
Home to my God.
To rest forever after earthly strife
In the calm light of everlasting life."



P.S http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead,_Kindly_Light