THE PERSON I AM LOOKING FOR - Hazara Singh

If you do not get lowered in your own eyes


While you raise yourself in those of others


If you do not give in to gossips and lies


Rather heed them not, saying ‘Who bothers’.


You may be the person I am looking for.




If you crave not for praise when you win


And look not for sympathy while you lose


If cheers let not your head toss or spin


And after a set-back you offer no excuse.


You may be the person I am looking for.




If you accept counsel without getting sore


And re-assess yourself in the light thereof


If you pledge not to be obstinate any more


And meet others without any frown or scoff.


You may be the person I am looking for.




If you have the will to live and courage to die


You are a beacon-light for people far and wide


If you ignore the jeers and, thus, expose the lie


‘That virtue and success do not go side by side’.

You are the person I am looking for.