Often I have swept the floor, the veranda, the yard
And all the passages of the house.
I don’t know whether as dedication or devotion
The rough hand of the housewife has,
By my daily use, swept our household clean.
There are so many brooms to accomplish
Such simple household chores! O God,
Find for me a hardy and effective sweeper,
Who, with me, will once and for all,
Sweep the whole world clean.
How abundantly the earth is polluted
And how immeasurably dust and dirt
Accumulate on all sides of earth
Causing it to bloat like a decaying corpse,
Frantically spreading its intolerable, bad smell
And pervading and filling the very air we breathe!
O God, find for me a hardy and effective sweeper,
Who, with me, will once and for all,
Sweep the whole earth clean.
