Shaving the heads the barber he belongs to the same faith For him it’s some money he celebrates each death Celebrates each death the barber he earns from obvious fate Shaving the dead’s loved ones will earn him at any rate!
The barber isn’t afraid of death for he has watched bereaved guys Heard too many wails in life death doesn’t surprise He goes through emotionless motions knifes clean their head The more he bares the heads the more he earns his bread!
They bow their heads before him he blows their hairs away In the aftermath of death it’s always him that holds sway His eyes glisten in death’s joy before death he’s not craven His work is justly finished when each head is cleanly shaven!
They mourn the departed ones shed grief’s copious tears The barber remains unfazed perhaps chuckles in furtive cheers A death in someone’s family a great loss for years to harbor But for him a cause to celebrate fears not death the barber!
Tonsuring the head on the death of a close kin is an age-old Hindu custom. The act symbolizes sacrifice.