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I'm the one who has the body

by Devara Dasimayya
(10th Century) Timeline

English version by
A. K. Ramanujan

Original Language
Kannada
Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)
10th Century

I'm the one who has the body,
you're the one who holds the breath.

You know the secret of my body,
I know the secret of your breath.

That's why your body
is in mine.

You know
and I know, Ramanatha,

the miracle

of your breath
in my body.

 

 

-- from Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

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