Lalla: I, Lalla, willingly entered through the garden-gate

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I, Lalla, willingly entered through the garden-gate

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by Lalla
(14th Century) Timeline

English version by
B. N. Paramoo

Original Language
Kashmiri

Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)

14th Century

I, Lalla, willingly entered through the garden-gate,
There, O Joy! I found Siva united with Sakti;
There and then I got absorbed drinking at the Lake of Nectar.
Immune to harm am I, dead as I am to the world, though still alive.

-- from The Ascent of Self: A Reinterpretation of the Mystical Poetry of Lalla-Ded, by B. N. Paramoo

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Themes

Bliss

Death

Garden

Honey

Smile

Recommended Books

	The Ascent of Self: A Reinterpretation of the Mystical Poetry of Lalla-Ded, by B. N. Paramoo
	Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern
	I Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded, Translated by Ranjit Hoskote
	Lalla: Naked Song, Translated by Coleman Barks
	Lalleshwari: Spiritual Poems by a Great Siddha Yogini, Translated by Swami Muktananda

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