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I hacked my way through six forests

Lalla, Lalla poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Shaivite (Shiva) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Lalla
(14th Century) Timeline

English version by
Ranjit Hoskote

Original Language
Kashmiri
Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)
14th Century

I hacked my way through six forests
until the moon woke up inside me.
The sky's breath sang through me,
dried up my body's substance.
I roasted my heart in passion's fire
and found Shankara!

 

 

-- from I Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded, Translated by Ranjit Hoskote

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Themes

  Fire
  Heart
  Moon
 
 


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