Lalleshwari Death Poems

• 1. Why Have You Sunk Deep In The Sea
  Why have you sunk deep in the sea
  of the illusory pleasures of the world?
  Why have you pulled down the high-banked road
  which could have led you safe across?
  ...
• 2. A Royal Fly-whisk
  A royal fly-whisk, sunshade,
  chariot and throne,
  Merry revels,
  pleasures of the theater,
  ...
• 3. For Ever We Come, For Ever We Go
  For ever we come, for ever we go;
  For ever, day and night, we are on the move.
  Whence we come, thither we go,
  For ever in the round of birth and death,
  ...
• 4. In Your Mother'swomb You Vowed
  In your mother's womb you vowed
  not to be born again.
  When will you recall the vow ?
  
  ...
• 5. Why Do You Dote Upon Someone, My Soul
  Why do you dote upon someone, my Soul,
  who is not your true love?
  Why have you taken the false for the true?
  Why can't you understand, why can't you know?
  ...
• 6. The Joys Of Palate And Fine Apparel
  The joys of palate and fine apparel
  bring man no lasting peace.
  They who give up false hopes and don't
  put trust in the things of the world,
  ...
• 7. Draped In Stores Of Knowledge
  Draped in stores of knowledge,
  The points of the verses
  That Lalla sang, became,
  Organic parts of her heart and soul;
  ...
• 8. O, Mind, How Intoxicated You Are
  O, mind, how intoxicated you are
  With a foreign brand:
  How are you eluded by untruth
  for truth?
  ...
• 9. Chidananda, The Light Of Absolute Knowledge
  Chidananda, the light of absolute knowledge
  Those who understood,
  Are free, realised souls:
  Limitless, infinite,
  ...

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