Lalleshwari Heart Poems

  • 1.
    I traveled a long way seeking God,
    but when I finally gave up and turned back,
    there He was, within me!

    ...
  • 2.
    My Guru gave me but one percept :
    'From without withdraw your gaze within
    And fix it on the Inmost Self.'
    Taking to heart this one percept,
    ...
  • 3.
    I overpowered and subdued
    My vile heart.
    Twisted my liver.
    And renounced all I had.;
    ...
  • 4.
    This counsel to the body give, O Soul:
    Wear only such clothes as ward off cold;
    Eat only to satisfy your hunger;
    Devote yourself with all your heart
    ...
  • 5.
    It is easy to read and to recite;
    It is hard to practice what one reads,
    And, reading seek out the Self within.
    By constant practice, not by books,
    ...
  • 6.
    The dirt of my filthy heart
    Seemed to be cleansed,
    I found the known, unknown: and
    The dirt of my filthy heart
    ...
  • 7.
    Draped in stores of knowledge,
    The points of the verses
    That Lalla sang, became,
    Organic parts of her heart and soul;
    ...
Total 7 Heart Poems by Lalleshwari

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Mind 21 God 12 Body 9 Death 9 Away 8 Knowledge 8 Water 7 Heart 7 Soul 7 World 7

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Saqib ali mir: Lalles was the great personality of kashmir, indian subcontinent.

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