Lalleshwari World 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. I, Lalla, Willingly Entered Through The Garden-gate
  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.
  ...
• 3. I Practiced What I Read
  I practiced what I read,
  And learnt what was not taught.
  From its jungle abode
  I brought the lion down
  ...
• 4. I Have Seen A Learned Man Die Of Hunger
  I have seen a learned man die of hunger,
  A sere leaf dropp in winter wind;
  I have seen an utter fool beat his cook
  (who could not make a toothsome dish).
  ...
• 5. Intense Cold Makes Water Ice
  Intense cold makes water ice.
  Then the hard ice turns to slush
  and back to water, so there are three
  forms of consciousness: the individual,
  ...
• 6. The Sling Of My Candy Load Has Ggone Loose
  The sling of my candy load has gone loose,
  (and it galls my back):
  My body has bent double under its weight;
  how shall I carry the load ?
  ...
• 7. 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,
  ...

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