Lalleshwari

1320 – 1392 / Pandrethan, Srinagar, Kashmir / India

Fondly Will They Drink Water From

Fondly will they drink water from
The very lake
That is too brimful to accommodate
Even a mustard seed anymore:
Deer, Jackal, rhinoceros, sea-elephant arise
Like waves of rhythm and splash,
In the ocean of space and time,.
To share pleasure and, pain, merriment and grief.
For a while in transition and then,
Wither away and fall back
Into the same lake:
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