Lalla-Naked-Song
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
Lalla lived in Kashmir in the 14th century, when many doctrinal streams were merging: Shaivism, sufism, Vedantic non-dualism, and other -isms, but Lalla is beyond religious categories, a living combination that cannot be described in those terms.
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Cover photograph: Double exposure of dahlia and European hollyhock by<br />
True Bennett.<br />
Copyright 1992 Coleman Barks<br />
All rights reserved.<br />
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 91-066805<br />
ISBN 0-9618916-4-5<br />
Maypop Books<br />
196 Westview Drive<br />
Athens, GA 30606<br />
404-543-2148<br />
This book is for the dance,<br />
and the song.<br />
* * *<br />
Dance, <strong>Lalla</strong>, with nothing on<br />
but air. Sing, <strong>Lalla</strong>,<br />
wearing the sky.<br />
Look at this glowing day! What clothes<br />
could be so beautiful, or<br />
more sacred?<br />
* * *
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