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Community - Prominent Kashmiris |
| Lalleshwari |
The complete biographical sketch of this poetess is given under ‘Saints and Sages’
Some of her famous Vaakhs are given below:
Gworan vo’n-nam kunuy vatsun,
Nebra do’pnam andar atsun,
Suy gav Lalli me vaakh ta vatsun,
Tawai me hyotum nangai natsun.
My guru gave me but one precept;
‘From without withdraw your gaze within
and fix it on the inmost self’.
I, Lalla, took to heart this one precept
And therefore naked I began to dance.
Aami pana sodras naavi chhas lamaan
Kati bozi myon dai meti diya taar.
Aamaen taakaen pony zan shamaan,
Zuv chhum bramaan ghare gatsahaa.
With a rope of loose-spun thread
I am towing my boat upon the sea,
Would that God heard my prayer
And brought me safely across!
Like water in cups of unbaked clay
I run to waste.
Would God I were to reach my home!
Aayas vatey gayas na vatey,
Suma sothe manz loosum doh,
Chandas vuchhum haar na athey,
Yatha nava-taaras dima kyaa bo.
By the highway I came,
But by the highway I return not.
So I find me still on the embankment,
Not having gone even half the way.
(Translated by Prof Jai Lal Kaul, Lal Ded) |
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