SHIVA, DRUMMER OF MY SOUL

 

SHIVA, DRUMMER OF MY SOUL

Shiva!

drummer of my soul,

this is no dream,

ask my heart, where you lurk,

the woods are green.

And I have danced!

What of youth,

and life

and being

I am your very breath,

O King, of Kings,

Lead me gently now,

This world your dancing ring.

Shiva, my Lord Natraja!

All of life, you dance into being,

Damar damar damar, the Damru rings out a theme,

A divine hide and seek, and Shiva my Lord Nataraja

remains unseen!

Damar damar damar the Damru rings out a theme

Shiva, my lord Natraja , dances out His own dream

and then, at the end of time, draws it all back within

Damar damar damar

Always, my lord Natraja's Damru

it is, that rings out the final scene.

~ From the book ' Shiva poetry' by Shail Gulhati