LALLI

LALLI

Sang lalli in Kashmir,
take heed!
enchanting is paradise,
and you forget,
to look,
for He, who hides,
even through the brilliant guise,
He is everywhere!
but sits where you won’t seek, such is the player!
Such is the player,that ,
doubt will cloud the peak,
here? in my own bossom?
aah! how could it be?
O Lalli, Lalli, dont you know,
that He, is you, and you, are He?

(Famous Kashmiri shavite saint and Yogini , Lalleshwari (1320–1392) was a mystic of the Kashmiri Shaivite sect. She was a creator of the mystic poetry called vatsun or Vakhs, literally "speech". Known as Lal Vakhs, her verses are the earliest compositions in the Kashmiri language and are an important part in history of Kashmiri literature. She inspired some of the later Sufis of Kashmir.She is also known by various other names, including Lal Ded, Lalla, Lal Diddi,Lalla Yogishwari and Lalishri.
This poem is a humble tribute to the great Mother