It's good to die, and good to live long

[Guest guest]

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I came to this birth and rebirth universe

and found the self-lighting light.

 

If someone dies, it's nothing to me,

and if I die, it's nothing to anyone.

 

It's good to die,

and good to live long.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop, 1992