I didn't know

[Guest guest]

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I have not really known myself,

or anyone else.

 

I've tried to do good, and not

just what my appetities wanted,

 

but that was all infatuation

with this precious, isolated, body.

 

That you and I were constantly joining,

I didn't know. I didn't know

 

that even to ask " What are You? "

or " Who am I " breaks the harmony.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992