My body caught fire like an ember

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My body caught fire like an ember,

as I brought the syllable OM,

the one that says " You are That, "

into me. I moved through

the six chakra centers

that urge human beings to action

and out into the lightedness

where Lalla lives now.

 

- Lalla

14th Century North Indian mystic

 

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From " Naked Song "

Versions by Coleman Barks

Maypop 1992