Lalla's Songs
by Lalla
by Lalla
| Lalla never wrote a book. She was illiterate, but so courageous. --Osho Books I Have Loved |
aka: Lal Ded, Lal Diddi, or Lalleshwari
born in Kashmir area of northern India.
woman saint/singer/dancer.
it's said every Kashmiri knows some Lalla songs
and sayings.
born in Kashmir area of northern India.
woman saint/singer/dancer.
it's said every Kashmiri knows some Lalla songs
and sayings.
Holy books will disappear, and then
only the mystic formula will remain.
When the mystic formula departed,
naught but mind was left.
When the mind disappeared naught
was left anywhere,
And a voice became merged within the
Void.
(Translated by G. Grierson)
only the mystic formula will remain.
When the mystic formula departed,
naught but mind was left.
When the mind disappeared naught
was left anywhere,
And a voice became merged within the
Void.
(Translated by G. Grierson)
a song of Lalla:
c. 1355-1420
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