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Bodied,
one will hunder.
Bodied,
one will lie.
O you, don't you rib
and taunt me
again
for having a body;
body Thyself for once
like me and see
what happens,
O Ramanatha. 3
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22. |
When, to the hungerless figure,
you serve waters of no thirst,
whisper the sense-less word
in the heart,
and call without a name,
who is it that echoes O!
in answer
O Ramanatha,
Is it you,
or is it me ? 3
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| 23. |
Unless you build,
Space will not get inside
a house !
Unless the eye sees,
mind will not decide
on forms;
without a way
there's no reaching
the other;
O Ramanatha
how will men know
that this is so ?
3
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24. |
Fire can brun
but cannot move.
Wind can move
but canot burn.
Till fire joins wind
it cannot take a step.
Do men know
it's like that
with knowing and doing ?
3
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| 25. |
Can the wind bring out
and publish for others
the fragrance
in the little bud ?
Can even begetters, father and mother,
display for onlooker's eyes
the future breast and flowing hair
in the little girl
about to be bride ?
Only ripeness
can show consquences,
O Ramanatha .
3
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26. |
Ramanatha,
who can know the beauty
of the Hovering One.
Who's made Himself form
and of space
the colours ? 3
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| 27. |
uppose you cut a tall bamboo
in two;
make the bottom piece a woman,
the headpiece a man;
rub them together
till the kindle;
tell me now,
the fire that's born
is it male or female.
O Ramanatha ?3
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