ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 34

JK/NKK 34
treSi bvachi mo kreSina:vun,
ya:ny tshèyi ta:ny sanda:run dih     |
phraT con da:run tà pa:run,
kar vvapaka:run svay chay kray     ||

Don't subject your body
to hunger and thirst,
care for it
when it is famished.
To hell with your
concentration and
reciting.
Do good to others,
that is the real
(religious) practice.

Note: I have translated this because Jayalal Kaul included it in his watershed collection, but it isn't very well supported textually, and I have some doubts as to its authenticity.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 33

JK/NKK 33
yèvà tà:r tsali tim ambar hèta:,
kSôd yèvà gali tim a:ha:r ann     |
tsèta: sva-para vètsa:ras pèta:,
tsèta: dihas va:n kya: van     ||

Wear only such clothing
as keeps away the cold,
eat only such food
as makes hunger disappear.
O mind, contemplate upon
the Self and the Supreme,
and give this counsel
to the body.

Note: There are several variants for the last two lines. I have chosen what is supported by the oldest texts and seems most likely to me.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 31

JK/NKK 31
kandyo karakh kandi kande,
kandyo karakh kandi vèla:s     |
bu:gày mi:Thy ditith yath kande,
ath kandi roziy su:r natà sa:s     ||

O dweller in a body,
be not obsessed
with the body,
playing with it
wantonly,
giving it treats
and sweets.
Of this body
not even ashes
will remain.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 40

JK/NKK 40
mu:D zö:nith tà pöSith ôn,
zôr tà kôl Srutàvôn zaD rupy a:s     |
yus yuth vaniy tas tyuth bol,
suy chuy tattvavidas abya:s     ||

Though you know,
act the fool,
seeing, be as one
who is blind.
Hearing and speaking,
be as one who
is deaf and dumb.
Whatever they tell you,
say the same.
This is the practice
of one who knows
the great truths.

Note: The word "tattvavidas," in the last line, literally means "one who knows the tattvas." The tattvas are the elemental principles upon which the cosmos is based.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

 

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 39

JK/NKK 39
ö:sa: bol pöDinèm sa:sa:,
mè mani va:sa: khi:d na: hèye     |
bôh yôd sahazà Sankar bàkts a:sa:
makuris sa:sa: mal kya: pèye     ||

Let a thousand mouths
insult me,
in my mind
I'll feel no pain.
If I am a true devotee
of the Peacemaker (Shiva),
how can ashes stain
a mirror?

Note: Ashes were often used to polish the mirrors of Lalla's time.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR KS 56 (AK 1932-11)

KS 56 (AK 1932-11)
lèkà tà thvakà pèTh Sèri hètsàm,
nènda: sapanim path bronTh ta:ny     |
lal ches kal za:nh no tshènim,
adà yeli sapanis vèpihe kya:h     ||

I took insults and slander,
rumors were started
about me and my life
both then and before.
I am Lalla, and my
yearning for Him
never broke.
Then, when I achieved
my goal, what else
could matter?

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 38

JK/NKK 38
ga:l göndinèm bol pöDinèm,
döpinèm tiy yas yuth rotse     |
sahaza kvasàmav pu:z karinèm,
bà amalö:ny tà kas kya: mvatse     ||

Let them hurl abuse
and slander at me,
let them call me
whatever they like.
Or they can worship
me with real flowers,
(Either way,)
why should they
 care, or I,
who am
spotless?

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ