ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 54

JK/NKK 54
kus mari tay kasu: ma:ran,
mari kus tay ma:ran kas     |
yus harà harà trö:vith garà garà kare,
adà su mari tay ma:ran tas     ||

Who will die and
who will be killed?
Who will perish
and who will be slain?
He who gives up
Hara, Hara
(Shiva, Shiva)
and takes up
Gara, Gara
(house, house),
it is he who dies
and is slain.

Note: Such a person dies and is slain by the worldly entanglements of a householder. Reference is made to this again in JK/NKK 55, to be translated next.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 48

JK/NKK 48
hèth körith ra:j pheri na:,
dith körith tRpti na: man     |
lu:b vina: zi:v mari na:,
zi:vant mari tay suy chuy gya:n     ||

Acquiring a kingdom
will not make you content,
and giving it away
will not satisfy your mind.
One who lives without desire
will not die.
To be dead
(to worldly desires)
while living,
that is wisdom.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 30

JK/NKK 30
khèth ganDith Sèmi na: ma:nas,
bra:nth yimav trö:và tim göy khàsith     |
Sa:stra bu:zith chu yamà-bhayè kru:r
su na: pôtsà tà döni: lösith     ||

Food and clothing
do not quiet the mind.
Those who give up false hopes
achieve their goal.
In one who has heard
the scriptures,
the fear of death
is terrible.
Those without credit
(for a loan)
live happily.

Note: The reference at the end is to desire, which is compared to a money lender. One who does not enter into transactions with desire, does not become dependent upon them, and so lives in a blessed state.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 27

JK/NKK 27
khènà khènà kara:n kun no va:takh,
na khènà gatshakh ahamkö:ri:     |
sômuy khè, ma:li, sômuy a:sakh
sami khènà màtsàrànay barànyèn tö:ri:

Eating too much will
get you nowhere,
not eating will
feed your ego.
If you eat moderately,
you yourself will be moderate.
Moderate eating
will open
the closed doors.

Note: The "closed doors" are probably the chakras. Lalla tells us in several places that she traversed all the chakras, reaching the highest, the sahasrara (thousand-petaled) lotus.

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ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 25

JK/NKK 25
zanàm prö:vith vèbhav na: tshonDum,
lu:ban bu:gan böràm nà pray     |
sômuy a:ha:r sèTha:h zonum,
tsôlum du:khà-va:v polum day     ||

In life I did not seek
wealth and luxury,
nor did I become attached
to greed and
sense-pleasures.
Moderate in food and drink,
I patiently faced
the winds of adversity,
and remained devoted
to God.

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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