AT YUMTHANG

AT YUMTHANG

I stand here at the edge of the sky

Fields of flowers extend about my feet.

Release the string, let your spirits fly

In its own course, in its own beat.

My vision is awashed in the clear summer light

I'm reclined between the river and the mountainside

A corner of my eye is sparkling with the snowy white

Above me is the endless sky opening wide.

So far away what do I care

Of life's many burdens and life's cherished goal.

If only you were here and I could share

This lightness-this lifting and rising of soul.

-Guru T. Ladhaki

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