With your multi-national,
Mongol, Turkic,
Persian, Uzbek and Chagatai forces,
Tamerlane,
Come you not
With you transnational forces
To invade us,
Loot and plunder!
I fear you, fear you, Sir,
Tamerlane,
Tamburlane,
Tamerlane,
Frankly speaking,
Show you not
Your ferocious face!
Taimur
Of the Timurid Dynasty
Of Persia and Central Asia
A warlord of Turko-Mongol lineage.
From a clayware,A clay pipeTo smoke in ganja,Dam maro dam,Ganja tano tum,Hare Krishna hare Ram,Dam maro dam,Ganja tano tum,Ganaja tanoAur gana gao.Yah kiska dam hain, bhaiyya,Ganja ka,Chilum she ganja leta huya.Dam-strength, stamina, maro-take you at a stretch, ganja-marijuana
In the process of Indianization,Full of Indiannism, Indian words and vocabulary.A religious exercise, discourse is it,Scriptural and referential,Inclusive of Indology and OrientalismAnd Asiatic researches.A study of the sacred Vedas, the Upanishadas and the Puranas,The Ramayana and the Mahabharata,The Bhagavadgita,The Durgasaptasati, is it.Hindu gods and heroes,Hindu gods and goddesses,With the images and picturesOf Kali, Durga, Lakshmi,…
The transmigratory, transcendental soulSo visionary, so dreamy.
And with traditional arms,A sinner-head and a swordAnd othersAnd a snake,Wearing a wreath of sinner-headsAnd the tongue held in shameAs for trampling Shiva under feet,Who lying down on the way to make Her trampleAs for the lessening of anger,As for calming down,The image of the idol.The idol pitch-dark, dark black,The eyes full of glare,The red…
Not a manCan feel it.
On the terracotta platesEmbossed upon the outer pillarsOf the terracotta temples,Made from limestone powder and small bricks.I see the figurines and sculptures in love and romance,In devotion and prayer,Symbolizing dharma-artha-kama-and-moksha syndromeAnd also the masons and architectsWho made buit remained anonymousAnd the purpose behind the art.Sometimes they taking me to the semi-divine beings,Yoga-yoginis,The aboriginal maids testing…
