Gedicht

Kanaka Ha. Ma.

Side by side

DAWN

Just another night, that’s me 
Lying on my left side 
Pregnant with day
Dreams are stars, constellations, galaxies …
My entire body, the banal biography of earth 
I turn over on my right and rise —
An eastern dawn                                   
Unfurls, 
Luminous as the flower 
Of Padmanabha’s navel

Padmanabha: Lord Vishnu from whose navel the lotus flower is believed to emerge

DAWN

Kanaka Ha. Ma.

(India, 1964)

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DAWN

Just another night, that’s me 
Lying on my left side 
Pregnant with day
Dreams are stars, constellations, galaxies …
My entire body, the banal biography of earth 
I turn over on my right and rise —
An eastern dawn                                   
Unfurls, 
Luminous as the flower 
Of Padmanabha’s navel