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Rajendra Kishore Panda

The Lioness in Her Cave

Like a god
in a doorless temple,
a cave in the column,
the lioness in her cave.

Outside it a lion.
He is faith,
also faithlessness.
Ah, a cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

A wound in the navel.
An ache in the heart.
Love oozes,
tears fill the eyes.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

Let Lord Nrisingha
be calm,
let the wood go wild.
Let the boy grow
in the womb of the lioness.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

The boy is raging
over this world,
the one above it,
the one below.
The boy will now dance
in the posture of a lion.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

The demon, the demon,
the demon.
It comes to life.
Its life takes the form
of a column.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

THE LIONESS IN HER CAVE

Rajendra Kishore Panda

Rajendra Kishore Panda

(India, 1944)

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THE LIONESS IN HER CAVE

The Lioness in Her Cave

Like a god
in a doorless temple,
a cave in the column,
the lioness in her cave.

Outside it a lion.
He is faith,
also faithlessness.
Ah, a cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

A wound in the navel.
An ache in the heart.
Love oozes,
tears fill the eyes.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

Let Lord Nrisingha
be calm,
let the wood go wild.
Let the boy grow
in the womb of the lioness.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

The boy is raging
over this world,
the one above it,
the one below.
The boy will now dance
in the posture of a lion.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.

The demon, the demon,
the demon.
It comes to life.
Its life takes the form
of a column.
A cave in the column
In the cave, the lioness.
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