Found yesterday on a trip to the British Museum

[annwfyn]

A Poem To Kali


Who is this,

Dressed like a crazy woman,

Robed with the sky?

Whom does she belong to?

She has let down Her hair,

Thrown off Her clothes,

Strung human hands around Her waist,

And taken a sword in her hand.



Extract from a poem by Kamalakanta Bhattacarya translated by Rachel Fell McDermott


Isn't it gorgeous?

Comments

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

It is rather nice :)

Do I get points taken off my total for failing to notice the title until the third reading, or added because I recognised Kali anyway?