A Call to Shiva
Feet will dance,
eyes will see,
tongue will sing,
and not find content.
What else, what else
shall I do?I worship with my hands,
the heart is not content.
What else shall I do?
Listen, my lord,
It isn’t enough.
I have it in me
to cleave thy belly
and enter thee
O lord of the meeting rivers!
Copyright © 1973 by A.C. Ramanujan
From Speaking of Siva, translated by A.C. Ramanujan (New York: Penguin, 1973). Used by arrangement with Penguin Putnam Publishers, Inc.
