Lalon : The moon is encircled by moons

In the Baul tradition, the ungraspable moon may represent the supreme experience of illumination. For more about the Baul poet Lalon Shah, see this earlier post.

The moon is encircled by moons.
How can I hold it
In my hands?
The unseizable moon,
Glowing in the brilliance
Of a million moons,
Rocks my head
In a lunar carnival….

Moon fruits adorn
The tree of the moon,
Flashing,
Luminously flashing.

I try to see
But my eyes cannot bear;
The rays of beauty
Dazzle them.

Translation Deben Bhattacharya

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