Kannada original: Shivanu Bhikshake Banda ಶಿವನು ಭಿಕ್ಷಕೆ ಬಂದ
Poet: H. S. SHIVA PRAKASH
Translated into English by: S. Jayasrinivasa Rao
SHIVA’S COME FOR ALMS
Look, sister, look! Shiva’s come for alms
Isn’t he good-looking! Look, sister, look!
The Ganga on his head
The Naga coiled around his neck
His body covered with ashes from the burning pyres
He wears love-god’s severed head on his chest
Black clouds are his locks, the sun and moon his eyes
Burning bright and red is his middle eye
He wears no sandals on his feet
He roams all the three worlds’ streets
He comes riding an old bull
He asks for alms as if he’s broke
A home-wrecker he is, know that, O’ sister
Cast him out of your mind, O’ sister
From the clutches of such elder brothers,
Free me, O’ Father, O’
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