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Harvesting a garden of eden; | |||
I | I brought sandal and honey.{{#tag:ref|Perhaps signifying sweet fragrance and sweet taste.|group="nb"}} | ||
Spreading the pollen of amaranth,{{#tag:ref|Amaranth is a perennial flower. In both Western and Eastern poetry, it represents an unfading beauty and, more broadly, immortality.|group="nb"}} | Spreading the pollen of amaranth,{{#tag:ref|Amaranth is a perennial flower. In both Western and Eastern poetry, it represents an unfading beauty and, more broadly, immortality.|group="nb"}} | ||
I | I dispensed the nectar of life. | ||
Then, on a moist breeze, jasmine fragrance | Then, on a moist breeze, jasmine fragrance | ||
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The lotus of my mind, its life swelling, | The lotus of my mind, its life swelling, | ||
Blossomed in self-realization. | Blossomed in self-realization. | ||
At the center of this, sitting alone, | |||
I threaded a garland for Thee. | I threaded a garland for Thee. | ||