TANDAVA

Through the ancient silence
Shiva dances in Eternity;
Dances on the rim of Heaven,
Dreaming light from shadow ......

Scatters in the darkness
Footprints of a crescent Dawn;
In a silver galaxy
Planet Earth is born.

- - -Om Hari Shanti, Om Hari Shanti;
- - -Hari Om, Hari Shanti.

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Dreaming Time from darkness -
Yesterday, Tomorrow!
Dreaming of the lives of men ....
Never dreams of sorrow.

Though the stars are silent
Shiva hears them through Eternity:
Hears the blue Earth sadly singing
In her chains of sorrow.

- - -Om Hari Shanti, Om Hari Shanti;
- - -Hari Om, Hari Shanti.

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In the baleful darkness
Time is but an arrow
Piercing all the hearts of men,
Killing Joy with Sorrow.

In the ancient silence
Shiva weeps for all eternity;
Weeps beyond the rim of Heaven
With the Light and Shadow.

- - -Om Hari Shanti, Om Hari Shanti;
- - -Hari Om, Hari Shanti.