About the captivating complexity of India that gives the country its intricate beauty. |
India Deep in a religious pool of belief and culture Lost in a swarm of perfumes and sticky heat In love with India, the mystic woman of your dreams She has smacked you in the face and punched you in the guts She has beat you up and made you come back for more Her poignant beauty steals the love out of your heart And warms you up She has left you drenched in a monsoon of flowers and jewels and white beaches She gets little sleep But her love is golden and abundant Her sunken treasure, deep and binding Bells and petals at her feet With swirls of emerald, pink, blue, devil red and orange saris Diamonds and yellow gold Silk jet black caught in a glistening ray All entwined in a hazy bazaar of sandalwood smoke and music India, India, the jewel of her own eye You are high on her Kashmir You have smoked the Chillum of India and now you are hers Her spirit is free A butterfly that always escapes the net of a prying captivator And you are mystified by the mysticism of India. |