Whatever It Was

"Whatever It was

that made this earth
the base,
the world its life,
the wind its pillar,
arranged the lotus and the moon,
and covered it all with folds
of sky

with Itself inside,

to that Mystery
indifferent to differences,

to It I pray,
O Ramanatha."

The Poem is by Devara Dasimayya, (10th Century) “Whatever it Was”

The picture is by Jessie M. King, illustration for "The Ruba'iya't Of Omar Kahyya'm" (1913)