An ant has leapt up to the sky
A marvel this that I declare,
That barren wife a son should bear.
A scorpion plumbs the nether Pit,
And Visnu's snake bows down to it.
A fly an eagle brings to birth.
Mukta, beholding, laughs with mirth.
Muktabai [Mukta] (1279 - 1297) India
Translated by Nicol Macnicol
Source: Psalms of Maratha saints: one hundred and eight hymns translated from the Marathi by Nicol Macnicol, Association Press, 1920
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