O Death! Get Away; Whatcanst Thou Do?

O Death! Get away; what canst thou do? I have imprisoned Mother Kali. I have bound Her feet with my mind and imprisoned Her in my heart I have unfolded my heart lotus and fixed my mind at the sahasrara. I have entrusted my heart to Kulakundalini. Such contraption have I made that She can't escape! Devotion guards Her always as a watchman; my two eyes have I made gatekeepers. I predicted: fateful fever would attack me; So I have taken my Master's drug - remedy for all diseases. "Death! I have humbled thy pride," says Ramprasad, "I am ready to start on my journey, uttering, Kali, Kali! '" [Translated by Elizabeth U. Harding]