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OCTOBER, 1977
(Dances) The earth is shaking, The peaks are breaking, And the trees are torn away. The lion is roaring, The lamb is bleating, And chaos has its sway.
(Call of the nymphs) O, ye gods of heaven and earth! Save us from utter misery. The earth is in turmoil, The sky is in commotion, Where else shall we seek refuge !
(The storm abates)
Meghamali :
What, the winds have stopped ? Another defeat and insult to me. What a shame! Nay! Nay! Nay! I shall not yield so easily. I shall call the waves, flood the gate, And there shall be deluge all round.
(Meghamali's invocation to water) Fall waters from heaven, Rise waves from the sea, Roll on, roll on, submerge the earth, Spare nobody, let there be deluge.
(Dances again) Wonderful, there is water all around, There is thunder in the sky, And rain on the earth. The streams are full, and the rivers overflow, The trees are uprooted, the owl is screeching, The sun is shrouded, and darkness supreme.
(Call of the nymphs) O gods, this cyclone is death incarnate, The earth is submerged, Save us from the deluge.
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