the legong dance in bali: i see it as life and its complexities summarized in a live performance.
From one side, it’s a story of tragedy between two people in love, but from the other side it shows how dark human ego can be.
I see the beauty of three girl dancers
Across my dreams in colorful costumes perform it
A heroic romance in a vivid situation, how can i not remember?
When you see two maidens danced for a gamelan music
Even the prince of Sukawati fell for it
King Lasem wants to marry the girl, but she ran away
Give her not praise. Nor tears.
Say only this, ‘I’m not capturing you, I’m not going to imprison you’
For Layonsari it is not easy to be loved
Yet it is not impossible
Then it was a spook. None wears the face he knew
A monstrous raven came. foretold his death
The great death has made all his for evermore.