Jayadeva: When he quickens all things (from The Gitagovinda)

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When he quickens all things (from The Gitagovinda)

Jayadeva, Jayadeva poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Sikh poetry

by Jayadeva
(12th Century) Timeline

English version by
Barbara Stoler Miller

Original Language
Sanskrit

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

Sikh

12th Century

When he quickens all things
To create bliss in the world,
His soft black sinuous lotus limbs
Begin the festival of love
And beautiful cowherd girls wildly
Wind him in their bodies.
Friend, in spring young Hari plays
Like erotic mood incarnate.

-- from Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

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Themes

Bliss

Lotus

Lover and Beloved

Spring Blossom

Water

Recommended Books

	Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller
	Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass

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