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Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
16th Century

About Mirabai

Timeline (1498 - 1565?)

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English version by
Andrew Schelling

Friend, without that Dark raptor

Themes
  Lover and Beloved
  Womb
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
For Love of the Dark One: Songs of Mirabai, Translated by Andrew Schelling
Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems, Translated by Robert Bly

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Friend, without that Dark raptor
I could not survive.
Mother-in-law shrills at me,
her daughter sneers,
the prince stumbles about in a permanent fury.
Now they've bolted my door
and mounted a guard.
But who could abandon a love
developed through uncounted lifetimes?
The Dark One is Mirabai's lord,
who else could
     slake her desire?

 

 

-- from For Love of the Dark One: Songs of Mirabai, Translated by Andrew Schelling

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