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

About Mirabai

Timeline (1498 - 1565?)

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English version by
Jane Hirshfield

Unbreakable, O Lord,

Themes
  Birds
  Heart
  Lotus
  Lover and Beloved
  Moon

 

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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Unbreakable, O Lord,
Is the love
That binds me to You:
Like a diamond,
It breaks the hammer that strikes it.

My heart goes into You
As the polish goes into the gold.
As the lotus lives in its water,
I live in You.

Like the bird
That gazes all night
At the passing moon,
I have lost myself dwelling in You.

O my Beloved --
Return.

 

 

-- from Holy Fire: Nine Visionary Poets and the Quest for Enlightenment, Edited by Daniel Halpern

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