The beauty 2015, longlisted for the national book award. The worlds poetry archive 5 a cowherding girl the plums tasted sweet to the unlettered deserttribe girl. She was a bhakti saint, poet and mystic, and also a rani or princess. Mirabai inherited a long, rich tradition of songpoems dedicated to krishna. Miras attachment is strongwhat was to happen has happened. The author of dozens of books of poetry and translation, blys work is based in the natural world, the visionary, and the realm of the irrational. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing.
Dr prayag narayan misra has presented more than 20 devotional poems available in both hindi and english languages. Born a princess in the region of rajasthan in 1498, mira as she is more commonly known fought tradition and celebrated a womans right to an independent life in her ecstatic poems. Mirabai is said to have been devoted to krishna from a very early age, and in one of her poems she asks, o krishna, did you ever rightly value my childhood love. Mirabai was one of the most famous of the women bhakta poets of north india. The newer translations are much better and easier to understand. Based on poems attributed to the seventeenth century hindi songstress mirabai, these poems by two of our premier american poets are spiritual in an ecstatic, erotic. After her husband died, and word got out that muslim emperor akbarthe sworn enemy of the proud and independent hindu rajputs of chittorgarhhad visited her in disguise, they attempted to. These meditations use the ancient technology of kundalini yoga as taught by yogi bhajan to help each one of us access that sacred space within to allow us to communicate from soul to soul and establish communication on a deeper level which may bring light and healing into our relationships. Ecstatic poems by robert bly and jane hirshfield find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Live in concert mirabai ceiba engaging new style of. Mirabais beliefs, then read the two poems by mirabai. Three introductory essays deal with her life her place in the bhakti movement and the characteristics of her poetry. Classic poetry series mirabai poems publication date. Come, thief 2011, a finalist for the pen usa poetry award.
My beloved is a steeped herb, he has cured me for life. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. There were only six poems in this tiny booklet, but the cover had someone riding on the back of an elephant. Historical information about the life of mirabai is a matter of some scholarly debate. The worlds poetry archive 3 come to my pavilion come to my pavilion, o my king. This stunning album, the first live offering from world musicsacred chant duo mirabai ceiba, brings you straight into their audiences of thousands as they bring their signature mix of angelic mantra, sensual vocals, and a gentle blend of harp, guitar, and piano. Mine is the lifter of mountains poem mirabai poems. Despite facing criticism and hostility from her own family, she lived an exemplary saintly life and composed many devotional bhajans. The name krishna can loosely be translated as the dark one.
More poems by mirabai next poem view all poems by mirabai. About the book the devotional poems of mirabai offers the reader a sober english translation of more than two hundred of her padas, based on the interpretative work of indian scholars that has appeared during the last few decades. Born a princess in the region of rajasthan in 1498, mira as she is more commonly known eschewed the marriage her royal family had arranged for her, celebrating instead her right to independence and intense devotion to. She drinks the venom, plucks the black stone from the basket. Ive found mirabais previously translated poetry before, but theyre pretty old and the english is not as easy to understand.
She holds with ashcaked arms her human skull begging bowl. Mirabai was known for her songs of devotion to krishna and for forsaking traditional womens roles to devote life to krishnaworship. Discover sufi poetry, hindu poetry, buddhist poetry, christian mystical poetry, and poetry from other sacred and secular traditions. Ecstatic poems 2004 mira has finished with waiting. Her devotional poetry directed toward giridhara, a form of the great godman krishna is so intensely personal that it borders on the erotic while, at the same time, it remains transcendentally spiritual. One great sannyasi refused to receive her because she was a woman. Im typing the six mirabai poems, robert bly read to his stanford workshop 4162008. Dr prayag narayan misra has presented more than 20 devotional poemsavailable online in both hindi and english languages.
Anil kapoor, kabir bedi recite poems at poonam chadha josephs book launch. Its translated by robert bly and is called ecstatic poems. Some bhajans of meera have been rendered by robert bly in his mirabai versions new york. Sethi has selected poems which mira composed presumably after she came in contact with saint ravidas. The sixteenthcentury hindu saint mirabai is both a quintessential artist herself poet, singer, and dancer and lives on in a full range of artistic forms, her story told and retold in hagiography and history, drama and epic song, fiction and film, and her poetry not only performed in every conceivable musical style but also continuing to generate new poems and songs composed in her name. More than 1,300 pads poems commonly known as bhajans. Ecstatic poems 31f9d855fcf mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions born a princess in the region of rajasthan in, mira as she is commonly known fought tradition and celeb.
Mirabais inlaws did not accept her ecstatic devotion, feeling that her behavior was not seemly for a rajput princess. Born a princess in the region of rajasthan in 1498, mira as she is more commonly known fought tradition and celebrated a womans. O my companion, all i can see is shyam, all i can think of is shyam wherever my feet tread the earth i am dancing in his honour miras lord is the courtly giridhara in his company she is walking the woods and lanes. Some bhajans of meera have been rendered into english by robert bly and jane hirshfield as mirabai. As her father was away much of the time, she was then sent to be raised at her grandfathers house. How long did i stand in the house of this body and stare at the road. Ecstatic poems, translated by the poets robert bly and jane hirshfield, sweet on my lips. Mirabai, a princess, was a devotee of lord krishna, she was in love with him from her early childhood and her poems are of love and devotion to her lord. Versions of her songs are sung today all over india, and she appears as a subject in films, books, dances, plays and paintings. O friends on this path, my eyes are no longer my eyes. Born a princess in the region of rajasthan in 1498, mira as she is more commonly known eschewed the marriage her royal family had arranged for her, celebrating instead her right to independence and intense devotion to krishna in both her life and poetry.
This album with its enclosed instructional booklet is dedicated to open a pure space of love in your life. Mirabais rajputi grandfather, created the fortress city of merta, where mirabais father, ratan singh, ruled. Mirabai was a medieval rajputani princess who abandoned her court life to seek the company of sadhus. Dr prayag narayan misra has presented more than 20 devotional poemsavailable in both hindi and english languages. Poetry chaikhana mirabai yogahinduvaishnavakrishna. Mirabai was a great saint and devotee of sri krishna. American writer robert bly is regarded as one of the legends of contemporary poetry, according to david biespel, the prototypical nonmodernist the one who set in motion a poetics of intensity for generations to come.
Mine is the lifter of mountains, the cowherd, and none other. Her devotion of lord krishna made her go against the traditions and customs of her time and made mirabai is the most famous of. Born a princess in the region of rajasthan in 1498, mira as she is more commonly known eschewed the marriage her royal family had arranged for her, celebrating instead her right to independence and intense devotion to krishna in both her pdf life and poetry. She dances barefoot at twilight with the sudras playing hand cymbals. Bly has also collaborated with jane hirshfield on mirabai. Several collections of mirabais work have been published in translation, including mirabai. Hirshfield is also the author of two collections of essays.
Now robert bly and jane hirshfield have translated 52 mirabai poems in mirabai. Sacred love meditations mirabai ceiba engaging new. In this collection, robert bly and jane hirshfield, two of americas. Poems of mirabai seem simply flawless and divine when people read and sing them in the original languagepoems of mirabai are a mixture of gujarati and rajasthani languagesthis great lady was a great singer tooher verses are just enchanting. Mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions. Spiritual poetry is a strange bird, and this spiritual poetry is an even stranger one. After this they will choose phrases in each of the poems which show mirabais beliefs outlined in the paragraph. Mirabai composed many ecstatic songs which are still treasured in india. A sweetness has entered through them, has pierced through to my heart. Krishnas arrow pierced my heart, took away my reason this exert from the poem shows the devotion to krishna by mirabai, and how she feels it has affected her. The founder of this tradition was a thirteenthcentury poet, jayadeva, who wrote in sanskrit. Awardwinning poet, essayist, and translator jane hirshfield is the author of nine collections of poetry, including ledger 2020. Dr prayag narayan misra has presented more than 20 devotional poems available online in both hindi and english languages. From poets robert bly and jane hirshfield, english versions of impassioned poems by mirabai, the beloved indian poetsaint mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions.
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