Mirabai is a literary and spiritual figure of legendary proportions. 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. In this collection, Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield, two of America's best poets, have created lively English versions of Mirabai's poems, using fresh images and energetic rhythms to make them accessible to modern readers.

Ecstatic Poems

Mīrābāī

Religion & Spirituality

Beacon Press

Poems attributed to a sixteenth-century Hindu princess who gave up her position to become a wandering ascetic reveal her protest against society and devotion to the god Krishna

For Love of the Dark One: Songs of Mirabai

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Shambhala Publications

Cry of the Heart : Poems of Mira

Hrdai Press

A contemporary American poet on pilgrimage in India experiences a chain of extraordinary accidents that trip her into a linguistic revelation—she quickly learns to read and write Middle Hindi or Braj. Her special insight into the love poems of legendary 16th century Indian woman poet-saint Mirabai culminating in the present work. This illuminated second edition of Sweet on My Lips offers the reader a peek into an insider's experience of the path of devotion (bhakti).The first edition sold out establishing a loyal and growing audience for this book. (A Google search on Louise Landes Levi brings up numerous references to Sweet On My Lips, the first edition from Cool Grove Press)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Praise for Sweet on my Lips"The beautiful poems of Mirabai have been beautifully translated from the Middle Hindi by Louise Landes Levi, and they should serve as a fine key to this tantric poet’s consciouness." — Lawrence Ferlinghetti"Mirabai’s spiritual vision and poetic genius shine through these pages. Verses of wounded pathos and soaring ecstasy are rendered here as vividly as if they had been spoken yesterday, yet with the incantatory power of sacred text. Levi’s translations, brilliant in their lucidity, usher the reader directly into the heart of Mira’s rare, impassioned devotion."— Miranda Shaw"The relationship between Louise and Mirabai seems divinely ordained. It is hard to imagine a more perfect vehicle for the English language realization of this ecstatic work." —La Monte Young

Sweet on my lips: The love poems of Mirabai

Cool Grove Press

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