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Born in 1498 / Died in 1546 / India / Hindi

Poems by Mirabai

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Nothing is really mine except Krishna.

... Thou didst send me a cup of poison and a black cobra, ...

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The Saffron

... All the covers of the earthen vessel of my body are wide open ...

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I have found

... Mira's Lord is the Mountain-Holder, the suave lover, of whom I merrily, merrily sing ...

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Mine is the Lifter of Mountains

... I looked at the devotees and I was one with ...

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Torn In Shreds

... ira is the maidservant of the Mountain-Holder: now with love He takes me across to the further shore ...

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A great Yogi

... I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast ...

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Mine is Gopal

... I took off my finery of pearls and coral, and strung a garland of wildwood flowers ...

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I Have Found My Guru

... fingers. I don’t follow the norms as an oldest ...

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We Do Not

... Swiftly conduct my barque to the further shore ...

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Sleep

... When will the Lord of the Afflicted come ...

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A Cowherding girl

... but what manners! To chew into each! She was ungainly, ...

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Mira Danced with Ankle Bells

... I dedicated my body and soul at the feet of Hari ...

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Listen

... then surely the saints would have been monkeys when they came from the womb! ...

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The Dark One Is Krishna

... season of uncontrolled whispers--the Dark One's returning! ...

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The Arrow of His Glance

... my eyes; Its point pierced my heart (and) his ...