I saw witchcraft tonight in Vraj.
A wandering gopi came face to face with Shyam.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, love poetry, Meerabai, Robert Bly, Shyam, translation
I saw witchcraft tonight in Vraj.
A wandering gopi came face to face with Shyam.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, love poetry, Meerabai, Robert Bly, Shyam, translation
To be like the deer as she runs toward the hunter’s call,
Like the bird that swallows hot coals for love of the moon…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, Jane Hirshfield, love poetry, Meerabai, Shyam, translation