Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Your Look Of Light
On a sudden,the sight.Your look of lightstills all,stillsall, The curd-potfalls to the ground.Parents andbrothersall call a halt.Prise out, they..
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Your Slander Is Sweet
Rana, to me your slander is sweet.Some praise me, some blame me. Igo the other way.On the narrow path, I found God’speople. What should I turn back..
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O My Friends
O my friends,What can you tell me of Love,Whose pathways are filled with strangeness?When you offer the Great One your love,At the first step your..
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No One Knows My Invisible Life
No one knows my invisible life.Painand madness for Rama.Our wedding bed is high upin the gallows.Meet him?If the dark healer comes,we'll negotiate..
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Unbreakable
Unbreakable, O Lord,Is the loveThat binds me to You:Like a diamond,It breaks the hammer that strikes it.My heart goes into YouAs the polish goes into..
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I Write Of That Journey
I remember how my mother would hold me.I would look up at her sometimes and see her weep.I understand now what was happening.Love so strong a forceit..
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The Plums Tasted
The plums tastedsweet to the unlettered desert-tribe girl-but what manners! To chew into each! She was ungainly,low-caste, ill mannered and dirty,but..
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I Danced Before My Giridhara
I danced before my Giridhara.Again and again I danceTo please that discerning critic,And put His former love to the test.I put on the ankletsOf the..
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In A Sudden
On a sudden,the sight,Your look of light,stills all,The curd-potfalls to the ground.Parents andbrothersall call a halt.Prise out, they say,this thing..
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A Limb Just Moved
You taught Your songs to the birds first,why was that?And You practised Your love in the hearts of animalsbefore You created man,I know the planets..
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Mira is Steadfast
I will not be restrained now, O Rana,Despite all you do to block my path.I have torn off the veil of worldly shame;Only the company of Saints is dear..
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All I Was Doing Was Breathing
Something has reached out and taken in the beams of my eyes.There is a longing, it is for his body, for every hair of that dark body.All I was doing..
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The Dagger
The dagger of love has pierced my heart.I was going to the river to fetch water,A golden pitcher on my head.Hariji has bound meBy the thin thread of..
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Mine Is The Lifter Of Mountains
Mine is the lifter of mountains, thecowherd, and none other.O sadhus! there is no other--I have seenthe whole world.I left brothers, I left kindred..
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Mine Is Gopal
Mine Is GopalMine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else.On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my husband.Father, mother..
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Come To My Pavilion
Come to my pavilion, O my King.I have spread a bedmade ofdelicately selected buds and blossoms,And have arrayed myself in bridal garbFrom head to..
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That Dark Dweller In Braj
That dark Dweller in BrajIs my only refuge.O my companion,Worldly comfort is an illusion,As soon you get it, it goes.I have chosen the Indestructible..
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The Dark One Is Krishna
Thick overheadclouds of the monsoon,a delight to this feverish heart.Season of rain,season of uncontrolled whispers---the Dark One's returning!O..
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The Arrow Of His Glance
Friend, the arrow of his glance struckmy eyes;Its point pierced my heart (and) hissweet image entered my soul.For a long time I have been..
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Life In The World Is Short
Life in the world is short,Why shoulder an unnecessary loadOf worldly relationships?Thy parents gave thee birth in the world,But the Lord ordained..
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Drink The Nectar
Drink the nectar of the Divine Name, O human! Drink the nectar of the Divine Name!Leave the bad company, always sit among righteous company. Hearken..
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I Have Found
I have found, yes, I have found the wealth of the Divine Name's gem.My true guru gave me a priceless thing. With his grace, I accepted it.I found the..
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A Great Yogi
In my travels I spent time with a great yogi.Once he said to me.“Become so still you hear the blood flowingthrough your veins.”One night as I sat in..
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