Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Krishna Appears Darker (Mirabai)

I hear a note from a
flute coming down the
river. O my enchanted
heart! what doubts the flute
player has not yet
calmed in your mind?


In dark trousers near the
dark Jamuna waters,
Krishna appears darker
than ever before.
A single note from his
flute makes me lose my
mind. I stumble and ask
to be free of these
torments of mine.

Note: The original song is in Hindi.

(via sulekha)

2 comments:

Jai Joshi said...

Hey, thanks for the post. Mirabai is my heroes, I love her so much that I wrote a novel about her called 'Follow the Cowherd Boy'. It's historical fiction based on her life story and I wrote it as I wanted to share her amazing life with more people.

Regards,
Jai Joshi
jajoshi@gmail.com

hello said...

You can also read more about mirabai at http://www.gitananda.org/mirabai/mirabai.html or www.gitananda.org