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April 23, 2005

The Cuckoo Calls a Beloved Who Comes

Cruel cuckoo,
Did you suddenly remember the season only
to hurt me ?
I slept in my house, at last I slept-
Then you cry: " Beloved, Beloved!"
Salt to a wound, Saw-blade cutting my heart.
You perch on your branch in a high tree, singing
Of love full-throated,
And Mira wakes remembering she is alone.

-MIRABAI, Ecstatic Poems

Posted by Idinraha at April 23, 2005 01:30 PM

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