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Sufi Poems - Mirabai 35

Mirabai (1498-1546) was an Indian mystic and poetess.

Her very personalized ecstatic songs of love, praise and lamentation have remained alive through the centuries and are still recited and sung by Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and Christians alike on the Indian subcontinent today.

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The Dagger of Love

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 me

by the thin thread of love.

And wherever He draws me,

thither I go.

Mira's Lord is

the courtly Giridhara.

This is the nature

of his dark and beautiful form.

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Heartily,

Puran

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