Ankle Bells
Mira dances, how can her ankle bells not dance?
"Mira is insane," strangers say that. "The family's
ruined."
Poison came to the door one day; she drank it and
laughed.
I am at Hari's feet; I give him body and soul.
A glimpse of him is water: How thirsty I am for that!
Mira's Lord is the one who lifts mountains, he
removes evil from human life.
Mira's Lord attacks the beings of greed; for safety I
go to him.
Source of the text - Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems. Versions by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004, p. 12. This poem was translated by Robert Bly.
TJB: Happy feet. With dancing, dialogue, & prayer, the poem changes from third to first person after poison is ingested; then becomes straight psalmlike.
Source of the text - Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems. Versions by Robert Bly and Jane Hirshfield. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004, p. 12. This poem was translated by Robert Bly.
TJB: Happy feet. With dancing, dialogue, & prayer, the poem changes from third to first person after poison is ingested; then becomes straight psalmlike.
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