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Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780807063866
ISBN: 080706386X
Label: Beacon Press
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 103
Publication Date: 2004-11-19
Publisher: Beacon Press
Studio: Beacon Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780807063866
ISBN: 080706386X
Label: Beacon Press
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 103
Publication Date: 2004-11-19
Publisher: Beacon Press
Studio: Beacon Press
Editorial Review of Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems
Afterword by John Straton Hawley
A stunning collection of poems by Mirabai, the fifteenth-century female Indian ecstatic poet
Like Coleman Barks's translations of Rumi, this collection of poems by Mirabai will appeal to anyone interested in spiritual poetry. Translator and renowned poet Robert Bly has teamed up with Jane Hirshfield, a leader in the field of feminine spiritual poetry and a highly respected poet herself, to bring us a passionate and inspiring collection of the ecstatic poems of Mirabai.
Mirabai was a figure of legendary proportions. Born a princess in Rajasthan, India, in 1498, Mira (as she was commonly known) fought tradition and celebrated both the body and the spirit in her work. After leaving her royal family, Mira wandered the land and developed a following as a kind of martyr, a poet-saint. She died in 1550 in Dwarka, India, a well-known and well-loved poet throughout her country.
Now, Bly and Hirshfield brilliantly translate this sage's work so we may enjoy and learn from her wisdom and devotion. Full of drama, passion, and yearning, any reader will appreciate Mirabai's language and will easily become entranced and inspired by the simplicity with which she expresses deep emotion.
A stunning collection of poems by Mirabai, the fifteenth-century female Indian ecstatic poet
Like Coleman Barks's translations of Rumi, this collection of poems by Mirabai will appeal to anyone interested in spiritual poetry. Translator and renowned poet Robert Bly has teamed up with Jane Hirshfield, a leader in the field of feminine spiritual poetry and a highly respected poet herself, to bring us a passionate and inspiring collection of the ecstatic poems of Mirabai.
Mirabai was a figure of legendary proportions. Born a princess in Rajasthan, India, in 1498, Mira (as she was commonly known) fought tradition and celebrated both the body and the spirit in her work. After leaving her royal family, Mira wandered the land and developed a following as a kind of martyr, a poet-saint. She died in 1550 in Dwarka, India, a well-known and well-loved poet throughout her country.
Now, Bly and Hirshfield brilliantly translate this sage's work so we may enjoy and learn from her wisdom and devotion. Full of drama, passion, and yearning, any reader will appreciate Mirabai's language and will easily become entranced and inspired by the simplicity with which she expresses deep emotion.
Customer Reviews of Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Mirabai
Review: Nice translation...very easily read and comprehended...Very Western flavor
50 poems...Meera IS bhakti....her poems are alive with Love and Longing allowing the reader to experience rather than merely read. Meera allows you to taste Divine Love.
Artwork ...pictures...(black & white)
Nicely written 29 page Afterword/commentary...
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Waterfall of Spirit rain
Review: Kabir once held up a reading to 1500 of his devotees for two days, in order to wait for Mirabai to arrive. That's how important He thought She was.
In Kabir's words:
You have slept for millions and millions of years. Why not wake up this morning?
Thanks to Jane Hirshfield and Robert Bly, for standing in for Mirabai and Kabir.
These poems are that good.
A waterfall of morning to wash your spirit.
Review Summary: Mirabai
Review: Nice translation...very easily read and comprehended...Very Western flavor
50 poems...Meera IS bhakti....her poems are alive with Love and Longing allowing the reader to experience rather than merely read. Meera allows you to taste Divine Love.
Artwork ...pictures...(black & white)
Nicely written 29 page Afterword/commentary...
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Waterfall of Spirit rain
Review: Kabir once held up a reading to 1500 of his devotees for two days, in order to wait for Mirabai to arrive. That's how important He thought She was.
In Kabir's words:
You have slept for millions and millions of years. Why not wake up this morning?
Thanks to Jane Hirshfield and Robert Bly, for standing in for Mirabai and Kabir.
These poems are that good.
A waterfall of morning to wash your spirit.