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Only He Knows the Bitterness of Love

Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)

Only he knows the bitterness of love

Who has deeply felt its pangs.

When you are in trouble

No one comes near you:

When fortune smiles.

All come to share the joy.

Love shows no external wound.

But the pain pervades every pore

Devotee Mira offers her body

As a sacrifice to Giridhara for ever.

[Translated by A.J. Alston]

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X X X X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 318
Words 62
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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