Out in a Downpour

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



Out in a downpour
in a sopping wet
skirt.
And you have gone to a distant country.
Unbearable heart,
letter after letter
just asking when,
my lord, when
     are you coming?

[Translated by Andrew Schelling]

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 204
Words 37
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 1

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