The Dagger

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



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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEDFBBG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 297
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Mirabai

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