Poetry of India 3/100: Mirabai’s Devotion and the Language of Longing
Part 3 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.Mirabai, the sixteenth-century poet associated with Rajasthan and the Krishna bhakti tradition, composed songs of intense devotion, longing and spiritual independence. Her poems often speak in the voice of a lover who cannot accept a life without the beloved. In this tradition, Krishna is at once a divine presence and t…
