Mira Bai, the Divine Lover

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IN SEARCH OF A GENUINE TEACHER WHO KNOWS THE SECRET

 

I am now convinced that the soul is of the heavens.

As I remember my true Home,

each moment my eyes brim with tears.

 

This pain pierces like an arrow

and tortures me from moment to moment.

Day and night I am unable to sleep

and I have lost all appetite for food and drink.

 

This anguish of separation torments me,

And time goes by without sleep bringing relief

for the whole night.

 

I seek a physician who knows the secret

of this world and the next,

That I may tell him of my condition

and be cured of the malady of transmigration.

 

But though I seek far and wide,

there is none who can reveal to me

a clue to my true Home.

Now I have met Sant Ravi Das, my Satguru,

and he has bestowed on me self-knowledge.

 

I have found my Lord, and uniting with Him,

my anguish and pain are at an end.

Mira throws ashes at the world

now that she has found her true Abode.

 

-- Mira Bai

 

WITHIN THE TEMPLE OF THE HUMAN BODY

 

Within your body the Gong resounds

In sweet strains of Eternal Song.

Within your body of ten doors,

Day and night rumbles the Sound

of the Drum.

 

In your body are gardens with rare blooms,

But a honeybee alone will seek their

fragrance.

Within your body burns a Flame

In resounding waves of brilliant Light.

 

The Lord's glory, O Mira,

The Saints alone do know;

To His Eternal Home

Freely they come and go.

 

-- Mira Bai

 

 

 

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