Mirabai: Ecstatic Poems - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080706386X ISBN 13: 9780807063866

Publisher: Beacon Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Afterword by John Straton Hawley

A stunning collection of poems by Mirabai, the fifteenth-century female Indian ecstatic poet

Like Coleman Barks’s translations of Rumi, this collection of poems by Mirabai will appeal to anyone interested in spiritual poetry. Translator and renowned poet Robert Bly has teamed up with Jane Hirshfield, a leader in the field of feminine spiritual poetry and a highly respected poet herself, to bring us a passionate and inspiring collection of the ecstatic poems of Mirabai.

Mirabai was a figure of legendary proportions. Born a princess in Rajasthan, India, in 1498, Mira (as she was commonly known) fought tradition and celebrated both the body and the spirit in her work. After leaving her royal family, Mira wandered the land and developed a following as a kind of martyr, a poet-saint. She died in 1550 in Dwarka, India, a well-known and well-loved poet throughout her country.

Now, Bly and Hirshfield brilliantly translate this sage’s work so we may enjoy and learn from her wisdom and devotion. Full of drama, passion, and yearning, any reader will appreciate Mirabai’s language and will easily become entranced and inspired by the simplicity with which she expresses deep emotion.

About this title

About the Authors

Robert Bly has earned many honors for his original poems, which include The Winged Energy of Delight, and for his translations of twenty-two poets, including Kabir. He is the author of the bestseller Iron John, and with Jane Hirshfield has published a new translation of Mirabai (Beacon / 6386-6 / $16.00).

Robert Bly is the author of The Night Abraham Called to the Stars, a book of poems in the ghazal form, as well as ten other collections of poetry. He has published several books of prose, including Iron John and The Sibling Society. Recently published, The Winged Energy of Delight is a gathering of poems by twenty-two poets from various languages that Bly has translated over the last forty years. Bly lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: Beacon Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080706386X
• ISBN 13: 9780807063866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 103