Mirabai
Indian Bhakti poet-saint, princess of Rajasthan, and one of the most beloved female voices in the long history of Hindu devotional literature. Born around 1498 into the royal family of Merta, she renounced her aristocratic life after the death of her husband and devoted herself entirely to her chosen Beloved, the dark-skinned cowherd god Krishna. Her poems — sung in Rajasthani and Hindi by ordinary devotees for over five centuries — are some of the most ecstatic and uncompromising love poetry in any language. Where most Bhakti poets remained within the social structures of their time, Mirabai walked through caste, marriage, and royal expectation as if they were not real, and her verses still carry that scent of freedom.
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Quotes by Mirabai
108 quotes“My beloved is the only flute that plays. All other songs are imitation.”
“The crown is heavy. His name is light.”
“I have forgotten everything except his face.”
“My beloved holds the world in his hand. He holds me in his eye.”
“In the moonlight, I see him. In the sunlight, I see him. In the darkness, I find him.”
“He is sweeter than honey, dearer than blood, closer than breath.”
“Mira has set fire to her boat. There is no going back.”
“My beloved is not a man. My beloved is not an idea. My beloved is what is.”
“All my friends have gone home. I cannot leave the temple.”
“Sister, do you ask if love is real? Watch Mira and see.”
“My beloved has marked me. The mark cannot be washed off.”
“He is the moon I cannot stop staring at.”
“In one moment of his absence, I have lived a thousand lifetimes.”
“My beloved is the simplest thing and the deepest thing.”
“Mira does not write for the king. Mira writes for the dark one.”
“Love is the only law I obey.”
“My beloved is the silence after the song.”
“In love, only the lover is awake. The world is sleeping.”
“He has filled me with himself. There is no room for grief.”
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