Mira : Unbreakable, O Lord

For information about Mirabai, the 16th c. CE Punjabi mystic, see this earlier post.

Unbreakable, O Lord,
Is the love
That binds me to You:
Like a diamond,
It breaks the hammer that strikes it.

My heart goes into You
As the polish goes into the gold.
As the lotus lives in its water,
I live in You.

Like the bird
That gazes all night
At the passing moon,
I have lost myself dwelling in You.

O my Beloved —
Return.

Translation Jane Hirshfield

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