tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post8226948543118940848..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: Classical Indian Love PoetryDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-82067432778233864392011-08-15T11:44:12.425+10:002011-08-15T11:44:12.425+10:00Great poetryGreat poetryFamily Lawyer Sydneyhttp://familylawyerssydney.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-73145215076645202012011-07-25T15:30:16.981+10:002011-07-25T15:30:16.981+10:00Thank you. SO beautiful. Of course, the sensuality...Thank you. SO beautiful. Of course, the sensuality of love poems crosses over into the bhakti tradition, so that worshipping god (here , Shiva) can be equally sensuous. Some excerpts from Mahadeviyakka:<br /><br />"Four parts of the day I grieve for you<br />Four parts of the night I'm mad for you<br />I lie lost,sick for you, night and day,<br />O lord white as jasmine.<br />Since your love was planted<br />I've forgotten hunger, thirst and sleep.<br />.....<br />I saw the lord, white as jasmine, <br />and broke wide open<br />He bartered my heart, looted my flesh,<br />claimed as tribute my pleasure<br />took over<br />all of me.<br />I'm the woman of love<br />for my lord, white as jasmine."<br /><br />*Sigh*Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796734273732243982noreply@blogger.com