Friend, without that Dark raptor <br />I could not survive. <br />Mother-in-law shrills at me, <br />her daughter sneers, <br />the prince stumbles about in a permanent fury. <br />Now they've bolted my door <br />and mounted a guard. <br />But who could abandon a love <br />developed through uncounted lifetimes? <br />The Dark One is Mirabai's lord, <br />who else could <br /> slake her desire? <br /> <br />[Translated by Andrew Schelling]<br /><br />Mirabai<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friend-without-that-dark-raptor/
