Are you a mere picture, and not as true as those stars, true asthis dust? They throb with the pulse…
On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying,and I knew it not. My basket was empty…
When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their firstsplendor, the gods held their assembly in the…
Light, my light, the world-filling light,the eye-kissing light,heart-sweetening light!Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life;the…
Light, oh where is the light?Kindle it with the burning fire of desire!There is the lamp but never a flicker…
I touch God in my songas the hill touches the far-away seawith its waterfall.The butterfly counts not months but moments,and…
If people came to know where my king's palace is, it would vanishinto the air.The walls are of white silver…
Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-"We play from the time we wake till…
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neckwith my tears of sorrow.The stars have wrought their anklets…
A Mien to move a Queen—Half Child—Half Heroine—An Orleans in the EyeThat puts its manner byFor humbler CompanyWhen none are…