Analysis of I will sing the praises of Hari
Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)
We do not get a human life
Just for the asking.
Birth in a human body
Is the reward for good deeds
In former births.
Life waxes and wanes imperceptibly,
It does not stay long.
The leaf that has once fallen
Does not return to the branch.
Behold the Ocean of Transmigration.
With its swift, irresistible tide.
O Lal Giridhara, O pilot of my soul,
Swiftly conduct my barque to the further shore.
Mira is the slave of Lal Giridhara.
She says: Life lasts but a few days only.
Life in the world is short,
Why shoulder an unnecessary load
Of worldly relationships?
Thy parents gave thee birth in the world,
But the Lord ordained thy fate.
Life passes in getting and spending,
No merit is earned by virtuous deeds.
I will sing the praises of Hari
In the company of the holy men,
Nothing else concerns me.
Mira's Lord is the courtly Giridhara,
She says: Only by Thy power
Have I crossed to the further shore.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11010 1001010 1001111 0101 110010100 11111 0111110 1101101 0101011 11101001 111110111 10011110101 10101111 1111101110 100111 110101001 110010 110111001 1010111 110010010 1101111001 111010110 0010010101 101011 1110101 11101110 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 13 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 354 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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