Analysis of Life In The World Is Short
Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)
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,
[Translated by A.J. Alston]
| Scheme | X X X X X X X A X A A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111 110101001 110010 110111001 1010111 110010010 1101111001 111010110 0010010101 101011 1110101 0101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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