पग घुंघरू बाँध मीरा नाची रे॥

Mirabai tied bells to her feet and danced in ecstasy.

Mirabai · Bhajan

Translator's note

on the language of the verse

Public devotion becomes rebellion against social expectations.

The voice

Mirabai

मीराबाई

The Princess Who Walked Away from Power, c. 1498 – 1547.

The questions it touches
  • Devotion
  • Refusal
  • The body
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