Miraji Translations
...Miraji translations into modern English
I'm obsessed with this thought:
does God possess mercy?
—Miraji, translation by Michael R. Burch
Come, see this dance, the immaculate dance of ...
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Categories:
devadasi, dance, god, urdu,
Form: Verse
The Job of Pride
...From devadasi in temples to women of the streets,
Form hooker to harlot,
From courtesan to call girl,
Whether a paramour in the hands of wealth,
Or a Whore engaging in promiscuous sexual interco...
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Categories:
devadasi, anxiety, cry, dark, depression,
Form: I do not know?
Flowers of Mid-Night
...Flowers of Midnight
I am not a morning glory
I am damsel of the midnight
When misery struck my family,
wrath of God, classy people cite
To appease the Almighty,
pubescent girl at home be left...
as a "Devadasi" which meant
literally, " Servant of the Deity"
This immoral exploitation
veiled under wraps of religion
Ignorant, illiterate with superstition
my family lets me into this with celebrat...
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Categories:
devadasi, abuse, art,
Form: Free verse
Loans
...You know u got it hard
when ur a single bachelor heart broken with a bachelors
tell your mother in the eye you're considering moving faster, selling weed and coke its a disaster.
This happens in Asto...
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Categories:
devadasi, hope, death, world, heart,
Form: I do not know?