We present this work in honor of the poet’s 130th birthday.

Indian
1890 – 1937
Now I’ve come to know—
I am a woman of weakness.
My soft beauty of winds
Makes me lose to everyone.
But why does my heart
Itself grows so tender?
And why do my dusky eyes
Well up suddenly with tears?
To lose myself fully,
To trust the shades of a tall tree,
To lie down there silently,
Why do my longings grow in the web of love?
Woman, you are love incarnated
Under the silver mountain of faith.
Keep on flowing like a river of nectar
On the beautiful bed of life.