My friend, I went to the market and bought the Dark One [ ... ]
6 Mirabai Songs
Song Cycle by John H. Harbison (b. 1938)
1. It's true, I went to the market  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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- a text in Rajasthani (राजस्थानी) by Mirabai (1498 - 1547) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. All I was doing was breathing  [sung text checked 1 time]
Something has reached out and taken in the beams of my eyes [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Why Mira can't go back to her old house  [sung text checked 1 time]
The colors of the Dark One have penetrated Mira's body, all the other colors washed out [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Where did you go  [sung text checked 1 time]
Where did you go, Holy One, after you left my body? [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. The clouds  [sung text not yet checked]
When I saw the dark clouds, I wept, O Dark One, I wept at the dark clouds [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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Don't go, don't go [ ... ]
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- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright ©
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- a text in Rajasthani (राजस्थानी) by Mirabai (1498 - 1547) [text unavailable]
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