“Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?”“It was my master,” sai...

I came out alone on my way to my tryst. But who is this that follows m...

He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in this dungeon. I am ever b...

Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break the...

Light, oh where is the light? Kindle it with the burning fire of desir...

He came and sat by my side but I woke not. What a cursed sleep it was,...

In the night of weariness let me give myself up to sleep without strug...

If the day is done, if birds sing no more, if the wind has flagged tir...

Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend...

In the deep shadows of the rainy July, with secret steps, thou walkest...

Imust launch out my boat. The languid hours pass by on the shore—Alas ...

On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying, and I k...

If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure ...

Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens. Ah, love, why dost thou let me...

I am only waiting for love to give myself up at last into his hands. T...

I have had my invitation to this world’s festival, and thus my life ha...

I am here to sing thee songs. In this hall of thine I have a corner se...

My desires are many and my cry is pitiful, but ever didst thou save me...

The song that I came to sing remains unsung to this day.I have spent m...

The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.I came o...

Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou w...

Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest, ...

O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders! O beggar, to come...

The child who is decked with prince’s robes and who has jewelled chain...

My song has put off her adornments. She has no pride of dress and deco...

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it droop ...

I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by thy side. The works that I h...

Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing that t...

I know not how thou singest, my master! I ever listen in silent amazem...

When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break wit...

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel tho...