Mira with Sarcasm

Translated By Chloe Martinez

Translated from the Braj Bhasha

Someday you’ll think of me, Rama, as you wander, detached.

Holding a posture, he sits quite still,
 just like in the hymns.

 Rama roams, free of attachment.

I should have known he’d go off with the yoga crowd,
 leaving me in no-man’s-land.

Someday he’ll remember.

Coming or going, he doesn’t show up.
 Who can call a yogi their friend?

Mira says, love, Lord Who Lifts Mountains:
 my mind, at least, follows your footsteps.

Source: Poetry (November 2025)