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Sharing this poem on Richard Freeman's "The Process of Yoga" CD.
Jayadeva's Gitagovinda
Winds from sandalwood mountains
Blow now towards Himalayan peaks,
Longing to plunge in the snows
After weeks of writhing
In the hot bellies of ground snakes.
Melodious voices of cuckoos
Raise their joyful sound
When they spy the buds
On tips of smooth mango branches.
Crying sounds of cuckoos
Mating on mango shoots
Shaken as bees seek honey scents of opening buds
Raise fever in the ears of lonely travelers.
Somehow they survive these days
By tasting the mood of lovers' union
In climaxing moments of meditation.
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