Anger on my love’s face?
How I burn!
Be tender, gentle maid
Nay, not stern.
Hark, listen, I love you
None yea, none other.
By your lips, by your bosom
You alone, ever.
Behold in my mirror eyes
Your golden image
Yet you doubt my words,
My love’s true gauge.
Then drown me in your kisses
In your embrace
Bind me, breasts nail me
Love me nights and days.
Background:
I have called these poems “The Fire of Love” in the sense that love, like fire, is all-consuming and all-purifying. The longing heart holds the inferno of a thousand suns. The cool shower of the sweetheart’s sight soothes the searing soul. I can vouch for it.
Every lover is Krishna and every beloved is Radha. The legend of their love is experienced by all that have felt Love’s electrifying touch. I share the opinion that ‘Krishna and Radha symbolize the Embrace of Yin and Yang, the Unification of Masculine and Feminine energies, the merging of Humanity and the Divine. When one transcends and awakens to the Truth, one sees that we are all united with the universe and that we are never alone. When our energies balance, we manifest our own reality. That is the essence of Krishna and Radha, the Divine Embrace’.
The mention of bites and fingernail marks is found in many a poem. They are considered signs of passion in Indian tradition. They express the emotive power of the union between the lover and the beloved. It must be mentioned here that ‘the associations are not sadistic, but more like hickeys in American tradition or love bites in the British tradition’
Komarraju Venkata Vinay
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-songs-of-radha-and-krishna-2/
