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According to the Kama Sutra,the erotic handbook written two thousand years ago, when the wheel of ecstasy is in motion And#8220;there is no textbook at all, and no order.And#8221;Indian Love Poemsis a unique gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora. Indian Love Poemsfeatures works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desireAnd#8211;both male and femaleAnd#8211;in the intricate dance of existence. From the twelfth-century female poet Mahadeviyakka to the twentieth-century Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore to such contemporary poets as Kamala Das and Vikram Seth, this glittering tapestry of lyric voices beautifully and sensually evokes the transfiguring force of love. Foreword WAITING FromSubhashitavali of Vallabhadeva My Love VATSYAYANA FromKamasutra Four Embraces MILAIPPERUNKANTAN FromKuruntokai What He Said ALLUR NANMULLAI FromKuruntokai What She Said ORERURAVANAR FromKuruntokai What He Said KALIDASA FromMeghadutam The Loom of Time ANONYMOUS A Small Request SRINATHA Love Letter JAGANATHA FromBhamini Vilasa A Word of Warning CHANDIDAS And#8216;I have blackened my golden skinAnd#8217; ANURADHA MAHAPATRA God MAMULANAR FromKuruntokai What She Said CHANDIDAS And#8216;I throw ashes at all lawsAnd#8217; KAPILAR FromAinkurunuru What Her Friend Said TEVAKULATTAR FromKuruntokai What She Said FromGathasaptasati And#8216;Even in a reeling worldAnd#8217; And#8216;How can you describe her?And#8217; FromAmarusataka And#8216;All I have to doAnd#8217; And#8216;SheAnd#8217;s in the houseAnd#8217; VARATUNKARAMAPANTIYANAnd#8217;S WIFE Space to Space KABIR And#8216;Like a sharp arrowAnd#8217; JAYANTA MAHAPATRA A Day of Rain MANORAMA MAHAPATRA My Whole Life for Him AMRITA PRITAM Early Spring K. SATCHIDANANDAN Loving aWoman BALAMANIAMMA Gift of Love SHAKUNT MATHUR A New Way of Waiting GHALIB Desires Come by the Thousands Behind the Curtain NISSIM EZEKIEL Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher MIRAJI Love Song of the Clerk SURESH JOSHI Darkness SITANSHU YASHASHCHANDRA Solar NIRALA Love Song A. K. RAMANUJAN Looking for a Cousin on a Swing MEENA ALEXANDER Indian Sandstone FAHMIDAH RIAZ Tongue of Stone PRATIBHA SATPATHY Dew Drop SAROOP DHRUV Beyond the Flapdoor KEKI N. DARUWALLA FromNight River And#8216;Dream and realityAnd#8217; MEETING VATSYAYANA FromKamasutra And#8216;When men ask about all the ways of embracingAnd#8217; And#8216;Whatever wound a man inflicts on a womanAnd#8217; KALIDASA FromSakuntala And#8216;Craving sweetAnd#8217; And#8216;Seeing rare beautyAnd#8217; ANONYMOUS Kamasutra FromAmarusatakaAnd#8216;Held herAnd#8217; KUMARADASA FromJanakiharana And#8216;In their quarrelAnd#8217; CANDRAKA FromSarngadharapaddhati And#8216;A long time backAnd#8217; FAIZ AHMED FAIZ And#8216;Before you cameAnd#8217; FAHMIDAH RIAZ Deep Kiss SUDEEP SEN Desire Caress MIRABAI And#8216;Here she comesAnd#8217; And#8216;Hari is a dhobiAnd#8217; And#8216;On a suddenAnd#8217; CHANDIDAS And#8216;I have hardened my mindAnd#8217; SUJATA BHATT The Kamasutra Retold KABIR And#8216;To say that the loveAnd#8217; And#8216;Lying beside youAnd#8217; VIDYA Love in the Countryside VIKATANITAMBA Recollection VALLANA And#8216;When he had taken off my clothesAnd#8217; BHAVABHUTI FromUttara Rama Charita And#8216;Deep in loveAnd#8217; CHAVALI BANGARAMMA My Brother RABINDRANATH TAGORE Black Blossom One Day AKHTAR-UL-IMAN Compromise ISMAIL You BASAVANNA And#8216;Look here, dear fellowAnd#8217; ILANKO ATIKAL FromThe Cilappatikaram FromThe Round Dance of the Herdswomen MAHADEVIYANKKA And#8216;Like a silkworm weavingAnd#8217; And#8216;When I didnAnd#8217;t know myself And#8217; D. VINAYACHANDRAN FromHell Writes a Love Poem And#8216;When the gigantic bulls with broken hornsAnd#8217; And#8216;For loveAnd# According to the Kama Sutra, the erotic handbook written two thousand years ago, when the wheel of ecstasy is in motion And#8220;there is no textbook at all, and no order.And#8221; Indian Love Poems is a unique gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora. Indian Love Poems features works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desireAnd#8211;both male and femaleAnd#8211;in the intricate dance of existence. From the twelfth-century female poet Mahadeviyakka to the twentieth-century Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore to such contemporary poets as Kamala Das and Vikram Seth, this glittering tapestry of lyric voices beautifully and sensually evokes the transfiguring force of love. Indian Love Poems is a gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora. Indian Love Poems features works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desire - both male and female - in the intricate dance of existence.--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. 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