00898nam a22001697a 4500003000200000005001700002020001800019082001000037100001400047245005300061260004300114300000900157440005800166520047500224650001100699700001800710020260518123535.0 a9780674270749 aJEW N aBiharilal aHe spoke of love: selected poems from the Satsai aLondonbHarvard University Pressc2022 a79p. aNine jewels from the Murty classical library of India aThe seven hundred poems of the Hindi poet Biharilal’s Satsai weave amorous narratives of the god Krishna and the goddess Radha with archetypal hero and heroine motifs that bridge divine and worldly love. He Spoke of Love brims with romantic rivalries, clandestine trysts, and the bittersweet sorrow of separated lovers. This new translation presents four hundred couplets from the enduring seventeenth-century classic, showcasing the poet’s ingenuity and virtuosity. aPoetry aRupert, Snell