In honor of National Poetry Day 🖋️, we're turning our attentions to "A Eulogy to Saraswati: The Song of the Cuckoo." Saraswati is the goddess of learning and the arts, and in this poem, translated by Tibetan scholar and translator Kelsang Lhamo, her beauty and the reverence held for her shines through. "Radiant as a lotus upon a lotus throne, Enchanting every mind, beloved in every heart, O Goddess of exquisite form and youthful glow, Today, I implore you lend me your veena. [...]" Head to Spiral to enjoy the full poem in the English-language translation and the original Tibetan via the 🔗 in bio! ____________________ Buchung Nubgya (Tibetan, b. 1979); Saraswati, Goddess of Learning and the Arts; New York; 2014; pigments on cotton; silk brocade; SC2014.4.4 #RubinMuseum #NationalPoetryDay #TibetanPoetry #Saraswati #NowOnSpiral