Martha Of Denmark
Martha, Swedish: Märta, officially Margaret (originally Margrethe) Eriksdatter of Denmark, (1277 – 2 March 1341) was a Swedish Queen consort, spouse of King Birger of Sweden. She was regarded as a politically influential queen, and played a part in the Håtuna games and the Nyköping Banquet.
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“You’ve strung your breasts
with a rattling rope of pearls,
tied a jangling belt
around those deadly hips
and clinking jewelled anklets
on both your feet.
So, stupid,
if you run off to your lover like this,
banging all these drums,
then why
do you shudder with all this fear
and look up, down;
in every direction?”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.?, Kashmirian king, compiler, author of some of the poems in the anthology which bears his name. translated from the Amaruataka by Martha Ann Selby, vs. 31, Motilal Banarsidass (1983)