Prompt 25 Mastani

A beautiful princess, Mastani, her name. 

Captured the heart of Bajirao, the Peshwa great.

She left her mahal,

to be with her Lover,

marrying him, facing controversy, and struggling.

Facing sarcasm and rejection from Baji Rao's 

mother,

She was denied palatial

pleasure.

 

For Baji Rao's happiness,

she would sing, she would dance, 

play her Lute to the entrance,

mesmerizing many.

Baji Rao entangled in her grace, 

could not face, his criticism,

Torn between wife and lover,

could not justify his relationship with her forever. 

She was Mastani, from the royal family,

a skilled Lute player, 

Gave up her life for her lover.