the Songs of J a y a d e' v a, 189 



« with a fmile Tweet as honey. Bring him, who formerly flept on my bofom 5 



* to recline with me on a green bed of leaves juft gathered, while his lip 

 ' fheds dew, and my arms enfold him. Bring. him, who lias attained the per- 



* fedion of (kill in -love's art, whofe hand ufed to prefs thefe firm and deli- 



* cate fpheres, to play with me, whofs voice rivals that of the Cvcil, and 



* whofe trefles are bound with waving bloflbms. Bring him, who formerly 

 « drew me by the locks to his embrace, to repofe with me, whofe feet tinkle^ 



* as they move, with rings of gold and of gems, whofe loofened zone 



* founds, as it falls ; and whofe limbs are (lender and flexible as the creep- 

 4 ing plant. That God, whofe cheeks are beautified by the nectar of his 

 ' fmiles, whofe pipe drops in his extafy, I fiw in the grove encircled 



* by the damfels of Vraja, who gazed on him aikance from the 



* corners of their eyes: I faw him in .the grove with happier damfels, yet 

 *' the fight of him delighted me. Soft is the gale, which breathes over yon 

 ' clear pool, and expands the cluftering-bloffoms of the voluble A/oca-, foft, 

 4 yet grievous to me in the abfence of the foe of M adhu". Delightful are the 

 .* flowers cf Amra-trczs on the mountain-top, while the murmuring bees 

 i purfue their voluptuous toil; delightful, yet afflicting to me, O friend, in 



* the abfence of the youthful Ce's a v a.' 



Meantime, the deflroyer of Cansa, having brought to his remembrance 

 the amiable Ra'dha', forfook the beautiful damfels of Vraja: he fought her 

 in all parts of the foreft; his old wound from love's arrow bled again; he repen- 

 ted of his levity, and, feated in a bower near the bank of Yamuna, the blue 

 daughter of the fun, thus poured forth his lamentation. 



* She is departed — me faw me, no doubt, furrounded by the wanton fhep- 



* herdeffes; yet, confeious of my fault, I durft not intercept her flight. Wo 

 4 is me! fie feels a fenfe of injured honour, and is departed in wratb. How 



