the Songs of Ja.ya.de'va. 193 



* endure thy abfence even an inftant, forbear lighting now, when fhe looks 

 ' with half-clofed eyes on the Rafila with bloomy branches, which remind 



* her of the vernal feafon, when ihcfirft beheld thee with rapture ? 



4 Here have Ichofen my abode: go quickly to Ra'dha'; foothe her 



* with my meffage, and conduct her hither.' So fpoke the foe of Madhu 

 to the anxious damfel, who haflened back, and thus addreffed. her com- 

 panion : * Whilst a fweet breeze from the hills of Malaya comes wafting 



* on his plumes the youug God of D'efirej while many a flower points 

 4 his extended petals to pierce the -bofom of feparated lovers, the Deity 



* crownecl with fylvan blojjom% laments ,, friend, in thy obfcnce. Even the 

 '* dewy rays of the moon burn him ; and, as the (haft of love is defcendirig, 

 4 he mourns inarticulately with increasing diffraction, When the bees 



* murmur foftly, he covers his ears ; mifery fits fixed in his heart, and 

 4 every returning night adds angui'fh. to anguifh. He quits his radiant pa- 

 4 lace for the wild forefr, where he links on a bed of cold clay, and fre- 

 4 quently mutters thy name. In yon bower, to which the pilgrims of love 

 1 are ufed to repair, he meditates on thy form, repeating in file'nce fome 

 4 enchanting word, which once dropped from thy lips, and thirfting for 

 4 the nectar, which they alone can fupply. Delay not, O loveliefl of we- 



* men ; follow the lord of thy heart : behold, he feeks the appointed 

 4 made, bright with the ornaments of love, and confident of the promifed 

 4 blifs. Having bound kis loch with for efl flowers, he ha/lens to yon arbour, 



\- a f oft gale breathes over the banks of Yarnuna. : there, again pro- 

 4 nouncing thy name, he modulates his divine reed. Oh! with what 

 4 rapture doth he gaze on the golden dull, which the breeze makes from 

 >artded bloflbms v the breeze, which has kiffed thy check! With a 

 4 mind, languid as a dropping wing, feeble as a trembling leaf, he doubt- 

 ■* fully expects thy approach, and timidly looks on the path, which tnou 



A a 



