the Songs of Jayade'va. ig£ 



* the delightful idea of the propofed meeting, (he advances a few fteps, 



* and falls languid on- the ground. When fhe rifes, fhe weaves bracelets 



* of frefh leaves; (lie dreffes herfelf like her beloved, and, looking at her- 



* felf in fport, exclaims, " Behold the vanquifher of MadhuJ" Then 

 ' me repeats again and again the name of Heri, and, catching at a dark 



* blue cloud, ftrives to embrace it, faying : "It is my beloved, who ap- 



* proaches." Thus, while thou art dilatory, fhe lies expecting thee ; fhe 

 4 mourns ; fhe weeps ; fhe puts on her gayeft ornaments to [receive her 



* lord; fhe comprefTes her deep fighs within her bofom; and then, medi- 

 4 tating on thee, O cruel, fhe is drowned in a fea of rapturous imagina- 



* tions. If a leaf but quiver, fhe fuppofes thee arrived; fhe fpreads her 

 1 couch ; fhe forms in her mind a hundred modes of delight : yet, if thou 



* go not to her bower 3 file muft die this night through exceffive anguifh.' 



By this time the moon fpread a net of beams over the groves of Vrin- 

 davan, and looked like a drop of liquid fandal on the face of the iky, 

 which fmiled like a beautiful damfel ; while its orb with many fpots be- 

 trayed, as it were, a confeioufnefs of guilt, in having often attended amo- 

 rous maids to the lofs of their family-honour. The moon, with a black 

 fawn couched on its difc, advanced in its nightly courfe; butMA^DHAVA 

 had not advanced to the bower of Ra'dha', who thus bewailed his delay 

 with notes of varied lamentation. 



* The appointed moment is come; but Heri, alas, comes not to the 



* grove. Mufl the feafon of my unblemifhed youth pafs thus idly away ? 



* Oh ! what refuge can Ifeek, deluded as I am by the guile of my female ad- 



* vifer? The God with five arrows has wounded my heart; and I am de- 

 *■ Jfcrted by Him, for whofe fake I have fought at night the darkeil recefs 



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