1^6 G 1' T A G O* V I N D A.; OR, 



* of the foreit. Since my bed beloved friends have deceived me, itis-my- 

 1 wifti to die i iince my fenfes are difordered, and my bofom is on fire,. 



* why flay I longer in this world? The coolnefs of this vernal night gives 

 ' me pain, inftead of refrefhment : fome happier damfel enjoys my belo- 

 « ved; whilft I, alas! am looking at the gems in my bracelets, which 

 « are blackened by the flames of my paflion. My neck, more delicate 

 ' than the tendered bloffom, is hurt by the garLnd, that encircles its 

 5 flowers are, indeed, the arrows of Love, and he plays with them cruelly. 



* I make this wood my dwelling : I regard not the roughnefs of the Vetas- 

 « trees ; but the deitroyer of Madhu holds;; me not in his remembrance ! 

 4 Why comes he not to the bower of bloonny Vanjulas, amgned for our 



* meeting ? Some ardent rival, no doubt, keeps him locked in her embrace r 



* or have his companions detained him with mirthful recreations? Elfe 

 4 why roams he not through the cool fhades ? Perhaps, the heart-fkk lover 

 « is unable through weaknefs to advance even a ftep f — So faying, (lie raifed' 

 her eyes j and, feeing her damfel return filent and- mournful, unaccom- 

 panied by Ma'dhava, flie was alarmed even to phrenfy ; and, as if (lie 

 a&u ally beheld him in the arms of a rival, flie thus defcribed the vifion, 

 which overpowered her inte'lledt.' 



* Yes i in habiliments becoming the war of love, and' with trefTes 

 1 waving like flowery banners, a damfel, more alluring than Ra'dha' '•', enjoys 

 i the conqueror o/ Madhu.. Her form is transfigured by the touch of her 



* divine lover j her garland quivers over her fwelling bofom ;, her face like 

 4 the moon is graced with clouds of dark hair, and trembles, while flie 

 « quaffs the nectareous dew of his lip;, her bright ear-rings dance over her 

 « cheeks, which they irradiate $ and the fmall bells on her girdle tinkle as fhe 

 ' moves. Bafhful at firft, fte fmiles at length on her embracer, and ex- 



