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The short-tootlied elephant has a red saddle-cloth (but no 
rider). On whose neck shall I throw the (wreath of) Tuscan 
Jasmine? (9). 
sr; ^ i sr?: ^ ii ii 
The fig leaves speak not. You sit dumb (like them) and do not 
speak. (10). 
Vl^T, 'TTra I TTVT, ff<)t II n 
My honest (husband) has run off to cut paddy (and is not at 
home). For whom shall I cook my vegetables and fish ? (11). 
’?RT, I *Il^-f)l5I5fT II II 
To her husband. 
I would keep you at home (content with) eating a handful of 
grain (rather than going abroad to seek your fortune elsewhere) ; I 
would keep you here, under my influence, my shampooer, my 
coaxer. (12). 
'(ra-ni qsift, '3i<K TflfT 1 ffl-^ WTfT n II 
On your feet are shoes, and over them ankle-chains ; your bay 
horse well hccomes you. (13). 
JIT JfTT JIT Jirai I af%JII, aiaJI aiMI II \8 II 
On your neck is a necklace, on mine a garland. In whose 
power (Zft love) have you fallen, my coaxer? (14). 
JIW^, ^TJf I ^int ^Ji 5IT II ?.H. II 
All round the borders are the Agasti (JJdschynomena grandi^ 
flora) trees. In the midst the village site. Fire has broken out, 
and the village of Kamar’da i^name of a place) burns. (15). 
^IJ^ «l^, f^Tf^TT Sit I tTtT SUIST ^T^-Jlt, #1 tI ijt II M II 
The fire is alight and the chir’chird (Achyranthus aspera) wood 
burns may a maggot fall in your one-eyed eye. (16). 
SlfTJIT, 10JIIJI Jfi; J3TJI I ^tT ^TT-^ T13IT, SRIT^ JIT Sim II II 
She describes hem even his mare laments her lover's absence. 
The mare is greedy, but she won’t eat (i. e., suffer) her bit. O 
Raja, {i. e., beloved one), she does not gallop to Kamar’da. (17). 
■^m-Jlf ^T, JIT-Jjf SI’ifl I ^Jltsi-^ ^T II II 
With a water-vessel in his hand, and a necklace on his neck 
the beautiful bird (her lover) speaks from the mango orchard 
(18). 
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