1884.] 
G. A. Grierson— Twenty‘07ie Vaishnava Hy^yins, 
89 
XVII. 
Kes'ab. 
In the following’ the distress of the sonl on fancying itself deserted 
by God is described. 
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Translation 17. 
1. 0 friend, take heed unto my words, my body is about to be con¬ 
sumed to-day. My life longeth for the touch of air, as love setteth in 
array his fiery darts. 
2. How can I, ah Hari, Hari, come out of my difficulties, even 
though I take patience ten thousand times. Every minute I faint, I 
faint and fall, ‘ thy friend,’ saith thy friend, ‘ can live no longer.’ 
3. As I hear, as I hear the cry of the cuckoo, what am I to do ? 
Its sweet sound no longer pleaseth me. Lamenting, lamenting I call 
on Hari, but the pitiless one hath not yet come. 
4. 0 friend, thou art making a (cool) bed of lotuses for me, that 
from it I may be cured.'*' When I hear, when I hear the peacocks cry¬ 
ing in the dense forest, both mine ears are consumed. 
5. The fruit of my virtue and of my good deeds hath disappeared. 
In some former existence I must have committed many sins.f Saith 
Kesab, bear patience, king Pratap understandeth love. 
* or is often used to mean ‘ a cure.’ 
t Under the doctrine of transmigration sins committed in one life follow one 
with their consequences in a future life. 
