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4. Who can bear such warm embraces. He strained the ribs over 
her tender heart. 
5. Bidyapati the poet saith, no friend of hers was there to tell her 
that morning would come. 
(32.) 
1. “ I tried to cover the orbs of my bosom with my hands, but thou 
canst not cover a mountain of gold with a lotus. 
2. “ With pleasure I gazed upon my face, and, delighted, my body 
assumed various forms of beauty. 
3. “ Hari then took away my veil, and the sweet lace of my bodice 
slipped down. 
4. “ Last night, 0 friend, I dreamt a dream, but my modesty forbid- 
deth my relating it. 
5. “ My eyes were filled with the tears of delight, and (watered by 
them) my seedling love hath put forth leaves.” 
6. Bidyapati singeth of love, and Baja Sib Sih understandeth the 
pleasures of it. 
(S3.) 
1. “ How am I to tell, 0 friend, of his wantonness. My husband 
desired unlawful pleasure. 
2. “ He pretended that my twin breasts were two delicate mountains ; 
and he laid his hands upon them, lest they should fall upon his heart (and 
crush it). 
3. “ I was intoxicated with love, and my modesty deserted me ; (nor 
cared I that) my girdle of bells, and my anklets, kept continually tinkling. 
4. “ Beads of perspiration added an enhanced brilliancy to my face ; 
like pearl-fruit forming on a golden lotus. 
5. “ I cannot tell the words that issued from my husband’s lips. 
We gazed in each other’s faces, and both our hearts laughed.” 
6. Bidyapati singeth sweet words. “ Thou knowest, 0 damsel, that 
nectar which is chosen ; drink it.” 
(34.) 
1. “ To-day, my friend, I see thee very melancholy, and that thy face 
is woe begone. 
2. “ Hath any one used reproachful words to thee P Thou dost not 
tell me any thing.” 
3. “ Last night I passed in suffering. Kanh wickedly sported with 
me. 
4. “ He did not consider my good or bad qualities ; but dimmed, 
like Bahu, the circle of the moon. 
