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4. Thou gavest me hope. Do not therefore disappoint me. Be 
gracious, and fulfil my desire. 
5. Bidyapati saith, take it for authority, in the heart of both was 
born the arrow of separation. 
(50.) 
1. O proud one, shew not anger now. 
2. Nature seemeth so lovely now, that it is as it were the God of love 
but just awakened. 
3. The night is cool, and the moon shineth. No other season is 
comparable to this. 
4. Only she who hath enjoyed them knoweth the delights of a hus¬ 
band’s caresses at such a time. 
5 & G. Other damsels, with many smiles and caresses, and offering 
sweet draughts of nectar of their lower lips, have yielded themselves up to 
their husbands’ embraces. I alone entreat and am hungry. 
7. Thy navel resembleth the whirlpool at the union of the Ganges 
and the Yamuna, with three soft wrinkles for its waves. And (on the 
banks of the rivers) are thy breasts like two images (lingas) of S'iva. 
8. Thy mourning husband yearneth for the gift. 0 sweetheart, 
bestow upon him them all. 
9 & 10. Bidyapati saith, ye are a light and an (unlit) lamp : If 
ye come together, your hearts will no longer retain their calmness Keep 
your patience under subjection. The pangs of pent up love are very piti- 
1. Madhab did not consider this rightly. 
2. Should he, whose wife is like love in beauty, indulge in debau¬ 
chery ? 
3. I love him more than even my life, and value him like unto the 
necklace over my heart. 
4. I never look on another man’s face. What wisdom hath he when 
he doth so ? 
5. No one praiseth a miser* husband, and the whole world ridiculeth 
him. 
6. Who while having his own wealth doth not make use of it, but 
hopeth (to use) another’s wealth. 
7. Bidyapati saith, hear, 0 Madhurapati, this is an improper 
action. 
* One who being not satisfied with his own wife, looks after another s. 
