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MAITHIL CHEESTOMATHY. 
[Extra No. 
(69.) 
1. O friend, I planted the creeper of mj hope, and watered it with 
the tears of my eyes. 
2. The fruit is now ripe, nor can the cloth that covereth my bosom 
contain it. 
3. My husband when he went away saw it while yet unripe. Doth 
he know that the mist hath been dispersed. 
4s. Day by day the fruit is ripening. My husband, 0 friend, doth 
not understand this in his heart. 
5. All others’ husbands, though they went to distant countries, came 
hack and remembered their love ; 
6. But my Lord is so void of mercy that affection never increaseth 
in his heart. 
7. Bidyapati saith, 0 friend, I sang what was proper. The apprecia- 
tor of the good will come. 
8. Arise, O friend, and feast to thy heart’s content. To-day thy 
husband will come home. 
(70.) 
1. What can I say. In my first youth, 0 friend, my love left me 
and went to a far country. 
2. 0 friend, I can no longer have patience, and. bear the grief of 
separation. 
3. The appointed time of his arrival hath passed away, the cloud 
hath covered the face of the sun. 
4. The winter, the spring, and the summer have passed, and the 
rainy season hath set in. 
5. The crickets are chirping all around, 0 friend. The cuckoo is 
singing his sweet song. 
6. The god of love, 0 friend, hath inflicted with his arrow a mortal 
wound. How many of these (exciting songs) am I to hear with mine ear ? 
7. A bed of flowers no longer pleaseth me, 0 friend : even sandal wood 
and apparel appear like poison unto me. 
8. The wind bloweth cool, and yet my mind, and my speech, have 
deserted my body. 
9. Bidyapati saith, 0 friend, I say this. The damsel should rejoice 
in heart. 
10. The husband will find a propitious day, and will come on it. 
Be not disappointed. 
