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5. Continually her ankles tinkle, like Sama Yaidik priests singing 
the victory of love. 
6. Harkh Nath the poet singeth with all his heart, and king Lakshmis- 
var Sik understandeth the meaning. 
(14.) 
JEtadha laments her separation from Krislin. 
1. The time is spring, and my love is in a far country. How much 
intolerable agony of separation must I bear. 
2. When I bring my Lord to remembrance, I cannot contain myself ; 
for my body is consumed by love’s fire. 
3. The flowery grove humming with its bees, seemeth to my eyes like 
a heap of fire. 
4. A cool garland of lotus and the champak* flower consumeth my 
heart, like a mass of poisonous serpents. 
5. The soft, low song of the cuckoo burneth my ear ; even the beams 
of the moon are like fire to my frame. 
6. Harkh Nath the poet singeth with all his heart, and king Laksh- 
misvar STh understandeth the meaning. 
(15.) 
The first lo ve of Krishn and Rddhd described. 
1. Can I tell their first loves. 
2. Until they gazed on each other for the first time, how many 
varied pleasures continually awoke in the heart of each ; 
3. But when once the cruel arrow of love had pierced their bodies, 
but one desire dwelt in both their hearts. 
4. When their hearts are united, they will remain so for ever; now 
only shame separateth them. 
5. Conceal not in your hearts the cruel defeat sustained through 
the fire of love. 
6. For the trembling eyes of both declare that the damsel is no longer 
mistress of herself, and that the youth is devoted to but one object. 
7. Both their bodies are wasting away under the touch of the breeze 
of Malaya, the beams of tbe moon, and the lotus leaf. 
8. How long will they bear the unbearable ? will they remain thus 
agitated for ever P neither is master of himself. 
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9. Neither telleth the other his desires, for the hearts of both are 
proud. 
10. Harkh Nath the poet singeth, and King Lakhshmisvar Sih under¬ 
standeth the meaning. 
* Michelia champaca. 
