Love

Atharva Veda 6.8: A man's love-charm

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

Love

Like as the creeper throws, her arms on every side around the tree, So hold thou me in thine embrace that thou mayst be in love with me, my darling, never to depart.

As, when he mounts, the eagle strikes his pinions downward on the earth, So do I strike thy spirit down that thou mayst be in love with me, my darling, never to depart.

As in his rapid course the Sun encompasses the heaven and: earth, So do I compass round thy mind that thou mayst be in love with.
me, my darling, never to depart.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.8: A man's love-charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/171/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.8: A man's love-charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/171/.

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