Love

Watching with streaming eyes the way her darling went

by Vidyapati c. 1352-1448

Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen (1915) · From Bangiya Padabali (trans. 1915)

Love

Sakhī:
Watching with streaming eyes the way her darling went,
Half a second seems an aeon,--
'Fate is most bitter, sundering thus
Murāri far from me!

'What shall I do, my dear?
What karma's fruit is this, my dear one gone abroad?
Perpetually pierce me the pangs of Madan.

'O that a woman's sighs, may fall beside my dear!
(By whom is my beloved sitting?)
Were I but a bird, I would fly to his side,
And describe to him all my distress!

'Bring me my darling, and save my life,--
Will no one take pity?'
Vidyāpati says: Soon ye shall meet,
Possess your heart in patience.

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Reproaches, Lack and Longing, CII

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Vidyapati. “Watching with streaming eyes the way her darling went.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/101/.

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Vidyapati. “Watching with streaming eyes the way her darling went.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/101/.

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