Love
Making a promise to return 'To-morrow,' her lover went away,
Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen (1915) · From Bangiya Padabali (trans. 1915)
Sakhī:
Making a promise to return 'To-morrow,' her lover went away,--
Writing the word 'To-morrow,' the wall is full!
The day had dawned, she asked of everyone:
Tell me, O tell me, when will to-morrow come?
'Awaiting to-morrow, abandoning hope,--
Never again shall I lie by Kānu's side.'
Vidyāpati says: Hearken, fair damsel:
The beauties of the town are holding him back.
Codex Note
Reproaches, Lack and Longing, CX
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Vidyapati. “Making a promise to return 'To-morrow,' her lover went away.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/109/.
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Vidyapati. “Making a promise to return 'To-morrow,' her lover went away.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/109/.
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