Love

When my dear and blissful lover comes to my garth

by Vidyapati c. 1352-1448

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

Love

Radha:
When my dear and blissful lover comes to my garth,
I shall turn my back with a little smile:
Wildly my darling will grasp my wimple,--
And I shall draw back, for all he may do!

And when my belovéd asks me to play,
Then shall my smiling mouth refuse:
When he shall roughly clasp my breasts,
My hands shall restrain his hands, half-glances belying.

For my lover, the proper man is a bee,
Holding my cheeks will drink the honey of my lips,--
Then shall he ravish my every sense!
Vidyāpati says: Your life is blest!

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Reunion and the Flow of Nectar, CXXVIII

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Vidyapati. “When my dear and blissful lover comes to my garth.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/127/.

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Vidyapati. “When my dear and blissful lover comes to my garth.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/127/.

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