Love
Hearken, hearken, O virtuous Rādhā
Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen (1915) · From Bangiya Padabali (trans. 1915)
Sakhī:
Hearken, hearken, O virtuous Rādhā:
Murdering Mādhava, what is the good you will gain?
By day the moon is pale and lonely,
Likewise he waxes thinner and thinner:
His rings and bracelets slip,--
I think he must remake them many times.
I cannot understand your ways;
The poet rests his head upon his hands!
Codex Note
The Counsel of Girl-friends (Sakhīs), XXVI
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Vidyapati. “Hearken, hearken, O virtuous Rādhā.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/25/.
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Vidyapati. “Hearken, hearken, O virtuous Rādhā.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/25/.
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