Love

She left the shrine at cowdust-time, passing gliding

by Vidyapati c. 1352-1448

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

Love

Krishna:
She left the shrine at cowdust-time, passing gliding
Like a flash of lightning mated with a fresh cloud.

Tender of age she was, a garland deftly woven:
A glimpse could not content my hope, but Love's fire
fiercer fanned.

Bright was her body, shining under wimple with the
shene of gold:
Long locks, small middle, sidelong-glancing eyes.

And softly smiling, pierced me with the arrows
of her eyes,--
Lord of the Five Gaurs, live for ever, says Vidyāpati!

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The First Passion of Krishna, VI

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Vidyapati. “She left the shrine at cowdust-time, passing gliding.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/5/.

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Vidyapati. “She left the shrine at cowdust-time, passing gliding.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/5/.

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