Love
There bloomed a flower of golden shene
Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen (1915) · From Bangiya Padabali (trans. 1915)
Rādhā:
There bloomed a flower of golden shene,
My hope was high the fruit would be a gem,
I fed its roots with streams of milk;
I saw no fruit, and all was vanity!
I am the simple daughter of a cowherd,
And this unworthy love is worse than death;
What woe, Alas, has Fate afflicted me,--
For hope of gain, I lost my all!
This is Vidyāpati' s conclusion:
You cannot make a dogs tail straight.
Codex Note
Wilfulness, LXXI
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Vidyapati. “There bloomed a flower of golden shene.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/70/.
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Vidyapati. “There bloomed a flower of golden shene.” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/70/.
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