Love
A joyous day this day for me!
Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen (1915) · From Bangiya Padabali (trans. 1915)
Krishna:
A joyous day this day for me!
I saw my love when she was bathing,
A stream of water pouring from her hair,--
The clouds were showering strings of pearls!
Wiping her face intentifly,
As though she cleansed a golden mirror,--
Discovering both her breasts.
Where had been set inverted golden cups,
She let her zone fall free:
That was the bound of my desire, says Vidyāpati.
Codex Note
The First Passion of Krishna, X
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Vidyapati. “A joyous day this day for me!” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/9/.
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Vidyapati. “A joyous day this day for me!” Translated by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vidyapati/9/.
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