Lyric sequence · 1875
The Indian Song of Songs (Gita Govinda)
Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold (1875)
Jayadeva's twelfth-century Sanskrit song cycle of Krishna and Radha, in Sir Edwin Arnold's English verse: a hymn to Vishnu and eleven sargas of longing, quarrel and union.
Contents · 12 parts
- Hymn to Vishnuabout 120 lines
- Sarga the First: The Sports of Krishnaabout 200 lines
- Sarga the Second: The Penitence of Krishnaabout 160 lines
- Sarga the Third: Krishna Troubledabout 110 lines
- Sarga the Fourth: Krishna Cheered89 lines
- Sarga the Fifth: The Longings of Krishnaabout 190 lines
- Sarga the Sixth: Krishna Made Bolder74 lines
- Sarga the Seventh: Krishna Supposed Falseabout 290 lines
- Sarga the Eighth: The Rebuking of Krishna60 lines
- Sarga the Ninth: The End of Krishna's Trial71 lines
- Sarga the Tenth: Krishna in Paradise89 lines
- Sarga the Eleventh: The Union of Radha and Krishnaabout 180 lines