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II. From Bengali

Songs of Bidyapati

XXIX

When the hour of twilight its period kept

The damsel out from her dwelling stepped,

Like flashes in a new-born cloud that battling crept,

Golden, a beauty dire.

A high-born maiden, a little child,

Woven of flowers and fragrance she smiled.

How with a little sight should hope be reconciled?

Love but increased his fire.

Her small sweet body of pale gold made

That shining gold thro’ her robe displayed,

The forest lion yields to her slender middle; swayed

Glances much love must earn.

A soft smile burned in her lips and she

With a smile and a look did murder me.

Lord of the five Bengals, may longer life with thee

Starlike eternal burn.