Sri Aurobindo
Translations
CWSA.- Volume 5
Part Two. Translations from Bengali
Section One.
Vaishnava Devotional Poetry
Selected Poems of Bidyapati
19
On thy garland’s serpent fold,
On thy sacred breasts of gold
Here I lay my yearning hand.
Other lady of delight,
Let this snake my bosom bite.
Be thy malice on me spent
In many an amorous punishment.
Scourge my limbs with pretty harms,
Press my panting heart with weight
Of thy sweet breasts passionate,
In thy labouring bosom deep
Night and day thy prisoner keep.
Love’s sweet sins from love’s sweet hand.