çèâùèÌ îêäªæùåÐ ê÷ªî÷ çú¨âëèȨ 1121
ôèùªöá¨× Ã÷¨á å©õÐ

çèâùèÌ

milk

îêäªæùåÐÊ

mixed with honey

í÷ª×

is like

Ö

O!

çú¨âëèȨ

(her) sweet speech

ôèùªöá¨×

from under the white teeth

Ã÷¨á å©õÐ

water

 

The white teeth of this lady of sweet speech is bathed in a mouth dripping with a mix of milk
and honey (1121).

ãìëªâçèÌ ãá¨õ¨éì öäªä ë÷ª× íäªä 1122
ëìåÐéêâáèÌ öëªë¨éì å쪵

ãìëªâçèÌ

with the body

ãá¨õР ¬éì

relation of the soul

öäªä	of whatever nature it is

ë÷ª× íäªä

it is like that

ëìåÐéêâáèÌ

this damsel

öëª ¬éì  å쪵

the love for

The love between this damsel and myself is as
close as the bond between body and soul (1122).

æÕëú¨á¨÷ª çèôèáªå© îçèêè᪠áèëªô©Çëª 1123
ê¨ÕÅê÷ªÆ ¬ùªéù ¬ìëª

 

æÕëú¨á¨ùª  çèôèáª

the image that occupies the pupil of my eye

å© îçèêèáª

may you go away

áèëªô©Çëª

th eone I desire

ê¨ÕÅê÷ªÆ

the one with a beautiful forehead

¬ùªéù

there is no

¬ìëª

place

 
O Image that occupies the pupil of my eye! Please
go away, for that place is meant for my lady
love (1123).

ôèȪêùª ãá¨õÐæÐÆíäªäóª Íá¨éÈ òèêùª  1124
íê÷ªÆíäªäóª 婧ªÆ ë¨ìêÐÊ

 

ôèȪêùª

living

ãá¨õÐæÐÆ

for my life

íäªäóª

is like

Íá¨éÈ

this bejewelled maiden

òèêùª

dying

íê÷ªÆ

for that (my life)

íäªäóª

is like

婧ªÆë¨ìêÐÊ

when not around

 

She is like my life when she is with me, but when she is not,my life seems to ebb away (1124).

 
ãóªÓôäª ëäªáèäª ë÷çªç¨äª ë÷窵í÷¨îáäª 1125
øóªíëõÐæÐ æúªúèóª Æúëª

 

ãóªÓôäª

again will recall

ëäª

O!

áèäª

_ I

ë÷çªç¨äª

If (I) forget

ë÷窵

forgetting

í÷¨îáäª

(I) know not

øóªíëõÐæР æúªúèóª

the one with eyes brilliant and conquering

Æúëª

qualities

It is only if I forget the qualities of my lady love,
that I need to recollect them. But what if I can never forget her  bright and battling eyes ? (Thus says he to her maid) (1125).

æúªÑóªó¨äª îçèæèõÐ ¬éëçªç¨äª çÕôõèõР 1126
Åúªú¨áõÐöëª æèê ùôõÐ

æúª ãóªó¨ùª

from inside the eyes

îçèæèõÐ

will never leave

¬éëçªç¨äª

if I blink

çÕôõèõÐ

will not be affected

Åúªú¨áõÐ

so delicate

öëª æèê  ùôõÐ

my love

My lover's image never leaves my eyes, not even when I blink momentarily (1126).

æúªÑóªóèõÐ æèê ùôõèææÐ æúªÑëª 1127
öÇîêëª æõçªçèæÐ æ÷¨åÐÊ

æúª ãóªóèõÐ

because (he) within my eyes

æèêùôõÐ

my love

Íæ

is

æúªÑëª

for the eyes

öÇîêëª

(we) will not

æõçªçèæÐÆ

applying collyrium

í÷¨åÐÊ

thinking (he will be hidden)

 

My lover is in my eyes. I will not, for fear of his
being rendered out of sight, apply mascara (1127).

 
â墪òêÐêèõÐ æèê ùôõèæ âôáªÊãúªìùª  1128
í¢ªàÊëª îôçèæÐÆ í÷¨åÐÊ  

â墪òêÐêèõÐ

as residing in my heart

æèêùôõÐ

my love

Íæ

being

âôáªÊãúªìùª

excessively warm food

í¢ªàÊëª

I hesitate (to consume)

îôçèæÐÆ

for fear of causing burns

í÷¨åÐÊ

thinking so

 

My lover lives in my heart so constantly that I
fear to take hot food lest it should hurt him
inside me (1128).

¬éëçªç¨äª æõçªçèæÐÆ í÷¨ôùª íéäêÐê¨÷ªîæ  1129
Öê¨ùõÐ öäªÄ몬ôª ´õÐ

¬éëçªç¨äª

if I blink my eyes

æõçªçèæÐÆ

my love will be out of my sight

í÷¨ôùª

knowing that ( I do not blink)

íéäêÐê¨÷ªîæ

even for that one moment

Öê¨ùõÐ

heartless (they call my love)

öäªÄëª

thus

¬ôª ´õÐ

people

 
I do not blink my eyes lest my lover's image disappear even for that one moment from my sight
and people should call him a deserter (1129).

 
ãôåÐÊãé÷ôõÐ ãóªóêÐÊóª öäª×ëª ¬æåÐÊãé÷ôõÐ 1130
Öê¨ùõÐ öäªÄ몬ôª ´õÐ

ãôåÐÊ

with joy

ãé÷ôõÐ

(my love) dwells

ãóªóêÐÊóª

in my heart

öäª×ëª

always

¬æåÐÊ

condemning

ãé÷ôõÐ

speak (of his absence )

Öê¨ùõÐ

as heartless

öäªÄëª

and say so

¬ôª ´õÐ

people ( not knowing this, that is my love)

Even though my lover dwells happily in my heart, people will easily equate his absence to desertion (1130).