âòùªùèéë ãúªîìùª öäæÐÆéõ ë÷ª×å¨äª  1151
ôùªôõ² ôèȪôèõÐæÐ Æéõ

âòùªùèéë

(your) not going away

ãúªîìùª

if so

öäæÐÆ ãéõ

(you) may tell me

ë÷ª×	otherwise (if (you) are going away)

å¨äª	about your

ôùªôõ²

return post-haste

ôèȪôèõÐæÐÆ  ãéõ

(you) may narrate to those who are alive

Tell me if you are not going anywhere, but if you
are going,tell that to my survivors (1151).

¬äªæ ÑéìêÐêôõÐ çèõÐôùª ç¨õ¨ô¢ªà몠  1152
µäªæúª ãéìêÐêèùª µúõв

¬äªæúª

giving joy

ãéìêÐÊ

were

íôõÐ çèõÐôùª

(earlier) his (fond) looks

ç¨õ¨²

separation

í¢ªàëª

apprehending

µäªæúª

sadness

ãéìêÐÊ

with

Íùª

O!

µúõв

the present company

His fond look filled me with joy but the thought of parting (from him) fills me with sadness (1152).

íõ¨êîõè îê÷ª÷ëª í÷¨²éìáèõÐ æúªÑëª 1153
ç¨õ¨²øõÐ ¬ìêÐÊãúªéë áèäª

 

íõ¨Ê	not to be taken at face value

íîõè

O!

îê÷ª÷ëª

words of comfort (that he would not leave)

í÷¨²éìáèõÐ

for those knowledgeable (about such situations)

æúªÑëª

with them also

ç¨õ¨²

separation

øõÐ ¬ìêÐÊ

sometimes

ãúªéë  áèäª

happens

It is not possible to take at face value the words of comfort (that he would not leave) since separation sometimes does occur (1153).

 
íó¨êÐÊí¢ªòùª öäª÷ôõÐ å©çªç¨äª âêó¨êÐêâòèùª 1154
îê÷¨áèõÐæÐÆ ãúªîìè êô×  

íó¨êÐÊ

having shown affection

í¢ªòùª

need not fear (since I will not leave)

öäª÷ôõÐ

the one who says so

å©çªç¨äª

subsequently if he goes away

âêó¨êÐêâòèùª

such a clear promise

îê÷¨áèõÐæÐÆ

for the one who believes as true

ãúªîìè

is there

êô×

a fault

Can I be blamed for trusting one who departs after
having promised never to do so ? (1154)

øëªç¨äª íéëåÐêèõÐ ç¨õ¨²øëªçùª ë÷ª×íôõÐ 1155
婧ªæ¨äª íõ¨êèùª µúõв

øëªç¨äª

if you desire (to save )

íéëåÐêèõÐ

the lover's

ç¨õ¨²

separation

øëªçùª

guard against

ë÷ª×

otherwise

íôõÐ

he

婧ªæ¨äª

if goes away

íõ¨Ê

rare

Íùª

O!

 

If you desire (to save the situation), guard against separation from (your) lover, as otherwise, if he goes away, rare indeed is re-union (1155).

Stop my lord from parting, to stop my life parting from me. Should he leave, I may not be there for him to return to (1155).

 
ç¨õ¨²ãéõæÐÆëª ôäªæúªú õèá¨äª íõ¨ÊíôõР 1156
åùªÆôõÐ öäª×ëª åéò

ç¨õ¨²ãéõæÐÆëª

the one who informs of his departure

ôäªæúªúõР Íá¨äª

if he is hard of heart

íõ¨Ê	is not likely (to fructify)

íôõÐ

he

åùªÆôõÐ

would return and show love

öäª×ëª

that

åéò

the hope

  If he is so hard of heart to tell me that he is leaving, then there is no hope of his return and renewal of his love (1156).

Êé÷ôäª Ê÷åÐêéë ­÷ª÷èâæèùª Ëäªéæ 1157
¬é÷¬÷ ôè å¨äª÷ ôéó

Êé÷ôäª

my beloved

Ê÷åÐêéë

having left

­÷ª÷èâæèùª

will they not announce

Ëäªéæ

my forearm

¬é÷

from

¬÷ôè å¨äª÷

attempting to slip

ôéó	the bangles

 
The tight bracelets around my wrist will slip and of themselves proclaim that my lord has left (1157).  

¬äªäèÊ ¬ää¨ùªÃõÐ ôèȪêùª íêä¨Äëª 1158
¬äªäèÊ ¬ä¨áèõÐçª ç¨õ¨²

¬äªäèÊ

will bring suffering

¬ääª ¬ùª  ÃõÐ

without friends

ôèȪêùª

live in a village

íêä¨Äëª

more than that

¬äªäèÊ

give suffering

¬ä¨áèõÐ窠 ç¨õ¨²

separation from one's beloved

 

It is hard to live in a village without friends,
but harder still to suffer separation of one's
love (1158).

âêèï÷ªàïäª íùªùÊ æèëîåè᪠îçèù 1159
ô¨ï÷ªàìùª Í÷ª×îëè ê©

âêèïùª

only if touched

àïäª

will burn

íùªùÊ

but

æèëîåèáª

love-sickness

îçèù

like

ô¨ïùª

when separated

àìùª

burn

Í÷ª×îëè

does it

ê©

fire

Fire burns only when touched. But can it burn when
it is away, as love does ? (1159)

íõ¨ÊÍ÷ª÷¨ íùªùùªîåè᪠å©æÐæ¨çª ç¨õ¨²Í÷ª÷¨çª  1160
ç¨äª¬ÕåÐÊ ôèȪôèõÐ çùõÐ

íõ¨ÊÍ÷ª÷¨

suffering lover to part

íùªùùª

arising therefrom

îåèáª

the agony

å©æÐæ¨

overcoming

ç¨õ¨²Í÷ª÷¨

bear separation

ç¨äª	thereafter

¬ÕåÐÊ

putting up with

ôèȪôèõÐ

(those who) survive

çùõÐ	(are) many

 

Many are those who bear the pangs of separation and survive till the return of the loved one (1160).