ëèéùîáè

evening

íùªéù

not

ëúåÐêèõÐ

married woman

ãá¨õÐ

life of

ãúªÑëª

consuming

îôéù	engaged in

å©

you are

ôèȨ	Bless you!

âçèÇÊ

the time suited for

Bless you, Oh evening! you are now no longer like ordinary evenings, but have become a consumer of
the life of a married woman (1221).  

µäªæúªéú ôèȨ ëÕóªëèéù öëªîæóªîçèùª   1222
ôäªæúªú îêèå¨äª Êéú

µäª æúªéú

you are also suffering

ôèȨ	O! Bless you!

ëÕóªëèéù

enchanting evening!

öëªîæóªîçèùª

like my beloved

ôäªæúªúîêè

is he heartless

å¨äªÊéú

your companion

O blessed evening! You are also suffering. Like my
beloved,is your lover also heartless ? (1222)  

çä¨íÕëªç¨çª éçêùªâæèóª ëèéù Êä¨íÕëªç¨êР 1213
Êäªçëª ôóõ ôÕëª

çä¨ íÕëªç¨

hesitant and faltering

éçêùª  âæèóª

of the hue of pallor

ëèéù

evening

Êä¨ íÕëªç¨

bringing in its train

Êäªç몠 ôóõ

increasing sorrow

ôÕëª	is fast approaching

 

The evenings which used to advance hesitantly (when my beloved was with me), now seem to advance boldly to
fill me with suffering (1223).

æèêùõÐ ¬ùªôȨ ëèéù âæèéùæÐæóêÐÊ   1224
Öê¨ùõÐ îçèù ôÕëª

æèêùõР ¬ùª

in the absence of my beloved

ôȨ

now

ëèéù	this evening

âæèéùæÐæóêÐÊ

in the scaffold

Öê¨ùõÐ

executioner

îçèù

like

ôÕëª	is approaching

 

In the absence of my beloved, evening approaches like
the executioner approaching the condemned prisoner (1224).

 
æèéùæÐÆòÐ âòáªêåäª× öäªâæèùª öôäªâæèùªáè䪠  1225
ëèéùæÐÆòÐ âòáªê çéæ

æèéùæÐÆ

to the morning

âòáªê

(have) done

åäª×

good turn

öäªâæèùª

what ?

öôäªâæèùª

what ?

áèäª

I

ëèéùæÐÆ

to the evening

âòáªê

(have) done

çéæ

harm

What good have I done to (make the) morning (so pleasant) and what harm have I done to (make the) evening (so unpleasant) ? (1225)

ëèéùîåè᪠âòáªêùª ëúåÐêèõÐ íæùèê   1226
æèéù í÷¨åÐêÊ ¬îùäª

ëèéù	this evening

îåè᪠ âòáªêùª

now giving (me) suffering

ëúåÐêèõÐ

my beloved

íæùèê

not leaving

æèéù	at that time (when it was pleasant)

í÷¨åÐêÊ

knew

¬îùäª

not

 

I never knew the suffering of the evenings now I experience,the same evening being pleasant when my
beloved had not left me (1226).

æèéù íÕëªç¨çª çæâùùªùèëª îçèêè樠  1227
ëèéù ëùÕ몬åÐ îåèáª

 

æèéù	in the morning

íÕëªç¨

appears as a bud

çæâùùªùèëª

during all day-time

îçèêèæ¨

becoming ready to flowering

ëèéù	in the evening

ëùÕëª

blossoms

¬åÐ îåèáª

this disease (of love sickness)

 

This love appears as a bud in the morning, opens up
during the day and blossoms into a full passion by
the evening (1227).

 
íÈùªîçèÙëª ëèéùæÐÆêÐ ­êèæ¨ Íá䪠    1228
ÆÈùªîçèÙëª âæèùªÙëª çéì

 

íÈùªîçèÙëª

burning like fire

ëèéùæÐÆ

to the evening

­Ê Íæ¨

becoming a forerunner

Íáäª	the shepherd's

ÆÈùªîçèÙëª

like the lute

âæèùªÙëª

killing

çéì

army

The shepherd's flute (was sweet music in the evenings when my beloved was with me, but now when he is
away) is burning like fire,one carrying the message about the onset of the evening and a weapon that
kills (1228).    

çê¨ëÕúªÌ éçêùª ãÈæÐÆëª ëê¨ëÕúªÌ   1229
ëèéù çìõÐêÕëª îçèȪÊ

çê¨	this place

ëÕúªÌ

being confounded

éçêùª

suffering

ãÈæÐÆëª

will experience

ëê¨

my wisdom

ëÕúªÌ

confounding

ëèéù	this evening

çìõÐêÕ몠 îçèȪÊ

when it spreads (envelopes)

 

The evening makes me mad as it advances; (if this
goes on further)the village will soon be grieving
for me (1229).  

âçèÕóªëèéù áèóéõ ãóªó¨ ëÕóªëèéù   1230
ëè±ëªöäª ëèáè ãá¨õÐ

âçèÕóª  ëèéùáèóéõ

the one in pursuit of riches

ãóªó¨

thinking of

ëÕóªëèéù

during this stupefying evening

ëè±ëª

will become extinct

öäª

my

ëèáè

undying

ãá¨õÐ

life

With my beloved away so long in search of wealth,
the stupefying evenings of suffering will soon
end my life (1230).