ôèóªí÷ª×çª µ÷ªâæäª÷ æúªÑëª íôõÐâòäª÷  1261
åèóªø÷ª÷¨êÐ îêáªåÐê ô¨õùª

ôèóªí÷ª×

losing their lustre

µ÷ªÆ öäª÷

became slender

æúªÑëª

eyes

íôõÐâòäª÷

the path he had taken

åèóªø÷ª÷¨

counting the days from that he left

îêáªåÐê

have worn out

ô¨õùª

fingers

My eyes have lost their glow and my fingers have got
worn out marking the days of our separation (1261).

¬ù§ªæ¨Èè᪠¬äª× ë÷çªç¨äªöäª îêèóªîëùª  1262
æù§ªæȨ±ëª æèõ¨éæ å©êÐÊ

¬ù§ªÆ ¬Èèáª

O! Bejewelled one !

¬äª×

now

ë÷çªç¨äª

should I forget (my lover)

öäª

my

îêèóªîëùª  æùëª

shoulder armlets

æȨ±ëª

will be loosened

æèõ¨éæ

charm

å©êÐÊ

deserting

O! Bejewelled One! Should I now forget him, my charm
will desert me causing my armlets to slip (due to
thinning of my arms) (1262).
 
ãõäªåéò¬ ãóªóëª ÊéúáèæòÐ âòäª÷èõР  1263
ôõùªåéò¬ ¬äªÄëª ãîóäª

ãõäªåéò¬

going after victory

ãóªóëª

his own ability

Êéúáèæ

depending on

âòäª÷èõÐ

he left

ôõùªåéò¬

hoping his return

¬äªÄëª

still

ãîóäª

I live

 

With his mind set on conquests he left, while I,
with my eyes set on his coming back, live only for
his return (1263).

Ôïá æèëëª ç¨õ¨åÐêèõÐ ôõ²ãóªó¨æР  1264
îæèÌâæèÌ Ö×ëªöäª â墪à

Ôïá æèëëª

with enhanced love

ç¨õ¨åÐêèõÐ

the one who has left me

ôõ²	will return

ãóªó¨

thinking in my mind

îæèÌâæèÌ

with branches

Ö×ëª

grows

öäª â墪à

(the feelings in) my mind

The thought that he who left me will return with enhanced love, fills me with boundless joy (1264).

 
æèúªæëäª âæèúªæéäæÐ æúªúèõæÐ æúªìç¨äª 1265
婧ªÆëªöäª âëäªî÷èóª çò窵

æèúªæ

may I see

ëäª	How I wish!

âæèúªæéä

my husband

æúªúèõ

to my heart's content

æúªìç¨äª

having seen

婧ªÆëª

will disappear

öäª âëäªîêèóª

of my slender shoulders

çò窵

the pallor

The moment my eyes catch sight of my husband on his return, the paleness of my arms will vanish (1265).

ôÕæëäª âæèúªæäª øÕåèóª çÕÆô䪠 1266
éçêùªîåè᪠öùªùèëª âæì

ôÕæ	even if he comes

ëäª

O!

âæèúªæäª

my husband

øÕåèóª

one (some) day

çÕÆôäª

(I) will enjoy

éçêùª

the afflicting

îåèáª

love sickness

öùªùèëª

totally

âæì	will be destroyed

Even if my beloved were to return for just a day, all this love-sickness will vanish (1266) .

µùçªîçäªâæèùª µùªÙîôäª âæèùªîùè æùçªîçäªâæèùª
æúªúäªä îæó¨õÐ ôõ¨äª                                   1267

µùçªîçäª

quarrel

âæèùª

would I (with him)

µùªÙîôäª

embrace

âæèùª

would I (him)

Ø

alas!

æùçªîçäª

do both

âæèùª

would I ( to him)

æúª

eyes

íäªä

like (my)

îæó¨õÐ

companion (husband)

ôõ¨äª

should he come

 
When my husband, as precious to me as my eyes, returns,should I quarrel over his absence, embrace
him fondly or do both ? (1267)

 
ô¨éäæùåÐÊ âôäª×¼æ îôåÐêäª ëéäæùåÐÊ  1268
ëèéù íáõÐæëª ô¨ÕåÐÊ  

ô¨éäæùåÐÊ

going to battle

âôäª×

victorious

¼æ

may he be

îôåÐêäª

my king

ëéä

wife

æùåÐÊ

(I) along with

ëèéù	to the evening

íáõÐæëª

show respect

ô¨ÕåÐÊ

through hospitality

 
Let my king go to battle and return victorious,
so that I can go home and celebrate (1268).

øÕåèóª öÇåèóªîçèùª âòùªÙëªîòúª âòäª÷èõР   1269
ôÕåèóª éôêÐÊÖ§ªÆ çôõÐæÐÆ

 

øÕåèóª

a single day

öÇåèóª

seven (several) days

îçèùª

like

âòùªÙëª

will pass

îòúª	long distance

âòäª÷èõÐ

the one who has gone

ôÕåèóª

the day of return

éôêÐÊ

thinking in mind

Ö§ªÆçôõÐæÐÆ

for the women anxiously looking forward

When the beloved is away in a distant land, each day
drags on like several days (1269).

 
âç÷¨äªöäªäèëª âç÷ª÷æÐæèùª öäªäèëª ã÷¨äªöäªäèëª 1270
ãóªóëª ãéìåÐÊæÐææÐ æèùª

âç÷¨äª

if attained (subsequently)

öäªäèëª

what if

âç÷ª÷æÐæèùª

will adopt fully

öäªäèëª

what if

ã÷¨äª

will embrace

öäªäèëª

what if

ãóªóëª

mind (of the lady love)

ãéìåÐÊ

having broken (because of separation)

ãæÐææР æèùª

and if destroyed (dead)

 

What is the use of my return if my bride has died, or is in the point of death because of the grief of separation ? (1270)