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अद्यापि तां शशिमुखीं नवयौवनाढ्यां
पीनस्तनीं पुनरहं यदि गौरकान्तिम्।
पश्यामि मन्मथशरानलपीडिताङ्गीं
गात्राणि संप्रति करोमि सुशीतलानि॥

Even now, if I again see her moon-like face, full of youthful charm, with full breasts and body scorched by Cupid’s arrows—I would cool her with my to...

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अद्यापि तां शिखरचारुवलक्षदन्तैर् मुख्यानि
कुन्दमुकुलानि जितां च साध्वीम्।
संचिन्तयामि सततं प्रविलोलिचित्तां
कामेषुनीरजदृशं वनजावतंसाम्॥

Still I think of her whose teeth outshone budding jasmine, mind swaying with passion, lotus-eyed, adorned with forest flowers—beautiful and chaste.

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अद्यापि तां समपनीतनितम्बवस्त्रां
श्यामां च साध्वसरसाकुलविह्वलाङ्गीम्।
एकेन पाणिकमलेन पिधाय गृह्यम्
अन्येन नाभिकुहरं दधतीं स्मरामि॥

I remember her dark-skinned, modest, trembling with emotion—gathering her waist cloth, covering her body with one hand while touching her navel with t...

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अद्यापि तां सललितश्लथकेशपाशाम्
ईषत्समुन्मिषितघूर्णितवक्रनेत्राम्।
सुप्तोत्थितां विदधतीं मुहुरङ्गभङ्ग
पश्यामि दष्टमधरं बहुशः स्पृशन्तीम्॥

Even now I see her—loose hair, swirling eyes just opened from sleep, shifting her body repeatedly, biting and touching her lower lip often.

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अद्यापि तां सुनिपुणं यतता मयापि
दृष्टं न यत्सदृशतो वदनं कदाचित्।
सौन्दर्यनिर्जितरति द्विजराजकान्ति
कान्तामिहातिविमलत्वमहागुणेन॥

I have seen many, yet never a face like hers—surpassing Rati in beauty, her brightness defeating even the moon, rich in flawless qualities.

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अद्यापि तां सुरतघूर्णनिमीलिताक्षीं
स्रस्ताङ्गयष्टगलितांशुककेशपाशाम्।
शृङ्गारवारिरुहकाननराहहंसीं
जन्मान्तरेऽपि निधनेऽप्यनुचिन्तयामि॥

I remember her even in death or next birth—eyes closed in dizzy passion, clothes and hair loosened, the swan of love's lotus-forest.

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अद्यापि तां सुरतजागरघूर्णमान-
तिर्यग्वलत्तरलतारक्दीर्घनेत्राम्।
शृङ्गारसारकमलाकरराजहंसीं
व्रीडाविनम्रवदनामुषसि स्मरामि॥

Still I remember her face at dawn—eyes spinning with the fatigue of love’s play, long and darting, the royal swan in the lotus-lake of romance, face b...

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अद्यापि तां सुरतताण्डवसूत्रधारं
दुर्वारदर्पजघनग्लपिताङ्गयष्टिम्।
अङ्गं रसैः समुपगुह्य कटिं दधानां
किंचिन्निमीलनयनां मनसा स्मरामि॥

I still remember her—director of the dance of love, weakened by the unbearable pride of her hips, embracing with limbs full of rasa, eyes gently close...

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अद्यापि तां सुरतताण्डवसूत्रधारीं
पूर्णेन्दुसुन्दरमुखीं मदविह्वलाङ्गीम्।
तन्वीं विशालजघनस्तनभारनम्रां
व्यालोलकुन्तलकलापवतीं स्मरामि॥

I recall her still—leader of the love-dance, with full-moon face, intoxicated limbs, slender with broad hips and bending under the weight of her breas...

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अद्यापि तां सुरतलब्धयशःपताकां
लम्बालकां विरहपाण्डुरगण्डभित्तिम्।
स्वप्नेऽपि लोलनयनां क्षणदृष्टनष्टां
विद्यां प्रमादगुणितामिव संस्मरामि॥

Even now I recall her, who was the flag of victory in love, with hanging locks and pale cheeks from separation. Even in dreams, her restless eyes appe...

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