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O bird-catcher, I fold my hands to you! Are there no other means of survival here? Why rob this forest of its melody by killing the parrots?
O dear one, grant your vision now! Madhava is pining in love. A beloved’s unsteadiness is not a sign of fickle love among true companions.
O Parvati, be gracious! Even Shiva himself has bowed at your feet. Why then do you scorn me, claiming you are Shiva—clothed in elephant skin and smear...
O friend, quickly bring plantain leaves and cool breeze, apply fine camphor gently to her body. Lay a lotus-leaf bed—these are the sayings in the hous...
O friend, is it night or dawn? Is that the moon or the sun? Does my beloved even exist? Thus, my love-struck heart constantly mutters in pain to the c...
O friend, is there any fault in a kiss—or in an embrace of the breasts, or in lovemaking? As her lord speaks thus, the doe-eyed lady, watching the lam...
O friend, my beloved has turned elsewhere. Cupid’s arrows torment my body. Please devise a clever plan so he swiftly returns to me, lest I perish.
O friend, don't you know that a husband should be treated like a close friend? And the paramour—should be treated like more than a friend! How could y...
O lotus, in the evening your abode has drawn this bee away from mango blossoms. Attracted by your unique nectar—this face-kissing is inappropriate now...
O simple one! These moral teachings enter your ears—but not until my presence enters your heart will they truly reside within your mind.
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