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अमरुशतकम्
with her that she should give up her anger. She denies that
she is angry; on the other hand she says that it was all her
fault. * In that case why weepest thou?' he asks... Before
whom do I weep?' 'Before me ;' What am I to thee?'
She asks. Why, thou art my beloved;' 'It is precisely
because that I am not, that I weep.' ( 50 ).
What lover would not covet the punishment his lady-love
metes him out for his wavering loyalty! She holds him
tight in her lisssome arms and drags him to the sleeping
apartment from the presence of her friends and there,
admonishing him not to behave in that way, strikes him,
while he laughingly denies the accusation! (10).
How subtly and yet effectively does the offended lady vent
her displeasure against her lover! "For she rises to greet
him while he is yet afar and thus avoids sitting together
with him; the passionate embrace is foiled by her leaving
him under the pretext that she herself would bring the betel
for him. She keeps a number of servants employed near at
hand and thus prevents all confidential talk" and thus
she gives full vent to her anger under the guise of doing
him honour. What fine irony is there when the lover
realises that his lady's welcome is but a mask for her anger
and coldness! (17)
A wistful twilight beauty of phrase and cadence seems to
permeate the songs of the partin of lovers full of tender
pathos and poignant touches of feeling What lovely picture
does the poet give of the woman, who for days on end had
patiently suffe.
the agony of severance from her lord,
and now on the day he promised to return, she looked for
him with almost feverish impatience, watching as far as the
eye could reach: long and long was the weary waiting; the
shadows of evening lengthened, darkness crept on and the
अमरुशतकम्
with her that she should give up her anger. She denies that
she is angry; on the other hand she says that it was all her
fault. * In that case why weepest thou?' he asks... Before
whom do I weep?' 'Before me ;' What am I to thee?'
She asks. Why, thou art my beloved;' 'It is precisely
because that I am not, that I weep.' ( 50 ).
What lover would not covet the punishment his lady-love
metes him out for his wavering loyalty! She holds him
tight in her lisssome arms and drags him to the sleeping
apartment from the presence of her friends and there,
admonishing him not to behave in that way, strikes him,
while he laughingly denies the accusation! (10).
How subtly and yet effectively does the offended lady vent
her displeasure against her lover! "For she rises to greet
him while he is yet afar and thus avoids sitting together
with him; the passionate embrace is foiled by her leaving
him under the pretext that she herself would bring the betel
for him. She keeps a number of servants employed near at
hand and thus prevents all confidential talk" and thus
she gives full vent to her anger under the guise of doing
him honour. What fine irony is there when the lover
realises that his lady's welcome is but a mask for her anger
and coldness! (17)
A wistful twilight beauty of phrase and cadence seems to
permeate the songs of the partin of lovers full of tender
pathos and poignant touches of feeling What lovely picture
does the poet give of the woman, who for days on end had
patiently suffe.
the agony of severance from her lord,
and now on the day he promised to return, she looked for
him with almost feverish impatience, watching as far as the
eye could reach: long and long was the weary waiting; the
shadows of evening lengthened, darkness crept on and the