Kavyadarsha 3.50

3.50

kālakālagalakālakālamukhakālakāla kālakālapanakālakālaghanakāla kāla /
kālakālasi takā lakā lalanikālakālakālakālagatu kālakālakalikālakāla //

O Death, black as the black neck of the Destroyer of Death, possessing the mouth of time, black-throated, / O black season of dense clouds, time of the cooing of the cuckoo! / You black one, black are the dark tresses of the playful maiden, like a black bud, possessing dark splendor.