Meghaduta 9

9

mandaṃ mandaṃ nudati pavanaś cānukūlo yathā tvāṃ vāmaś cāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakas te sagandhaḥ
garbhādhānakṣaṇaparicayān nūnam ābaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe bhavantaṃ balākāḥ //

Softly, softly, as a favourable wind propels thee, and on thy left side the water-greedy Chataka exults sweetly with a pleasant song. Surely, as delighting the eye thou floatest in the sky, the cranes forming a row will pay thee homage, as they know by thy approach of the happy time of gestation.