[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Shorter narrative and descriptive poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda) › [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) › [Gita Govinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) › 1.11.12 # Gita Govinda 1.11.12 Gītagovinda 1.11.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.12) kāśmīra-gaura-vapuṣām abhisārikāṇāṃ ābaddha-rekham abhito ruci-mañjarībhiḥ | etat tamāla-dala-nīlatamaṃ tamisraṃ tat-prema-hema-nikaṣopalatāṃ tanoti || > See'st thou not, my Radha? > Lo, the night, thy bridesmaid, > Comes!--her eyes thick-painted > With soorma of the gloom-- > The night that binds the planet-worlds > For jewels on her forehead, > And for emblem and for garland > Loves the blue-black lotus-bloom; > The night that scents her breath so sweet > With cool and musky odours, > That joys to spread her veil of shade > Over the limbs of love; > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > And when, with loving weary, > Yet dreaming love, they slumber, > Sets the far stars for silver lamps > To light them from above. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > Hear'st him not, my Radha? > Lo, night bendeth o'er thee-- > Darker than dark Tamâla-leaves-- > To list thy marriage-song; > Dark as the touchstone that tries gold, > And see now--on before thee-- > Those lines of tender light that creep > The clouded sky along: > O night! that trieth gold of love, > This love is proven perfect! > O lines that streak the touchstone sky, > Plash forth true shining gold! > O rose-leaf feet, go boldly! > O night!--that lovest lovers-- > Thy softest robe of silence > About these bridals fold! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.11.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.11.p1) - [Next: 1.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.13) - [Up: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11) ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.11.p10) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.11.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.32.3) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.31.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.21.8.10) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.24.4) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.30.23) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.100.12) — Sanskrit - [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.9.p6) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit - [Kavicintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.pracya-maithila.kavicintamani.6.58) — Gopīnātha Kavibhūṣaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.12) · Pramāṇa