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Gita Govinda 1.7.27

Gītagovinda 1.7.27

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Sanskrit

1.7.27

caraṇa-kiśalaye kamalā-nilaye nakha-maṇi-gaṇa-pūjite |
bahir-apavaraṇaṃ yāvaka-bharaṇaṃ janayati hṛdi yojite ||

Because still vain
Is love that feeds on shadow; vain, as thou dost,
To look so deep into the phantom eyes
For that which lives not there; and vain, as thou must,
To marvel why the painted pleasure flies,
When the fair, false wings seemed folded for ever
By Jumna's river.

Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

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