Carudatta 1.11

1.11

(tiṣṭha tiṣṭha vasantasene! tiṣṭha,
kiṃ yāsi dhāvasi pradhāvasi praskhalantī sādhu prasīda na māryase tiṣṭha tāvat .
kāmena samprati hi dahyate me śarīra-maṅgāramadhyapatitamiva carmakhaṇḍam .. 8 ..)
viṭaḥ---basantasene!
kiṃ tvaṃ bhayena parivartitasaukumāryā
nṛtopadeśaviśadau caraṇau kṣipantī .
udvignacañcalakaṭākṣaniviṣṭadṛṣṭi-
rvyāghrānusāracakitā hariṇīva yāsi .. 9 ..

(Stop, stop, Vasantasenā! Stop,
Why do you go, running, rushing, stumbling? Be kind, please, you will not be killed, stop a moment!
For right now my body is burnt up with desire, like a piece of leather fallen into the middle of glowing coals! [8])
Parasite---Vasantasenā!
Why do you run like a female deer frightened by the pursuit of a tiger,
with your natural delicacy altered by fear,
casting your feet, which are trained to perfection in dancing,
and your gaze fixed in alarmed, flickering side-glances? (9)