The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.28
Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.28
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.28
vācaṃ na miśrayati yady api madvacobhiḥ
karṇaṃ dadāty abhimukhaṃ mayi bhāṣamāṇe /
kāmaṃ na tiṣṭhati madānanasaṃmukhīnām
bhūyiṣṭham anyaviṣayā na tu dṛṣṭir asyāḥ //
(nepathye)
Although she does not speak to me,
She listens while I speak;
Her eyes turn not to see my face,
But nothing else they seek.
Translations (2)
- Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English