Abhijnanasakuntalam 3.13

3.13

unnamitaikabhrūlatam ānanam asyāḥ padāni racayantyāḥ /
kaṇṭakitena prathayati may anurāgaṃ kapolena //
śaku halā cintitaṃ mayā gītavastu / asaṃnihitāni punar lekhanasādhanāni /
pri etasmiñ śukodarasukumāre nalinīpatre nakhair nikṣiptavarṇaṃ kuru /

How beautiful the movement of her brow,
As through her mind love's tender fancies flow!
And, as she weighs her thoughts, how sweet to trace
The ardent passion mantling in her face!

[S']AKOONTALÁ.

Dear girls, I have thought of a verse, but I have no writing-materials at hand.

PRIYAMVADÁ.

Write the letters with your nail on this lotus-leaf, which is smooth as a parrot's breast.