Shatakatraya 2.96

2.96

ardhaṃ suptvā niśāyāḥ sarabhasa-suratāyāsa-sanna-ślathāṅgaprodbhūtāsahya-
tṛṣṇo madhu-mada-nirato harmya-pṛṣṭhe vivikte |
sambhoga-klānta-kāntā-śithila-bhuja-latā-varjitaṃ karkarīto
jyotsnābhinnāccha-dhāraṃ pibati na salilaṃ śāradaṃ manda-puṇyaḥ ||

Having slept half the night, his limbs slack and exhausted from the exertion of eager lovemaking,
unbearable thirst arising, revelling in the intoxication of wine on a secluded rooftop terrace,
from a goglet he drinks autumn water, its clear stream illuminated by the moonlight,
untouched by the loosened creeper-arm of his mistress worn out by lovemaking—he is indeed of small merit who does not!