{"id":2279,"date":"2013-07-13T01:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:40:34","slug":"27-radhas-appeal-vol-05-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/05-translations\/27-radhas-appeal-vol-05-translations","title":{"rendered":"-27_Radha’s Appeal.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRadha’s Appeal<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n(Imitated from the Bengali of Chundidas<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nO love, what more shall I, shall Radha speak,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSince mortal words are weak?<\/span><\/p>\n

\nIn life, in death,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nIn being and in breath<\/span><\/p>\n

\nNo other lord but thee can Radha seek.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbout thy feet the mighty net is wound<\/span><\/p>\n

\nWherein my soul they bound;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMyself resigned<\/span><\/p>\n

\nTo servitude my mind;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMy heart than thine no sweeter slavery found.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI, Radha, thought; through the three worlds my gaze<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI sent in wild amaze;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI was alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nNone called me "Radha!", none;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI saw no hand to clasp, no friendly face.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI sought my father’s house; my father’s sight<\/span><\/p>\n

\nWas empty of delight;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nNo tender friend<\/span><\/p>\n

\nHer loving voice would lend;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMy cry came back unanswered from the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTherefore to this sweet sanctuary I brought<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMy chilled and shuddering thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAh, suffer, sweet,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nTo thy most faultless feet<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThat I should cling unchid; ah, spurn me not!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSpurn me not, dear, from thy beloved breast,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nA woman weak, unblest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThus let me cling,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThus, thus about my king<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAnd thus remain caressing and caressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI, Radha, thought; without my life’s sweet lord,<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u2014 Strike now thy mightiest chord \u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI had no power<\/span><\/p>\n

\nTo live one simple hour;<\/span><\/p>\n

\nHis absence slew my soul as with a sword.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIf one brief moment steal thee from mine eyes,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMy heart within me dies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAs girls who keep<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe treasures of the deep,<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI string thee round my neck and on my bosom prize.<\/span><\/p>\n

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