{"id":603,"date":"2013-07-13T01:29:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=603"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:29:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:10","slug":"48-selected-poems-of-chandidas-vol-08-translations-volume-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/08-translations-volume-08\/48-selected-poems-of-chandidas-vol-08-translations-volume-08","title":{"rendered":"-48_Selected Poems of Chandidas.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n\tSELECTED POEMS OF
\n\tCHANDIDAS<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\tSelected Poems of
\n\tChandidas<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

      Love, but
\n\tmy words are vain as air! <\/span><\/p>\n

In my sweet
\n\tjoyous youth, a heart untried,<\/span><\/p>\n

      Thou
\n\ttook\u2019st<\/span> me in Love\u2019s sudden snare, <\/span><\/p>\n

Thou wouldst not
\n\tlet me in my home abide.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

      And now I
\n\thave nought<\/span> else to try, <\/span><\/p>\n

But I will make
\n\tmy soul one strong desire<\/span><\/p>\n

      And into
\n\tOcean leaping die:<\/span><\/p>\n

So shall my
\n\theart be cooled of all its fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

      Die and be
\n\tborn to life again<\/span><\/p>\n

As
\n\tNanda\u2019s<\/span> son, the joy of Braja\u2019s<\/span> girls,
\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n

      And I will
\n\tmake thee Radha<\/span> then, <\/span><\/p>\n

A laughing
\n\tchild\u2019s face set with lovely curls.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

      Then I
\n\twill love thee and then leave;<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the
\n\tCodome\u2019s<\/span> boughs when thou goest<\/span> by<\/span><\/p>\n

      Bound to
\n\tthe water morn or eve, <\/span><\/p>\n

Lean on that
\n\ttree fluting melodiously.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

      Thou
\n\tshalt<\/span> hear me and fall at sight <\/span><\/p>\n

Under my charm;
\n\tmy voice shall wholly move<\/span><\/p>\n

      Thy simple
\n\tgirl\u2019s heart to delight;<\/span><\/p>\n

Then
\n\tshalt<\/span> thou know the bitterness of love.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tPage\u2013 301<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/span>II<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

0 love, what
\n\tmore shall <\/b> I,<\/b> shall Radha<\/span> speak,<\/span><\/p>\n

      Since
\n\tmortal words are weak ? <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  In life, in death,<\/span><\/p>\n

      In being
\n\tand in breath   <\/span><\/p>\n

No other lord
\n\tbut thee can Radha<\/span> seek.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

About thy feet
\n\tthe mighty net is wound<\/span><\/p>\n

      Wherein my
\n\tsoul they bound;<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  Myself resigned<\/span><\/p>\n

      To
\n\tservitude my mind;<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart than
\n\tthine<\/span> no sweeter slavery found.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

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

      I sent in
\n\twild amaze;<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  I was alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

      None
\n\tcalled me \u201cRadha<\/span>!\u201d, none;<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw no hand to
\n\tclasp, no friendly face.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I sought my
\n\tfather\u2019s house; my father\u2019s sight<\/span><\/p>\n

      Was empty
\n\tof delight;<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  No tender friend<\/span><\/p>\n

      Her loving
\n\tvoice would lend;<\/span><\/p>\n

My cry came back
\n\tunanswered from the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore to
\n\tthis sweet sanctuary 1 brought<\/span><\/p>\n

      My chilled
\n\tand shuddering thought. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  Ah, suffer, sweet,<\/span><\/p>\n

      To thy
\n\tmost faultless feet <\/span><\/p>\n

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

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Spurn me not,
\n\tdear, from thy beloved breast,<\/span><\/p>\n

      A woman
\n\tweak, unblest<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  Thus let me cling,<\/span><\/p>\n

      Thus, thus
\n\tabout my king <\/span><\/p>\n

And thus remain
\n\tcaressing and caressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tPage\u2013 302<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

\n\tI, Radha<\/span>
\n\tthought; without my life\u2019s sweet lord, <\/span><\/p>\n

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


\n\t                  I had no power <\/span><\/p>\n

To live one
\n\tsimple hour;<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tHis absence slew my soul as with
\n\ta sword.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

If one brief
\n\tmoment steal thee from mine eyes,<\/span><\/p>\n

      My heart
\n\twithin me dies. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t                  As girls who keep<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tPage\u2013 303<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\tIII<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

0 heart, my
\n\theart, a heavy pain is thine<\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n

      What land
\n\tis that where none doth know <\/span><\/p>\n

Love\u2019s cruel
\n\tname nor any word of sin ?<\/span><\/p>\n

      My heart,
\n\tthere let us go.<\/span>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

Friend of my
\n\tsoul, who then has called love sweet ?<\/span><\/p>\n

      Laughing I
\n\tcalled from heavenly spheres <\/span><\/p>\n

The sweet love
\n\tclose; he came with flying feet<\/span><\/p>\n

      And turned
\n\tmy life to tears.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

What highborn
\n\tgirl, exiling virgin pride,<\/span><\/p>\n

      Has wooed
\n\tlove to her with a laugh ? <\/span><\/p>\n

His fires shall
\n\tburn her as in harvest-tide<\/span><\/p>\n

      The mowers
\n\tburn the chaff.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

O heart, my
\n\theart, merry thy sweet youth ran<\/span><\/p>\n

      In fields
\n\twhere no love was; thy breath <\/span><\/p>\n

Is anguish,
\n\tsince his cruel reign began.<\/span><\/p>\n

      What other
\n\tcure but death ?<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tPage\u2013 304<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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