9.1
R
ADHA was exhausted by her passion,
maimed by violent desires for the pleasure of love,
and in despair;
Pondering how she had behaved with Krishna,
she regretted their quarrel.
Her friend spoke to her confidentially:
Krishna goes to meet you
while blows a honeyed breeze,
What else in the world offers
such opportunity to please?
Don’t, jealous girl, be so cross with Krishna. Refrain
More luscious than coco fruit,
are your breasts abundantly grand;
Why not reap the fruit of those fruits
by placing them at hand?
Don’t, jealous girl, be so cross with Krishna.
How many times
have I had to say it of late?
“Don’t repulse Krishna—
he is splendid, he is great.”
Don’t, jealous girl, be so cross with Krishna.