Vidyapati Thakur Poems

Madhava:
Your moon-faced love
Had never guessed
That parting hurts.
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All my inhibition left me in a flash,
When he robbed me of my clothes,
But his body became my new dress.
Like a bee hovering on a lotus leaf
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He promised he'd return tomorrow.
And I wrote everywhere on my floor:
'Tomorrow.'
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In the spring moonlight the lord of love
Thro' the amorous ravel's maze doth move;
The crown of love love's raptures proves;
For Radha his amorous darling moves
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The moon spits fire,
Lotuses droop
And loaded with fragrance
Mingle in sad love.
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Oh friend, I cannot tell you
Whether he was near or far, real or a dream.
Like a vine of lightning,
As I chained the dark one,
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My friend, I cannot answer when you ask me to explain
what has befallen me.
Love is transformed, renewed,
each moment.
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Awake, Radha, awake,
Calls the parrot and its love.
For how long must you sleep,
Clasped to the heart of your Dark-Stone?
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Childhood and youth are mingled both.
Her eyes have taken the road to her ears:
Wily are her words,and her low laugh
As if the moon appeared on earth.
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As the mirror to my hand,
the flowers to my hair,
kohl to my eyes,
tambul to my mouth,
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