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Arms like lovely lotus stem

Known for arms of a lovely lotus stem, Visage of moon’s sleepless silver, Eyes like smiling lilies in lake, And smile of a full moon’s sliver, To win as wife, a woman of such fame, Who’d not greatest of gamble stake? __________________________ Translation |11.08.2024| free verse, woman, beauty, moon, adventure The Sanskrit verse: keertim mrnaala-kamaneeya bhujaam anidra-chandra ananaam smita-saroruha chaaru-netraam | jyotsnaa-smitaam upa-gataam dayitaam iva svaam labdhum na kah param upakramam aatanoti ||

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Date: 8/26/2024 11:29:00 PM
Wonderful imagery
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