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her, by night, His beloved, having no pastime, afflicted far too heavily, continuously remembering Him, deposited by her in her heart, owing to her sleep being dispelled. For the purpose of consoling her by his messages of that type, conformable to truth, revealing His sublimity, He, standing by the window of the house, should, at mid-night, direct His eyes to-wards her, a chaste woman, neither awake nor asleep like a lotus-creeper [ neither blossomed nor having its petals closed ] on a cloudy day, having her limbs lying disorderly, unhappy even in the flowery bed, afflicted excessively by mental worries, lying on ground floor, resembling one drawn in a picture, love-begotten passion embodied in human form, emaciated owing to mental distress, resting on one side of her body on her bed of separation, resembling the form of the moon having only one digit remaining on the eastern horizon, wearing a beautiful garland placed on the bosom to alleviate misery, passing that very night long owing to the separation from Him, with hot tears, dropping down, restraining the eyelashes, gathering again and again, causing sleeplessnes not allowing to go to sleep ], which [night ] had been passed by his beloved in the presence of His beloved like a moment along with him [sambara] in enjoyments at will causing delight, throwing aside verily again and again her tress, dangling about her cheeks, coarse owing to her taking simple baths, the spot as if of the moon in the form of her face bearing a form like that of a deer separated [ from the moon in the form of her face ], exhaling lukewarm sighs, afflicting her sprout-like lower lip, indicative of her internal pangs, desirous of getting sleep the scope for which would be stemmed by a gushing flow of tears from her eyes on account of her thinking How could a union with me, though effected in a dream, of my beloved, having his love-sickness intensified, with his misery become violent on account of his being separated from me, residing in a remote country, be effected actually of its own accord ?,' abusing that
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