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Female companion
Rajimati
Female companion
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Why my heart is throbbing with uncertainty ? Why in the darkness of night a fear I harbour ? Why a speechless lament is trying to voice An untold sadness From what is the sea
of eternal death,
Its other shore?
[A female companion is entering]
: My darling friend,
What I know that is not to tell. The jar of ambrosia
is broken into bits, The destiny has done it differently.
My darling friend,
that is not to tell.
Tell me my darling friend, tell me, tell meDo not keep me in unknown fear only to make me weaker. Tell me my darling friend, tell me, tell me. However immense
the ill-luck be All will have to be borne by me, Only tell
Is he really well ?
: About his good tidings
and all How shall I utterImpeding my throat
Is my tearful agony That is hard to bear. While coming on the way
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