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317 332) Some (beloved) person, though not giving anything, though not uttering flattering language, though not at all (orally) proclaiming genuine (deep) affection, becomes (a source of boundless happiness) like nectar by his or her mere sight.
333) Where there is no sleeplessness, no jealousy, no sorrow (dejection), no anger (born of jealousy) and no coaxing utterance due to genuine affection there is no love at all there.
334) Love which is onesided is astringent (unpleasant) like a pome-granate fruit. So long as the seed does not become red how can it produce any sweetness ? (So long as the other party is not inspired with love, how can it produce any sweetness ?)
335) Even poison weighing as much as a hundred palas (i.e. even a sizeable amount of poison), though eaten in mouthfuls, does not kill as much (is not as fatal) as love accompanied by mental flurry and conveyed by exchange of glances.
(336) Alas! I know the hearts (minds) of others by my own heart (mind)! Let not any one anyhow form any attachment (for anybody); for love is hard to sustain (to a happy end).
337) Oh dear one, if the dear beloved is not seen, there is uneasiness, but if he is seen there is jealousy and vexation (mortification) (fasraat). Love is, like the beak of a parrot, not so much straight-forward as it is crooked.
338) If the dear one is not seen, there is uneasiness, if the dear one is seen, there is jealousy. If the dear one is living happily, there is anger (?). If the dear one is far away, there is wretchedness (misery). Say how can there be any happiness from the dear one in any circumstances ?
339) A person gets happiness only so long as he or she does not make any one the object of his or her love. Those who form attachment for some one whom they hold dear, must be said to surrender themselves to (unending) sorrow and misery.
340) That is real love under which the mind does not recede (recoil), even if the other party has gone away to a long distance, or has given offence, or has fixed its attachment on some other : object; all else is mere acquaintance (familiarity).
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