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45. THE SECTION ON THE TRAVELLER
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438*4) Oh amiable one, that dark-complexioned lady whose body has been dried up by her (continuous) sighs-let her be at once comforted by you, while yet her breaths do not stop (i. e. before she breathes her last).
438*5) Oh amiable one, where did you learn (acquire) the knowledge and practical skill (agility) of entering into the towns (bodies) of others, since you entered (captured) my heart the very first when I saw you and you saw me.
45. The Section on the Traveller
445*1) As the traveller continues to drink, with upraised eyes, the water (served to him by the maiden in charge of the way-side watering place), and lengthens out the process of drinking, with the fingers of his hands separated from one another, the water-serving maiden (on her part) makes the slender stream of water still more slender (in order to prolong the water-serving process).
445*2) Oh bold traveller, do not start (on the next stage of your) journey, in spite of your hearing the rumbling of fresh (new) rain-clouds and the shrieks of peacocks. You will die! What will you gain by continuing your journey?
445*3) In the rainy season, the traveller who was severely beaten (rudely shaken) by the (stormy) wind, was asking for shelter (asylum) and was shuddering with cold, moved to tears the mistress of the house, whose husband had gone out on a journey leaving her behind (in the house).
445*4) The traveller, on hearing the notes of the peacocks and the rumbling of the clouds, and on recollecting his remote residence, his wife with full swelling breasts and his native country, wept most bitterly.
445*5) Oh young man (boy), when you turned away (from her and left her), her limbs (i. e. neck and head) also turned to such an extent (in order to look at you), that the streams of tears appeared to be falling almost on the central part of her back.
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