THE LAMENT OF KING PURURVA FOR URVASI
By B. G. R. KRISHNAMMA, M.A.
(Rendered into English from Act II of Vikramorvasiyam by Kalidas)
That face in dreams I’d see
If only I could sleep,
But sleep’s denied to me
When
My inmost heart have rent.
Her picture I would paint
In glorious colours bright,
But tears its hues would taint
And leave me to a night
In sorrow sadly
spent.