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Kalidasa's Poetry, by first line

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  • Autumn
    HE autumn comes, a maiden fair
    In slenderness and grace,
    24 lines
  • The Cloud Messenger - Part 01
    A certain yaksha who had been negligent in the execution of his own duties,
    on account of a curse from his master which was to be endured for a year and
    155 lines, 1 comment
  • The Cloud Messenger - Part 02
    Your naturally beautiful reflection will gain entry into the clear waters of the
    Gambhira River, as into a clear mind. Therefore it is not fitting that you, ou
    111 lines
  • The Cloud Messenger - Part 03
    Where the palaces are worthy of comparison to you in these various aspects:
    you possess lightning, they have lovely women; you have a rainbow, they are
    92 lines
  • The Cloud Messenger - Part 04
    The slender young woman who is there would be the premier creation by the
    Creator in the sphere of women, with fine teeth, lips like a ripe bimba fruit, a
    148 lines
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 02 - Rainy Season
    "Oh, dear, now the kingly monsoon is onset with its clouds containing raindrops, as its ruttish elephants in its convoy, and with skyey flashes of lighting as i
    28 lines, 1 comment
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 03 - Pre Autumn
    "On the departure of rainy season bechanced is autumn with a heart-pleasingly bloomed lotus as her face, betokening the heart-pleasing face of a new bride, and
    26 lines
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 04 - Pre Winter
    "Delightful are trees and fields with the outgrowth of new tender-leaves and crops, Lodhra trees are with their blossomy flowers, crops of rice are completely r
    18 lines
  • Shakuntala Act II
    ACT II
    SCENE – A PLAIN, with royal pavilions on the skirt of the forest.
    121 lines
  • Shakuntala Act IV
    ACT IV
    SCENE –A LAWN before the Cottage.
    147 lines
  • Shakuntala Act V
    ACT V
    SCENE –The PALACE.
    137 lines
  • Shakuntala Act VI
    ACT VI
    SCENE –A STREET
    257 lines
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 05 - Winter
    "Oh, dear with best thighs, heart-stealing is this environ with abundantly grown stacks of rice and their cobs, or with sugarcane, and i
    30 lines
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 01 - Summer
    "Oh, dear, this utterly sweltering season of the highly rampant sun is drawing nigh, and it will always be good enough to go on taking d
    54 lines, 2 comments
  • Seasonal Cycle - Chapter 06 - Spring
    "Oh, dear, with the just unfolded tender leaflets of Mango trees as his incisive arrows, and with shining strings of honeybees as his bo
    54 lines
  • Shakuntala Act III

    SCENE –The HERMITAGE in a Grove.
    302 lines
  • Shakuntala Act VII (Final Act)
    ACT VII
    King Dushyant with Matali in the chariot of Indra (king of gods in heaven and also god of thunder), supposed to be above the
    157 lines, 1 comment
  • Waking
    Even the man who is happy
    glimpses something
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • Shakuntala Act 1
    King Dushyant  in a chariot, pursuing an antelope, with a bow and quiver, attended by his Charioteer.
    Suta (Charioteer). [Looki
    292 lines
  • Look To This Day
    Look to this day:
    For it is life, the very life of life.
    15 lines, 5 comments
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