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Bāla Alī · Unit 121

दोहा

Life hidden beneath the bodice

Unit 121 of 152 · printed source page 33

Original · Devanagari

लस्यो श्याम तव तन कस्यो, कंचुकि बसन बनाय। राखे हैं मनो प्राणपति, हिये लगाय दुराय॥१२१॥

Fresh English translation

The dark one seems to shine, fitted to your body as the bodice cloth—as though you have hidden the lord of your life against your heart.