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Bāla Alī · Unit 131

दोहा

The unbearable weight of beauty

Unit 131 of 152 · printed source page 34

Original · Devanagari

रूप भार गुण भार नव, यौवन भारहि पाइ। क्यों सहिहैं दृग भार तौं, निरखत नाहि डराइ॥१३१॥

Fresh English translation

Bearing the weight of beauty, virtue, freshness, and youth, how can his eyes bear their own burden? Yet they gaze without fear.