My lady SunDazzle,
I revere your father, Timbaru,
who sired such a lovely lady—
the mother of my joy.
As a breeze is pleasing to one who is sweating,
or a drink to one who thirsts,
you, radiant one, are dear to me,
as the Dhamma is to an arahant.
Like medicine for the afflicted,
like food for the hungry,
calm me, lady,
like water for a fire ablaze.
As an elephant, overcome by summer’s heat,
plunges into a lotus pond—
cool, covered with stamens & pollen—
so I would plunge
into your bosom & breasts.
Like an elephant
beyond the power of the goad,
unfazed by lances & hooks,
I have no sense of what’s proper to do,
intoxicated by the shape of your thighs.
My heart is filled with yearning,
my heart is utterly changed.
Like a fish having swallowed the hook
I cannot turn back.
O, lady of gorgeous thighs,
embrace me.
Embrace me,
O lady of languid eye.
Hold me tight, my lovely:
That is my highest wish.
Though small at first, my desire—
O you of wavy hair—
has grown to manifold power
like an offering to an arahant.
May the fruit of the merit
from deeds I’ve done for arahants
ripen in being with you,
lady lovely in every limb.
May the fruit of the merit
from deeds I’ve done in all the world,
ripen in being with you,
lady lovely in every limb.
Like the Buddha—through jhāna,
one-pointed, intent, & mindful,
a sage longing for the deathless—
so I long, SunDazzle, for you.
As a sage would rejoice
in gaining the supreme awakening,
so would I, my lovely,
in mingling with you.
If Sakka, lord of the Thirty-three,
were to grant me a wish,
I would choose you, my lady:
My passion is so strong.
As I would to a Sal tree
not long in bloom,
I honor & bow to your father,
O wise one,
who engendered someone like you.
Notes
1. Objectification = papañca. The tendency of the mind to proliferate issues from the sense of “I am the thinker.” This term can also be translated as self-reflexive thinking, reification, falsification, distortion, elaboration, or exaggeration. In the discourses, it is frequently used in analyses of the psychology of conflict. The categories of objectification include the categories of inappropriate attention (see MN 2): being/not-being, me/not-me, mine/not-mine, doer/done-to. The perceptions of objectification include such thoughts as “This is me. This is mine. This is my self.” These perceptions and categories turn back on the person who allows them to proliferate, giving rise to internal conflict & strife, which then expand outward. For more on these terms, see MN 18.
2. For more on this topic, see MN 101 and 137.
3. For more on this topic, see MN 26.
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