White whispers: selected poems of Salabega/ translated from the Oriya original by Niranjan Mohanty

Oh Radhike, my heart's matchless empress -- Oh my dear sweet-tongued cuckoo -- Tell me dear, what I shoudl do now -- What ties, what invisible bonds -- Oh, Lord, my heart's priceless gem, Kanhai -- O' my witch-wild will -- Knowing all, and listening to everything -- Oh, my dear companion, tell me -- In the wood's desolation, the tiger is wild -- Who plays on the magical flute -- Oh, my dear Jasmine, sweet-breasted Malati -- Emerging from your faceless chamber -- How dare I inform my mother -- O' Krishna my eternal flute player -- O' fair milkwoman -- O' my Kanhai -- Oh my companion -- Oh my round-eyed Lord -- O' Lord -- I'm always for my devotees -- O' Lord Jaganatha -- O' Jagabandhu -- Where do you take my Lord -- It's only today -- Hinder not my ways -- Even the elegant moon shies away -- O' my candid companion -- Embellished and adorned -- O' my enchanted heart -- Oh Lord, my heart's priceless gem -- For my cloud-dark Shyam -- Oh my delightful Shyam -- O' Lord, what magic does your flute know? -- Let's go to Sripurushottam -- O' Lord Gopinatha -- Oh, my dear Duti -- Oh, my good heart -- Oh, tell me Duti -- Oh, my dear tell me -- This flute is the cause -- O' my globe-eyed Lord -- O' the invisible inhabitant -- Oh, Lord of the universe -- O' the sea of mercy -- Oh, Lord of Nilashaila -- Tell me the ways -- Oh, where's that cloud dark face -- From the lofty Kadamba tree -- Oh where did he go, the magical flute player -- Oh, dear, the Lord wanders in the grove -- O' messenger -- Oh, Duti, my cajoling companion -- Oh, Nanda's naughty son! -- Don't leave, don't abandon -- O' my dear, pluck flower -- What strange names thou wear -- What makes you so sad, my dear? -- Show me your incarnations! -- But for Shyam's sake, I am lost -- Yonder behold her infinite beauty -- Oh dear, behold yonder -- I built a nest on the mountain peak