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Kalidasa on Women

India

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It is just such women, selfish, sweet, false, that entice fools.

A blossom yet unsmelt,
A tender shoot unpinched,
A gem uncut,
Untasted, fresh-fermented honey-wine,
The fruit of proper actions
Still intact—
A beauty without fault or flaw.

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