Ancient Indian Ballad Chitra! Chitra!

by Mukesh Williams



To your mocha form I sing To ho, I praise thee Chitra! Chitra! Though you're beyond The bitter waters of Godavari Beguiled not to respond And I banished from my country Under a soul-lit sky Bound by a decree I will not stop to sing In the teeth of a relentless gale Chitra! Chitra! I will not lament tonight Your ivory-carved delight That has put the light to flight Nor will I bemoan the plight Of your two perfect mares Yoked to the chariot of the night Tawny mounts whose manes Spread in the fragrant wind Yearning to be contained Reverent to regions unknown I will travel for thee Chitra! Chitra! A fish-rippling belly Tender work of summer tan The musk in your niche To the black-eyed Eve I impetuously sing Chitra! Chitra! On a white pearl bed Inlaid with tasseled gold Your auriferous divinity unfold You stream of summer love Lovely shadow on the snow Chitra! Chitra! Your pear-shaped smile A celestial dream on a night-sky Sophisticated sorceress A sonsy lass To you I sing and louder sing Chitra! Chitra!

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