Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant,“Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi,your neck the color of sapphire,Veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā;and your feathers a full fathom long;Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni,still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.Naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.
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