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by Hāla (flourished c20-24)
Translation by Albrecht (Friedrich) Weber (1825 - 1901)

Die Botin kommt nicht wieder
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Maharashtri Prakrit 
Die Botin kommt nicht wieder, 
Der Mond geht auf, die Nacht verstreicht. 
Alles schwankt vor mir ringsum. 
Was soll ich wem sagen? 

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Confirmed with Albrecht (Friedrich) Weber, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, herausgegeben von der Deutsche Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, siebenter Band, no. 4, ed. by Dr. E. Windisch, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1881. Appears in part no. 4, Über das Saptaçatakam des Hāla, in no. 5 Die erste Telinga - Recension, page 467, verse no. 353.


Text Authorship:

  • by Albrecht (Friedrich) Weber (1825 - 1901), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Maharashtri Prakrit by Hāla (flourished c20-24), appears in Gāhā Sattasaī / Gāhā Kośa / Gāthā Saptaśatī = गाथासप्तशती  [text unavailable]
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Adolf von Wilbrandt (Wilbrand) (1837 - 1911) , no title, appears in Lieder und Bilder, in Indische Liedchen, in Ernste Liebe, Berlin und Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Nachfolger, first published 1907 [an adaptation] ; composed by Georg Göhler.
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