Ritu Samhaaram of Kalidasa - Verses 5-8 to 5-10

5-8

Women wear tight fitting bras.
Borders of scarves
Wrapped around their bodies and shoulders
Touch their breasts.
With flowers tucked in their hair
What a delight they are to see!
The are the Winter flowers.


5-9

Women past adolescence,
Rub their breasts with vermilion
Colored creams for self-indulgence
And flirt sleeping with men of lust
Pressing their breasts against their chests,
Thus warding off the coldness of winter
And leaving ochre-imprints on their chests.


5-10

These happy women reaching adulthood
Are full of desires for lovemaking.
They share stimulating hard drinks
With their lovers in the evenings.
Petals of lotus flowers placed
In the drinks for fragrance,
Undulate, when they let out sighs
Of pleasure of coming lovemaking.