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chitra(西特拉)-第5部分
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me for ever sit with my hope on the brink of its realization; and thus end 
my days。 
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                                           CHITRA 
                                   SCENE IX 
       CHITRA and ARJUNA 
       Chitra 'cloaked' 
     My lord; has the cup been drained to the last drop? Is this; indeed; the 
end?   No;   when   all   is   done   something   still   remains;   and   that   is   my   last 
sacrifice at your feet。 
     I brought from the garden of heaven flowers of incomparable beauty 
with which to worship you; god of my heart。 If the rites are over; if the 
flowers have faded; let me throw them out of the temple 'unveiling in her 
original male attire'。 Now; look at your worshipper with gracious eyes。 
     I am not beautifully perfect as the flowers with which I worshipped。 I 
have many flaws and blemishes。 I am a traveller in the great world…path; 
my garments are dirty; and my feet are bleeding with thorns。 Where should 
I achieve flower…beauty; the unsullied loveliness of a moment's life? The 
gift that I proudly bring you is the heart of a woman。 Here have all pains 
and   joys   gathered;   the   hopes   and   fears   and   shames   of   a   daughter   of   the 
dust; here love springs up struggling toward immortal life。 Herein lies an 
imperfection which yet is noble and grand。 If the flower…service is finished; 
my master; accept this as your servant for the days to come! 
     I am Chitra; the king's daughter。 Perhaps you will remember the day 
when a woman came to you in the temple of Shiva; her body loaded with 
ornaments and finery。 That shameless woman came to court you as though 
she were a man。 You rejected her; you did well。 My lord; I am that woman。 
She was my disguise。 Then by the boon of gods I obtained for a year the 
most   radiant   form  that   a   mortal   ever   wore;   and   wearied   my  hero's   heart 
with the burden of that deceit。 Most surely I am not that woman。 
     I   am   Chitra。  No   goddess   to   be   worshipped;   nor     yet   the   object  of 
common   pity   to   be   brushed   aside   like   a   moth   with   indifference。   If   you 
deign   to   keep   me   by  your   side   in   the   path   of   danger   and   daring;   if   you 
allow me to share the great duties of your life; then you will know my true 
self。 If your babe; whom  I am nourishing in my  womb be born a son;  I 
shall myself teach him to be a second Arjuna; and send him to you when 
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                                      CHITRA 
the time comes; and then at last you will truly know me。 Today I can only 
offer you Chitra; the daughter of a king。 
      Arjuna 
    Beloved; my life is full。 
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