Gustav Holst wrote a cantata based on this poem after reading R. W. Frazer's translation of it in Silent Gods and Sun-Steeped Lands.
Gustav Holst wrote a cantata based on this poem after reading R. W. Frazer's translation of it in Silent Gods and Sun-Steeped Lands. Its early stanzas depict the Vidhya and Amarakuta mountains and the palaces of Ujjaini, and ask the title object to rest on the hills of Nichais. Its second section begins by describing the city of Alaka, where one character sorrowfully sings about her husband, a servant of Kubera punished to be separated from her for a year. Traditionally divided into the Purvamegha and Uttaramegha, its opening stanzas describe a Yaksha who asks a cloud to communicate his love for his wife to her. FTP, name this Sanskrit lyric poem written by Kalidasa.
Gustav Holst wrote a cantata based on this poem after reading R. W. Frazer's translation of it in Silent Gods and Sun-Steeped Lands.
"{Meghaduta}" [or "The {Cloud Messenger} "or I guess accept the poorly-translated title "The {Transport of Love}"]