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Hala's Holi

Young girl,
On this day of Holī
—Your breasts dusted with flour,
Your eyes red from too much liquor,
A lotus stuck in your hair
And mango shoots behind your ears—
You are a credit to our village.

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From the Gaha Sattasai, a collection of short poems in Prakrit about love and marriage. It is generally attributed to Hāla, a 1st century CE king of the Satavahana dynasty.