Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 7
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kulāvakavagga
Nests
2. Naccajātaka
Dancing: a past life story
“Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi,
Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant,
Veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā;
your neck the color of sapphire,
Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni,
and your feathers a full fathom long;
Naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.
still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.
Naccajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.