Ja 32 — The Story about the Dance

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Stories of Past Lives 32
The Book of the Ones
Nests
Dancing: a past life story
Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant,
your neck the color of sapphire,
and your feathers a full fathom long;
still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.