in the hamlet of cow-herd girls whose slender waists were like lightning —

 the cowherd girls- —

with the cowherd girls, mingling freely —

 cowherd girls securely placed —

gŏpikās —

cowherd girls (born in matching clan) —

cowherd girls —

cow-herd girls- —

in the hands of cowherd girls —

 cowherd girls —

 cowherd women —

for the gŏpikās —

with the cowherd girls —