The fragrance of our love is still fresh
Your portrait in me I always relish

Full of my thoughts you cause sweet stirs
Heart-beats sound melodies of our nearness and intimacy

Though I am here and you are there
My dear Empress! To your beauty I am always bound

Gleaming as full moon you converse in me
Spreading as moon-light your friendship soothes me

My joy is restricted
To the replay of the memories of our pleasant past;

When the breeze of our love gently touches
My heart, like a leaf-let, dances

Loving is eternal
Though bodies enjoy union or not
And become ashes

Your longings for me I am unaware
I daily suffer separation from you

Our hearts swim in the ocean of friendship
And are joined by the knot of love
Though fate made us live separately
Pleasant thoughts unite us in the paradise of our love

When aches torment and fry my heart
Your compassionate and dear looks shower affection
Cool and relieve me
And your sweet words soothe me;

When is the moment
When we are together again
And rejoice in each other’s arms
And become one in the union
Of bodies and selves sublime

Varanasi Ramabrahmam

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