Pain..

तर झरसी ऊपर गरी कज्जल जल छिरकाइ
पिय पाती बिन हीं लिखी बाँची बिरह बलाइ
-बिहारी

tar jharsii uupar garii kajjal jal chhirakaai
piya paatii bin hiin likhii baanchii birah balaai
-Bihari

Heat-singed below, and tinged above with tearful stains;
He reads her note’s unwritten tale, of parting’s pains!

Bihari Satsai, trans. Rupert Snell