ROZ EK SHER

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


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BIHARIDAS KI SATSAI
Poetry of Bihari
Critically Edited by Lakshmidhar Malaviya
With Detailed Introduction, text in Devanagari and Nastaliq,
5 commentaries, exhaustive linguistic & poetic analysis
Hindi
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