The fragrance of our love is still fresh <br />Your portrait in me I always relish <br /> <br />Full of my thoughts you cause sweet stirs <br />Heart-beats sound melodies of our nearness and intimacy <br /> <br />Though I am here and you are there <br />My dear Empress! To your beauty I am always bound <br /> <br />Gleaming as full moon you converse in me <br />Spreading as moon-light your friendship soothes me <br /> <br />My joy is restricted <br />To the replay of the memories of our pleasant past; <br /> <br />When the breeze of our love gently touches <br />My heart, like a leaf-let, dances <br /> <br />Loving is eternal <br />Though bodies enjoy union or not <br />And become ashes <br /> <br />Your longings for me I am unaware <br />I daily suffer separation from you <br /> <br />Our hearts swim in the ocean of friendship <br />And are joined by the knot of love <br />Though fate made us live separately <br />Pleasant thoughts unite us in the paradise of our love <br /> <br />When aches torment and fry my heart <br />Your compassionate and dear looks shower affection <br />Cool and relieve me <br />And your sweet words soothe me; <br /> <br />When is the moment <br />When we are together again <br />And rejoice in each other’s arms <br />And become one in the union <br />Of bodies and selves sublime<br /><br />Varanasi Ramabrahmam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fragrance-of-love/
