1. I drape the wind's shawl around me, my heart soaked in moonlight.
2. Paint evening on bird feathers, smear the moon with mist.
3. Kamini flowers under the bakul tree, a serpent under the kamini!
4. Dogs feast on yogurt while humans go hungry.
5. Everyone sees the earth's tremors— how many feel their own heart's earthquake?
6. Before our eyes could even meet, tears filled mine.
7. The one you love, I love even more— does this make us enemies?
8. Where will a bitter-tongued person burn their heart?
9. Never mind if you can't keep promises— will you at least show yourself?
10. Beloved, say "beloved" once more— let me take my leave hearing it.
11. The sound of my heart breaking pleases you more than bangles' chiming!
12. A heart won for free and a heart won through love—have they both become the same?
13. Keep despising me so fiercely— I'll figure out just how much you love me!
14. If poetry falls silent in sorrow, the hibiscus tree rejoices in bloom.
15. When my words lose their way, your laughter will show them home.
16. My beloved's kohl or my beloved's hair— which should I put up for auction?
17. Do you trade tears for smiles?
18. Light's fountain scatters in the wind, butterflies flee, losing their colors.
19. Let me get lost if I must— but you reach home before evening!
20. Are you crossing the street, or searching for the key to my heart's door?