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With the light of the eyes, I saw outside.
I shall see within, in the absence of the light.
When you are not seen,
You preside in my heart.
I wish to see you in your own light.
With you, I played in the play-house.
Thrashed by the storm, the doll was broken.
That was indeed a mere play.
Now let there be a festival of life –
With the strings of the veena snapped, my heart will sing.

- Translated by Shailesh Parekh

With my eyes I had seen the outside
In the absence of light today I will cast my sight within   
When you elude my grasp, then my heart is replete with you
Now I want to see you in your own radiance
   I had played with you in the playhouse
In the fury of the storm the doll has broken
Let that game be; let’s indulge in the celebration of love 
The lyre-strings have snapped; I now pluck the strings of my heart. 

- Translated by Ratna De

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