Śārṅgadharapaddhati 3404

प्रयातेऽस्तं भानौ श्रितशकुनिनीडेषु तरुषु
स्फुरत्संध्यारागे शशिनि शनकैरुल्लसति च ।
प्रियप्रत्याख्यानद्विगुणविरहोत्कण्ठितदृशा
तदारब्धं तन्व्या मरणमपि यत्रोत्सवपदम् ।। (भल्लटस्य)

śikhariṇī

as the sun sets, and birds

come back to their nests,

twilight throbs, and the

moon shines, slowly, shyly--

then the young girl stares out,

arches her neck twice as high

longing for her lover's return,

and starts to think that

death might be

a felicitous word

after all.

--by Bhallaṭa