| Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Verse: 1885–1918. 1922. | | | | The Love Song of Har Dyal |
| | | ALONE upon the housetops to the North | |
| I turn and watch the lightning in the sky— | |
| The glamour of thy footsteps in the North. | |
| Come back to me, Beloved, or I die. | |
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| Below my feet the still bazar is laid— | 5 |
| Far, far below the weary camels lie— | |
| The camels and the captives of thy raid. | |
| Come back to me, Beloved, or I die! | |
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| My father’s wife is old and harsh with years | |
| And drudge of all my father’s house am I— | 10 |
| My bread is sorrow and my drink is tears. | |
| Come back to me, Beloved, or I die! | | | | |
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