Say I am here!
Oh, if she pardons me,
Say where I am,
and win her softly hither.
So Krishna to the maid;
and willingly She came again to Radha.

"Here have I chosen my abode: go quickly to Radha; soothe her with my message, and conduct her hither." So spoke Krishna to the anxious damsel, who hastened back, and thus addressed Radha, "Whilst a sweet breeze blows from the hills of Malayagiri, the young God of Desire comes wafting on it; while many a flower points its extended petals to pierce the bosom of separated lovers, the Deity crowned with sylvan blossoms, laments, O friend, in thy absence. Even the dewy rays of the moon burn him; and, as the shaft of love is descending, he mourns inarticulately with increasing distraction."

This painting illustrates the following verse from Canto V of the Gita Govinda:

dhvanati madhupasamuhe
sravanamapidadhati
manasi kalitavirahe
nisi-nisi rujamupayati

"When the bees murmur softly
He covers his ears.
Misery sits fixed in His heart
and every returning night
adds anguish to anguish."