The one suffering from the separation of kindred friends could not find the prescription for a healing balm even in the lines of fate written upon the forehead.
Here, the poet speaks of the profound sorrow born from separation with dear, kindred friends. Looking at the dark furrows etched upon his brow—the markings of fate and worry—he hopes they might reveal the formula for 'momiyaai', a legendary black balm celebrated for healing severe wounds. Yet, destiny's script offers no remedy, reminding us tenderly that the ache of losing true companions is a wound even fate cannot mend.
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