Kelimālā Pada 31
Sourceराग केदारौ ऐसी तौ विचित्र जोरी बनी। ऐसी कहूँ देखी सुनी न भनी।। मनहुँ कनक सुदाह करि करि देह अद्भुत ठनी। श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्याम तमालै उछंगि बैठी धनी॥
rāga kedārau aisī tau vicitra jorī banī| aisī kahū~ dekhī sunī na bhanī|| manahu~ kanaka sudāha kari kari deha adbhuta ṭhanī| śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāma tamālai uchaṃgi baiṭhī dhanī||
English translation
In such [a way] is the unique couple adorned. Such [a couple] has not been seen, heard of, or described anywhere. It is as if their wonderful bodies were made of gold which has been purified over and over again. Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā is a tamāla tree, against which the lass sits leaning.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 32
Sourceराग केदारौ हँसत खेलत बोलत मिलत देखौ मेरी आँखिन सुख। बीरी परस्पर लेत खवावत ज्यौं घन दामिनि चमचमात सोभा बहु भाँतिन सुख ।। श्रुति घुरि राग केदारौ जम्यौ अधराति निसा रोम रोम सुख । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्यामा कुंजबिहारी के मिलि गावत सुर देत मोर भयौ परम सुख ।।
rāga kedārau ha~sata khelata bolata milata dekhau merī ā~khina sukha| bīrī paraspara leta khavāvata jyauṃ ghana dāmini camacamāta sobhā bahu bhā~tina sukha || śruti ghuri rāga kedārau jamyau adharāti nisā roma roma sukha | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāmā kuṃjabihārī ke mili gāvata sura deta mora bhayau parama sukha ||
English translation
[They] laugh, play, talk, unite. See this happiness of my eyes. [They] exchange pan, [their] beauty shines like cloud and lightning, in manifold joy— Notes sounded and the rāga Kedārau was stirred up, at midnight happiness was in every pore; Through Haridās's sovereigns Śyāmā and Kuñjabihārī’s singing, and the calling peacocks, supreme joy was born.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 33
Sourceराग केदारौ अद्भुत गति उपजति अति नृत्तत दोऊ मंडल कुँवर किसोरी । सकल सुधंग अंग भरि भोरी पिय नृत्तत मुसिकनि मुख मोरी परिरंभन रस रोरी ॥ ताल धरैं बनिता मृदंग चंद्रागति घात बजै थोरी थोरी । सप्त भाइ भाषा विचित्र ललिता गाइनि चित चोरी ॥ श्रीवृन्दावन फूलनि फूल्यौ ससि त्रिविध पवन बहै थोरी थोरी । गति विलास रस हास परस्पर भूतल अद्भुत जोरी ॥ श्रीजमुनाजल विथकित पुहुपनि वरषा | रतिपति डारत त्रिन तोरी। श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्यामा कुंजबिहारी कौ रस रसना कहै कोरी ॥
rāga kedārau adbhuta gati upajati ati nṛttata doū maṃḍala ku~vara kisorī | sakala sudhaṃga aṃga bhari bhorī piya nṛttata musikani mukha morī pariraṃbhana rasa rorī || tāla dharaiṃ banitā mṛdaṃga caṃdrāgati ghāta bajai thorī thorī | sapta bhāi bhāṣā vicitra lalitā gāini cita corī || śrīvṛndāvana phūlani phūlyau sasi trividha pavana bahai thorī thorī | gati vilāsa rasa hāsa paraspara bhūtala adbhuta jorī || śrījamunājala vithakita puhupani varaṣā | ratipati ḍārata trina torī| śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāmā kuṃjabihārī kau rasa rasanā kahai korī ||
English translation
Most wondrous movements are produced as both youth and maiden, dance on the circular stage. Performing all parts of the sudhanga dance, the innocent one and her beloved dance, turning their smiling faces and in the clamour [enjoying] the pleasure of embracing. The ladies keep the rhythm, the drums resound to the light strokes of their palms. Lalitā’s song of the seven kinds [of notes] and beautiful words steals hearts. Vṛndāvana has blossomed with flowers, the moon is full, threefold winds blow gently. In the joyous pleasure of movement and mutual mirth is the wondrous couple on earth. The Yamunā waters stand still, there is a rain of flowers, the god of love sacrifices himself. Who can describe with their tongue the rasa of Haridās's sovereigns Śyāmā and Kuñjabihārī, oh friend?
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 34
Sourceराग केदारौ प्यारी जू जब जब देखौं तेरौ मुख तब तब नयौ नयौ लागत । ऐसौ भ्रम होत मैं कबहुँ देखी न री दुति कौं दुति लेखनी न कागत ॥ कोटि चंद तैं कहाँ री दुराये नये नये रागत । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्याम कहत काम की सांति न होइ न होइ त्रिपति रहौं निसि दिन जागत ॥
rāga kedārau pyārī jū jaba jaba dekhauṃ terau mukha taba taba nayau nayau lāgata | aisau bhrama hota maiṃ kabahu~ dekhī na rī duti kauṃ duti lekhanī na kāgata || koṭi caṃda taiṃ kahā~ rī durāye naye naye rāgata | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāma kahata kāma kī sāṃti na hoi na hoi tripati rahauṃ nisi dina jāgata ||
English translation
Oh beloved, every time I see your face, it seems completely new to me. An illusion occurs as if I had never seen [this beauty] before, oh friend; it [gives] splendour to splendour, there is neither pen nor paper [to describe it]. How did you hide millions of moons, oh friend? I am engrossed [in them] anew. Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā says, ‘May my desire be not assuaged, may there be no satiety, may I remain alert night and day.’
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 35
Sourceराग केदारौ ऐसी जिय होत जो जिय सौं जिय मिलै तन सौं तन समाइ लैहुँ तौ देखौं कहा हो प्यारी । तोही सौं हिलग आँखैं आँखिन सौं मिली रहैं जीवत कौ यहै लहा हो प्यारी ।। मोकौं इतौ साज कहाँ री हौं अति दीन तुब बस भुव छेप जाइ न सहा हो प्यारी । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्याम कहत राखि लै री बाहु बल हौं बपुरा काम दहा हो प्यारी ॥
rāga kedārau aisī jiya hota jo jiya sauṃ jiya milai tana sauṃ tana samāi laihu~ tau dekhauṃ kahā ho pyārī | tohī sauṃ hilaga ā~khaiṃ ā~khina sauṃ milī rahaiṃ jīvata kau yahai lahā ho pyārī || mokauṃ itau sāja kahā~ rī hauṃ ati dīna tuba basa bhuva chepa jāi na sahā ho pyārī | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāma kahata rākhi lai rī bāhu bala hauṃ bapurā kāma dahā ho pyārī ||
English translation
I have such a desire to unite heart with heart, to bring body together with body! But then what would I look at, oh beloved? Attached to you alone, may eyes remain united with eyes, this is the only benefit of living, oh beloved. I do not have so much weaponry, oh beloved. I am very humble under your power. I cannot endure the haughtiness of your brows, oh beloved. Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā says: keep me under the protection of your arms, I am destitute, I have been burnt by desire, oh beloved.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 36
Sourceराग केदारौ आजु रहसि में देखियत प्यारी जू एक बोल माँगौं जो लिखि देहु । साखी तेरे नैन दसन कच कुच कटि नितंब जो लिखि देहु ।। प्रीति द्रव्य रुचि ब्याज परस्पर मन वच क्रम करि जो लिखि देहु । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्यामा प्यारी पै बोल बुलाय लियौ लिखि देहु ।।
rāga kedārau āju rahasi meṃ dekhiyata pyārī jū eka bola mā~gauṃ jo likhi dehu | sākhī tere naina dasana kaca kuca kaṭi nitaṃba jo likhi dehu || prīti dravya ruci byāja paraspara mana vaca krama kari jo likhi dehu | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāmā pyārī pai bola bulāya liyau likhi dehu ||
English translation
Now [that I] see you in solitude, oh beloved, I would ask you for a promise - give it in writing. For witnesses [I call upon] your eyes, teeth, hair, breasts, hips and buttocks - give it in writing. With love for assets and mutual desire for interest, in thought, word and deed - give it in writing. [Kuñjabihārī] got the promise written down by Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā Pyārī.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 37
Sourceराग केदारौ प्यारी तेरी बाँफिन बान सुमार लागै भौहै ज्यौं धनख । एक ही बार यौ छूटत जैसे बादर वरषत इन्द्र अनख ॥ और हथियार को गने री चाहनि कनख । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्यामा कुंजबिहारी सौं प्यारी जब तू बोलति चनख चनख ।
rāga kedārau pyārī terī bā~phina bāna sumāra lāgai bhauhai jyauṃ dhanakha | eka hī bāra yau chūṭata jaise bādara varaṣata indra anakha || aura hathiyāra ko gane rī cāhani kanakha | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāmā kuṃjabihārī sauṃ pyārī jaba tū bolati canakha canakha |
English translation
Beloved, your eyelashes are arrows which strike precisely, your eyebrows are a bow; [When the arrows] are released all at once like this, the clouds of Indra’s anger seem to rain down. Who can reckon your other weapons, oh friend, [alongside] your sidelong glancing, Oh Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā Pyārī, when you speak to Kuñjabihārī so irritably.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 38
Sourceराग केदारौ काहे तें आजु अटपटे से हरि । लटपटी पाग अटपटे से बंद अटपटी देत आगें सरि ॥ अटपटे पाँइ परत मै परखे जब आवत हे इत ढरि । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्याम जानि हौं पाये आजु लाल औरै परि ॥
rāga kedārau kāhe teṃ āju aṭapaṭe se hari | laṭapaṭī pāga aṭapaṭe se baṃda aṭapaṭī deta āgeṃ sari || aṭapaṭe pā~i parata mai parakhe jaba āvata he ita ḍhari | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāma jāni hauṃ pāye āju lāla aurai pari ||
English translation
Why are you seemingly disordered today, oh Hari? Your turban is awry, the fastening is loose, you show roguishness as you proceed; Your feet are stumbling, I noticed that as you came staggering hither; Oh Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā, know that I have found you out today, my dear: you have stayed [with someone] else.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 39
Sourceराग केदारौ काहे कौं मान करत मोहिंब कत दुख देति । बासे कीसी दृष्टि लियें रहौं तेरी जीवन तोहिं समेति ॥ अब कछु ऐसी करौं जु भोंहनि टाटी जिनि देहु कहत इति नेति । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्यामा कुंजबिहारी छल कैं गरैं लगाइ भई रमेति ॥
rāga kedārau kāhe kauṃ māna karata mohiṃba kata dukha deti | bāse kīsī dṛṣṭi liyeṃ rahauṃ terī jīvana tohiṃ sameti || aba kachu aisī karauṃ ju bhoṃhani ṭāṭī jini dehu kahata iti neti | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāmā kuṃjabihārī chala kaiṃ garaiṃ lagāi bhaī rameti ||
English translation
Why are you sulking, why are you now causing me grief? I keep on looking [at you] like a basa bird, [but] your life-restoring root [remains] with you. Now do this: do not show the shutter of [your] eyebrows, [I] say this much. Having used this stratagem Kuñjabihārī embraced Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā, and she was delighted.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.
Kelimālā Pada 40
Sourceराग केदारौ रोम रोम जो रसना होती तऊ तेरे गुन न बखाने जात । कहा कहौं एक जीभ सखी री बात की बात बात ॥ भानु श्रमित और ससि हू श्रमित भये और जुवति जात । श्रीहरिदास के स्वामी स्याम कहत री प्यारी तू राखति प्रान जात ।।
rāga kedārau roma roma jo rasanā hotī taū tere guna na bakhāne jāta | kahā kahauṃ eka jībha sakhī rī bāta kī bāta bāta || bhānu śramita aura sasi hū śramita bhaye aura juvati jāta | śrīharidāsa ke svāmī syāma kahata rī pyārī tū rākhati prāna jāta ||
English translation
If my every pore were a tongue, even then your qualities could not be described; What can I say with one tongue, friend? The matter of talk is [just] talk. The sun is worn out the moon too is worn out, and so is the group of young women. Haridās's sovereign Śyāmā says: oh beloved, you preserve my departing life.
Normalized Braj controlled against the 1961/62 Mittal witness; English follows Rosenstein's complete critical translation, with note calls and obvious ABBYY spacing/name artefacts removed.