Original · Devanagari
नित कोमल पलक अंतर हितईत मोचतन पतीजै कृपानिवास लगोगर सियजू मोहि अपनो करलीजै पस्तो रेखता मिलना जरूरहमकों रसखानि प्रानप्यारी ॥ तेरेदरसकी प्यास मेरेदिलाविच भारी ॥१॥ तुमजानकी सुजानसदाजानकी जिवारी । गुलाचेपन को विचार ले आवआब दारी ॥२॥ तुमचन्दकी मानिंद मेरी हे चकोरयारी । पलएक नहीं भूलती हे तेरी यादगारी ॥३॥ प्यारे सजनको छोड़ि के छपनेकी बान क्यारी । मिश्री निकासे दूघसां न छान डाला ॥४॥ तेरा जुहुस्न नसा मेरे चस्महे बिकारी । तलबी पुकार करे देदिदार सुरनारी ॥५॥ तविना जा घरी पलक सोई खलक मेंनकारी । तेरे बिरह की चोट मुझे काटती कटारी ॥६॥ जितनी कठोरताई तुम आजमन में धारी ॥
Fresh English translation
[The Kāfī-Jangalā song continues:] ‘May the beloved dwell always within these tender eyelids and release the heart from its distress. Kṛpānivāsa clings close and begs Sīyā-jū: make me your own.’ Pasto Rekhta: ‘We must meet, mine of rasa, beloved of my life. The thirst for your darśan weighs heavily within my heart. (1) You are Jānakī, the wise one, ever the life of those who know you. Set aside childish coquetry; come bearing your full dignity. (2) You are like the moon and I am your cakora. Not for a single moment do I forget the remembrance of you. (3) Why, beloved friend, have you adopted the habit of hiding? It is as though the sugar were drawn out and the milk left unstrained. (4) The intoxication of your beauty has made my eyes unwell. This petitioner cries out: divine woman, grant your sight. (5) Without you, no passing hour or blink has value in this world. The wound of your separation cuts me like a dagger. (6) As much hardness as you have placed in your heart today—’ [the Rekhta continues on the next page].