Original · Devanagari
॥ हरि गीत छन्द ॥ कनखसत खग खसकत वसत मसकत करें गरकत रससें । धुधुकत मृदंग निशान धधकत धुधुकि धुनि तिय कर कसें । बहु बेनु नेदुर सारंगी तामूर करोपंगमथ धरे । झनकत मंजीरा कंकन करन छमक छम छम छवि भरे ॥१॥ शशि कलश ढरकत मनहु भभकत भेरि अमृत स्वर भरी । सहनाई खर पर उठत पग जिमि संत चित सुरति धरी । मुहचंग बंशी बजत जागत जगत जानहिं हरि हटी । आजीर नूपुर जंग कंकण राग छत्तीसों छटी ॥२॥ ॥ सुगंधा छन्द ॥ पट छत्तीस कढ़ु राग मधुर स्वर रागिनी । अवद्भुत गावहीं तेहि पर अपर सुभागिनी । कोटि रमा रति सरिस कला कल एस्यावहीं । रामचरण रस अद्भुत सखि बरबावहीं ॥१॥ ॥ चंचरीक छन्द ॥ गावत रस रंग सखिय नाचत बनमाली । ल्यावति गति थेह थेइ एक ताल ताल देह देह । तनन तनन तनन तान धरत फेरत कर हाली । चमकत छवि छला तड़ित निंदत नप ज्योति चलित । ललित ललकि ललफति कर अंगुली छविसाली ॥१॥
Fresh English translation
In harigīta meter: (1) Birds tremble and dart as all are swept into rasa. Mṛdaṅgas and great drums throb and blaze while the women's hands tighten the rhythm. Many flutes, nedura, sārangī, tambūra, and accompanying instruments are held; cymbals ring, bracelets sound, and “chhamak-chham” fills the scene with brilliance. (2) Moonlike vessels seem to overflow as kettle-drums blaze with nectar-filled tones. The high voice of the shehnai rises like the step of a saint whose mind is fixed in recollection. Jew's-harp and flute sound, awakening the world to Hari's presence; anklets and bracelets in the courtyard release all thirty-six rāgas. In sugandhā meter: (1) They draw forth the thirty-six rāgas and sweet-voiced rāginīs. Other blessed women sing wondrously over them; crores display arts equal to Lakṣmī and Rati, and Rāmacaraṇa says the companions magnify this astonishing rasa. In cañcarīka meter: (1) The companions sing in the color of rasa while the Forest-Garlanded Lord dances. They bring intricate steps—“theha, thei”—body answering body and beat answering beat. “Tanana, tanana, tanana”: they sustain the melodic line and whirl their waving hands. Their flashing beauty shames moving lightning; lovely fingers stretch and quiver, radiant with grace.