Original · Devanagari
रे मन क्यों न भजे दोउ मूरति। श्रीमिथिलेशलली रघुनन्दन जगसुख बिष करि जानि मानि भलि भाँति बिचारि के देखु। गौर श्याम अद्भुत रंग भीने नेकु छटा अवरेखु। छवि उपमा नहिं जूरति॥ ॥रे॥ जाको यश निगमागम सुरमुनि नेति नेति करि गाय। पीवत जीवत भक्ति अमल रस बारबार सुखपाय॥ भक्तिनि मति गति पूरति॥ ॥रे॥ अवधधाम सबै धामन के पर श्रुति सिद्धांत बखानि। जगमगाति मणिमय भूमावलि युगलप्रिया पहिचानि॥ रसिकन मत करि सुरति। ॥रे॥
Fresh English translation
Mind, why not worship the two forms—Mithila's princess and Raghunandana? Know worldly pleasure as poison and consider well: fair and dark, soaked in wondrous colour, their beauty admits no comparison. Veda, scripture, gods and sages sing their glory with 'not this, not this.' Whoever drinks devotion's stainless rasa truly lives and repeatedly finds joy; it fulfils the devotee's mind and destiny. Revelation declares Ayodhya above all abodes, its jewelled lands shining. Yugalapriya recognises it and remembers according to the rasikas' teaching.