Mīrābāī

Forty-seven of the songs sung in the name of the Rajput princess who took Kṛṣṇa, Giridhar Nāgar, as her only lord, each word of them glossed.

47 Songs

  1. These eyes of mine are thirsty for a…
  2. Now it will come right only by your…
  3. O you, I am mad with prema, and no one…
  4. The flute's strain has caught in my heart
  5. You gave me poison, Rāṇājī, and I knew it;…
  6. Let him go, friend, let him go; whose…
  7. Jogī, come to me, come to me; Jogī, I fall…
  8. The tulsī beads have caught fast in my…
  9. That dark face of yours, Nandlāljī
  10. I will not go to my husband's house,…
  11. Slander does me good; rust never settles on…
  12. Ankle bells bound to her feet, Mīrā danced,…
  13. I have found it, O, I have found the…
  14. The flute player's glance stings me
  15. Forbid me, I will not stop. Śyāmsundar is…
  16. Dwell in my eyes, Nandlāl
  17. I have gone mad, hearing that flute
  18. The reeling cloud has come, O, and brought…
  19. You have been given the one precious thing,…
  20. O mind, touch the feet of Hari
  21. The lotus-eyed one has bound my mind,…
  22. Mother, I am dyed in Giridhar's colour
  23. Mother, I have bought the dark one for a…
  24. Keep me in your service, sir; dark one,…
  25. My Harijī, the longing to serve is in my…
  26. Do not strike me with words, Rāṇājī. Here,…
  27. The oath of guru Govind is on me: Gaural I…
  28. My Rāṇā, I shall sing the praises of Govind
  29. Singing Hari's praises, I shall dance
  30. I, for my part, am the servant at Hari's…
  31. A longing has fastened on me, and it is for…
  32. Rāṇājī, in all the lineage there is nobody…
  33. Rāṇājī, what will you do to me? I have…
  34. Rāṇājī, to me this bad name is sweet
  35. Rāṇājī, I am dyed in the dark one's colour
  36. Rāṇājī, I will not stay checked by you any…
  37. Keep Rukmaṇī's honour; you will keep it,…
  38. At the taking, the taking of Rām's name, O,…
  39. The dark one's glance is, you would say, a…
  40. Sisodiyā Rāṇā, why ever did you send me…
  41. Do listen, bhābhī Mīrā: the Rāṇā has turned…
  42. Hari, take away the pain of the one who is…
  43. O you, I am mad with the pain, and no one…
  44. When the cheat made off with the heart and…
  45. Close by the Jamunā the flute was played
  46. On the bank of the Jamunā the gopīs are at…
  47. Victory, victory be yours, Jagadīś