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Mīrābāī · Work 1

Tap a verse for its meaning

  1. These eyes of mine are thirsty for a meeting with Kṛṣṇa
  2. Now it will come right only by your carrying it through: the honour of the arm you took hold of
  3. O you, I am mad with prema, and no one knows my pain
  4. The flute's strain has caught in my heart
  5. You gave me poison, Rāṇājī, and I knew it; you gave poison, and I knew
  6. Let him go, friend, let him go; whose friend is a jogī ever
  7. Jogī, come to me, come to me; Jogī, I fall at your feet, I am your serving girl
  8. The tulsī beads have caught fast in my heart, O, Rāṇā of Mewar. I shall sing the virtues of Rām
  9. That dark face of yours, Nandlāljī
  10. I will not go to my husband's house, mother; the maker of all things has met me
  11. Slander does me good; rust never settles on gold
  12. Ankle bells bound to her feet, Mīrā danced, O
  13. I have found it, O, I have found the jewel-wealth that is Rām
  14. The flute player's glance stings me
  15. Forbid me, I will not stop. Śyāmsundar is my husband
  16. Dwell in my eyes, Nandlāl
  17. I have gone mad, hearing that flute
  18. The reeling cloud has come, O, and brought no word from Hari, O
  19. You have been given the one precious thing, a human birth; such a birth does not come round again
  20. O mind, touch the feet of Hari
  21. The lotus-eyed one has bound my mind, mother, with a cord of his own
  22. Mother, I am dyed in Giridhar's colour
  23. Mother, I have bought the dark one for a price
  24. Keep me in your service, sir; dark one, keep me in your service, sir
  25. My Harijī, the longing to serve is in my heart; you will keep me in refuge at your presence
  26. Do not strike me with words, Rāṇājī. Here, take your country
  27. The oath of guru Govind is on me: Gaural I do not worship
  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 feet. What should I go to Kāśī for now
  31. A longing has fastened on me, and it is for the guru's feet
  32. Rāṇājī, in all the lineage there is nobody who goes with a man's karma
  33. Rāṇājī, what will you do to me? I have served Śrī Bhagavān
  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 longer
  37. Keep Rukmaṇī's honour; you will keep it, mahārāj
  38. At the taking, the taking of Rām's name, O, the little folk die of shame
  39. The dark one's glance is, you would say, a dagger of prema
  40. Sisodiyā Rāṇā, why ever did you send me that cup
  41. Do listen, bhābhī Mīrā: the Rāṇā has turned his anger on you, O
  42. Hari, take away the pain of the one who is yours
  43. O you, I am mad with the pain, and no one knows my pain
  44. When the cheat made off with the heart and the love in it
  45. Close by the Jamunā the flute was played
  46. On the bank of the Jamunā the gopīs are at play with Hari
  47. Victory, victory be yours, Jagadīś