Krsna Kirtana Songs
est. 2001 www.kksongs.org
Song Name: Syama Mhane Cakara Rakho Ji
Official Name: None
Author: Mira Bai
Book Name: None
Language: Rajasthani
LYRICS:
(refrain)
(śyāma) mhāne
cākara rākho jī
giridhāri lāla mhāne cākara rākho jī
(1)
cākara rahsūń bāga lagāsūń nita uṭha darasana pāsūń
vṛndāvana
kī kuñja galina meń terī līlā gāsūń
(2)
cākarī maiń darasaṇa pāvūń sumarana pāvūń kharacī
bhāva bhagata jāgīrī pāvūń tīnoń
bātā sarasī
(3)
mora mukuṭa pītāmbara sohe gala baijantī mālā
vṛndāvana
meń dhenu carāve mohana murlīvālā
(4)
hare hare nita
banna banāvūń
vica vica rākhūń kyārī
sāńvariyā ke darasaṇa pāvūń pahara kusumbhī sārī
(5)
jogī āyā joga karana kūń tapa karaṇe sayāsī
hari bhajana kūń sādhū āyo vṛndāvana ke bāsī
(6)
mīrā ke prabhu gahira
gambhīrā hṛdaya
raho jī dhīrā
ādhī rāta prabhu darasaṇa dīnho jamunā jī ke tīrā
TRANSLATION
Refrain: O my dear, Syama! Please make me Your
maidservant. O Darling Giridhara! Please make me Your maidservant.
1) As Your servant, I will
plant Your garden. Every day, I will arise early to
see You. In the groves of Vrndavana,
I will sing Your glories.
2) The reward for serving You will be seeing Your form. The spirit of devotion is my
liege, for which I have underwent many births.
3) My Lord is adorned with
a peacock crown and the yellow sash waist-cloth wearing a flower garland. Mohana,
is the flute player, who is grazing the cows in Vrndavana.
4) I will make fresh green
bowers divided into borders for the Lord. Seeing my beloved one will be enjoyed
by me, robed in a scarlet sari.
5) Why are ascetic yogis
doing meditation and take sannyasa? Chanting Hari’s name is the reason for the inhabitants of Vrndavana Dhama.
6) Mira, who’s Lord is the
courtly Giridhari, is perturbed at heart. At
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
It
may be sung in Raga Desa.
In
the 1979 film Meera, this was on Raga Bhairavi.
This
was one of Mohandas Gandhi’s favorite bhajans to
chant.
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