lakho rī ālī! lālī ju ki jhulana bahāra

English meaning

One sakhī says to another, “Oh sakhi, look at the elegance of Shrī Bhānudulārī’s swinging today. Lāla Jī is giving push to the swing like the personified form of Beauty and Lād̤alī Jī is swinging like the personified form of Adornment. Yamunā Jī is beside herself with joy. The Kadamba tree on the bank of the river Yamunā is beautified with flowers. Its beauty is further enhanced by many entwining creepers which are full of different types of flowers. The rope of the swing has been decorated with different colourful flowers. Shrī Rādhikā, embellished with flowers in the sixteen traditional ways of embellishment, is gracing the swing. Lāla Jī is giving pushes to the swing from the back, bending and swaying, and is also trying to look squarely into Kishorī Jī’s eyes. Kishorī Jī is looking back again and again, and is throwing side-long glances on Shyāmasundara. Lāla Jī is taking tānas and ālāpas and Lād̤alī Jī is singing raga Megha malhāra. After some time, when Shyāmasundara started giving long pushes to the swing, Kishorī Jī, because of being extremely delicate, was frightened and said to Lāla Jī, “Oh Naughty Shyāmasundara! Don’t annoy Me.” Then, in the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, Lāla Jī answered, “I will stop doing this only when You allow Me to sit beside You on the swing.”

Complete whole-pad meaning transcribed from the supplied English edition. The source provides no separate line-by-line or word-by-word meaning.

Prem Ras Madira (English), Part 2 · PDF pages 92, 93 · printed pages 427, 428.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.