kuṁvari binu, sūno saba sansāra

English meaning

(Shyāmasundara’s lamentation in Kishorī Jī’s separation.) Without Kishorī Jī, the whole world seems empty to Me. Even the cool garlands of various flowers appear to Me like a herd of snakes ready to eat Me up. The pītāmbara has also become a burden for Me. The soft bed of new, tender mango-leaves also feels to Me as fearsome as an impaling stake. The moon, too, feels like burning as a ball of fire. Even the soothing words of sakhīs, which are actually sweeter than even nectar sound very terrible to Me. I feel stabbing pain in My heart upon hearing the cooing of a cuckoo, and the cool, gentle and perfumed breeze burns Me like the hot wind of summer. In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, Shyāmasundara adds, “To whom should I tell about My grief? Who else except Kishorī Jī can understand it?”

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 166, 167 · printed pages 501, 502.

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