sakhi hariday me halchal si hone lagi
ho meri ankhiya do chanchal kyu hone lagi
gaya bachpan ka raag din aaya wo aaj
banno kangna ab jhum singar se
paw dabte hai paw dabte hai yowan ki dhar se

koi kano me gungunane laga
dekho bhawra bhi hamko satane laga
dank marega chor mat kar itna shor
koi aayega teri pukar se paw dabte hai
paw dabte hai yowan ki dhar se

kanushka priya sakuntla nahi annchal sakhi sambhal
rup dekh dusyant ka haye hui behal
ye tapasini wo raja fir bhi anhoni ho gayi
puran yowana partham milan ki
partham ditye me kho gayi

raja ne bhi ghar or jag ki jara na ki parwah
shakuntla ke sang kiya wan me gandharbh vivah
kar vivah dekar vachan nipan kiya parashthan
kintu srap wash bhul gaye wo shakuntla ka dhyan
bhul gaye kyu deke vachan tan ko jalaye virah agan
ya chale aao ya mujhko bulao darshan bin akulaye nain
bhul gaye kyu dil ke vachan bhul gaye bhul gaye
bhul gaye kyu bhul gaye

virahta ki vyakul virhan sah na saki judai
priyam gada ne maat gotami ko ye katha sunai
maa ki mamta bhari jo ankhiya karuna se bhar aayi
pita ladli sakun ko dete aaj vidai
rone lagi aasam sakhiya saheli
rone lagi bagiya ki chameli
hirna bhi roye jiske sang sada kheli
chhod hame aaj kaha chali ho akeli

kintu na koi kah sake pita ke ji ka haal
hatho me aashish hai hariday me hai bojhal
naino me utha man me milan ki aaas
ma ke sang shakuntla pahuchi piya ke paas

badal gaye dushyant narip vidhi ka azab vidhan
durwasha ke sharap wash sake nahi pahchan
kon ho kaha se aa rahi ajan nar tum
kya batau jab bhulte ho hamara pyar tum
pyar kaisa pyar pyar kaisa pyar jhuth kholti juban
tum dekh lo diya hua anguthi ka nishan tum
mai na janta tumhe ye kaisa nari dans hai
mere garbh me tumhare vans ka hi ansh hai
ja apne ghar sundari khadi yaha kyu msan
ja kalankani piya nahi to ham bhi tumhare kon

tut pado akash fato dharti maa
mujhe sambhalo god me kiya hai adharam
din bite or rate biti khub vidhata ne bair kiya
banke abhagan fir bhi suhagan ne balak ko janam diya
putar bharat ko dekh kar magan ho gayi maa
yahi bharat jis nam se bharat hai vikhyat

aray putar ye surya chandar ke tej se bhi harta tha
sinho ke jabdo ko chir ke dant gina karta tha
ek diwas dushyant bhul kar marg yaha jo aaye
balak kon vichitar jankar devi ji se takraye
aur wahi shakuntla hile hariday ke tar
dekh anguthi yad aa gaya wo unka pyar
sar se sab durbhagya hata or mita andhera ghor

A tremor stirs within my heart,
Why do my restless eyes now start?
Childhood's song now fades away,
This day arrives, a brighter ray.
Banno, with your jingling bangles now dance,
As youth's swift current starts to prance.

A whisper dances in my ear,
See, even the bumblebee, drawing near,
Will sting, a thief, do not be loud,
Someone will come, answering your loud.
As youth's swift current starts to prance.

Kanishka's love, Shakuntala's plight,
Maiden, your veil, hold it tight.
Beholding Dushyant's form, alas,
Her heart surrenders, time to pass.
A hermit, he, a king so bold,
Yet, fate's strange tale must now unfold.
Full of youth, their first embrace,
Lost in that first, sweet space.

The king, he cared not for home nor the world's disdain,
With Shakuntala, in the forest, a Gandharva's domain.
Vows they made, promises they did impart,
Yet, a curse descended, tearing them apart.
Why forget the vows you made, why let the body burn?
Come to me or call me, my eyes for you yearn.
Why forget the words of the heart, forget, forget,
Why forget, why forget?

The anguished separation, the maiden could not bear,
Priyama, the curse, told Mother Gautami's despair.
Mother's love, her eyes filled with grace,
The father sends his darling away, from this place.
Tears of her friends, her companions,
The jasmine weeps, in all its dominions.
The deer did weep, with whom she did play,
Leaving us now, where are you stray?

Yet, none could voice the father's woe,
Blessings on lips, a heavy load below.
In eyes, the longing, in the heart's deep core,
With mother, Shakuntala reached her lover's door.

Changed was Dushyant, fate's twist untold,
Due to Durvasa's curse, his memory grew cold.
"Who are you? Where do you come from, stranger so near?"
"What to say, when our love you hold so dear?"
"Love? What love? What love? Lies on your tongue abound.
Behold the ring, the proof that we found.
I know you not, a woman's sting,
Within my womb, your lineage, it will spring.
Go to your home, why linger here so long?
Begone, you cursed one, to whom do I belong?"

Shatter the sky, the earth, let it crack,
Hold me, embrace me, for an unjust act.
Days passed, and nights did flee, the Creator's cruel design,
Becoming unfortunate, the maiden bore a child, so divine.
Seeing her son, Bharat, the mother's joy took flight,
Bharat, the name, that would fill the land with light.

Oh, son, you outshone the sun, the moon's bright gleam,
You split the jaws of lions, counting their teeth, it would seem.
One day, Dushyant, straying, found his way,
Seeing the boy, so strange, he met the goddess that day.
And Shakuntala, her heart's string did stir,
Seeing the ring, remembering their love, all were aware.
The misfortune vanished, darkness took flight,