sawre mat ja mat ja
sawre mat ja mat ja
mat ja sawre
radhika arz kare kar jore
radhika arz kare kar jore sawre

shyam chale madhupuri
radhika murjhaye madhuban me
shyam chale madhupuri
radhika murjhaye madhuban me
agan lagan ki man me dube
barjmandal asuwan me
saware mat ja mat ja
mat ja sawre

dhenu chare trin nahi shyam bina
baje na venu rashili
dhenu chare trin nahi shyam bina
baje na venu rashili
hariyali man vrindawan ki
padi birah me peeli
saware mat ja mat ja
mat ja sawre

chandr bina kyu rahe chandrika
pran bina kyu kaya
chandr bina kyu rahe chandrika
pran bina kyu kaya
gyan na jane prem yogini
bhakti na mane maya
sawre mat ja mat ja
mat ja saware

radhika arz kare kar jore
sawre mat ja mat ja
mat ja mat ja saware

Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Do not go, Dark One.
Radha pleads, hands clasped in prayer,
Radha pleads, hands clasped in prayer, Dark One.

Shyam departs for Mathura's walls,
Radha wilts in the honeyed grove.
Shyam departs for Mathura's walls,
Radha wilts in the honeyed grove.
The fire of longing burns within her,
Braj's circle drowns in tears.
Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Do not go, Dark One.

Cows graze, grass untouched, without Shyam,
The flute's sweet song is hushed.
Cows graze, grass untouched, without Shyam,
The flute's sweet song is hushed.
The verdant heart of Vrindavan,
Falls yellow in separation's pain.
Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Do not go, Dark One.

How can moonlight exist without the moon?
How can a body exist without breath?
How can moonlight exist without the moon?
How can a body exist without breath?
Knowledge knows not the yogini of love,
Devotion heeds not Maya's sway.
Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Do not go, Dark One.

Radha pleads, hands clasped in prayer.
Dark One, do not go, do not go.
Do not go, do not go, Dark One.