sach kahate ho, uddhav ! tum, ho saty sunate tum sandesh.
chale gaye, ha ! chale gaye ve, chho d gaye rona avashesh॥
pratipal jo apalak nayanoan se mujhe dekhate hi rahate.
sukhamay mujhe dekhaneko jo sabhi dvandv sukhase sahate॥
mera duahkh duahkh ati unaka, mera sukh hi atishay sukh.
ve kaise mujhako dukh dekar, kho dete nij jivan-sukh ?
mujhe param sukh dene ko hi gaye madhupuri mean, bas, shyam.
samajh gayi, maian sukhi ho gayi, nirakh sukhad priyatamaka kam॥
yad a gayi mujhako sari meri-unaki biti bat.
jan gayi karan, isase ho rahi praphullit, pulakit-gat॥
sadhgunahin, roop-sushamase rahit, doshaki maian thi khan.
moh-vivash mohanako hota mujhamean sundarataka bhan॥
nyochhavar rahate mujhapar, sarvasv samud kar mujhako dan.
kahate, thakate nahian kabhi-’praneshvari !’ ’hridayeshvari !’ ’matiman’॥
’priyatam ! chho do is bhramako tum’-bar-bar maian samajhati.
nahian manate, ur bharate, maian kanthahar unako pati॥
gun-sundarata-rahit, premadhan-din, kala-chaturaee-hin.
moorkha, mukhara, man-mad-bhari mithya, maian matimand-malin॥
mujhase kahian adhikatar suandar sadhgun-shil-suroop-nidhan.
sakhi anek yogy, priyatamako kar sakatian atishay sukh-dan॥