अंखियाँ श्याम प्रेम रस माती | Akhiyan Shyam Prem Ras Mati - Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj soulfully singing a self-composed bhajan. Brief translation provided below:

akhiyan shyam prem ras mati
(O Sakhi! My eyes are intoxicated with the blissful of divine love for Shyamsundar)

jab te lakhi nandnandan chhavi, mand mand musakati
(Ever since I first saw His beautiful form and gentle smile…)

taba te ik pala kalan nahi kala sakhi, talaphati haun dina rati
(…I have not had a moment’s peace but have been writhing in the agony of separation from Him)

ye niguri samujhati nahi yadyapi, samujhavati bahu bhanti
(These wretched eyes do not understand, though I try to make them do so, in various ways)

kari kari surati savarihin surati, bhari asuvana jhari lati
(I continuously shed copious of tears whenever I remember that bewitchingly beautiful dark-complexioned face)

khari laga vaikuntha vibhutihun, muktihun nahi suhati
(Now, even the divine opulence of Vaikunth holds no charm for me. Liberation too, does not attract me in the least)

haun ‘kripalu’ aba hari gayi sakhi, tu hi kachhu samujhati
(In the words of Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj, the Gopi says, “I have accepted defeat before these stubborn eyes. O Sakhi! Now you please try and make them understand.”)

Prem Ras Madira - Virah Madhuri 2
Mangarh, 1992