jamuna kinare aaja chaliya pukare aaja
radha jaye na ho paniya bharan
panghat pe aaye na
radha jaye na jaye na radha jaye na

char kadam chale or ruk jaye
char kadam chale or ruk jaye
bairan aankhe nigodi jhuk jaye
bairan aankhe nigodi jhuk jaye
laz ke pahre ko tod wo paye na
radha jaye na jaye na radha jaye na

man dole jag bole bawariya
man dole jag bole bawariya
tod na laye kahi khali gagariya
tod na laye kahi khali gagariya
ankhiyo me parbhu na jal bhar laye
na radha jaye na
jamuna kinare aaja chaliya pukare aaja
radha jaye na ho paniya bharan
panghat pe aaye na
radha jaye na jaye na radha jaye na

By Yamuna's shore, the trickster calls, come, come,
Radha hesitates, to fetch the water's gleam,
She won't return,
Nor at the well does she convene,
Radha goes not, she goes not, Radha goes not.

Four steps she takes, then falters in her flight,
Four steps she takes, then stills beneath the light,
Her cursed eyes, they fall with such a plight,
Her cursed eyes, they bow to the night,
The guard of shame, she cannot break the hold,
Radha goes not, she goes not, Radha goes not.

The heart it sways, the world it speaks, a mad desire,
The heart it sways, the world it speaks, the fire,
May she not return, with an empty jar to hold,
May she not return, with emptiness untold,
Lest the Lord's tears, her eyes now fill and stream,
Radha goes not,
By Yamuna's shore, the trickster calls, come, come,
Radha hesitates, to fetch the water's gleam,
She won't return,
Nor at the well does she convene,
Radha goes not, she goes not, Radha goes not.