mai to jamuna ke tat gayi
paniya bharan
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala
mai to jamuna ke tat gayi
paniya bharan
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala

pakdi kalaiya to chunari sarak gayi
chunri sarakte hi gagri chhalak gayi
maine baju jhatak di wo gagri patak
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala
mai to jamuna ke tat gayi
paniya bharan
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala

maine kaha hato chhodo dagariya
bola na chodenge hum to gujariya
kaise akad akad mera pallu pakad
kaise akad akad mera pallu pakad
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala
mai to jamuna ke tat gayi
paniya bharan
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala

chunari bhigoyi meri bhar pichkari
ro ke mai boli ja tose hari
natkhat ne magar nahi chodi dagar
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala
mai to jamuna ke tat gayi
paniya bharan
laga ched karan haye haye ri
gokul ka wo gwala
gokul ka wo gwala

To the Jamuna's edge I went,
to fetch the water.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

I went to the Jamuna's edge,
to fetch the water.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

He seized my wrist, my veil slipped down,
and as it fell, my water pot spilled.
I shook my arm, the pot fell and crashed.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

I went to the Jamuna's edge,
to fetch the water.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

I said, "Move, leave my path,"
he said, "I won't, O woman of the village."
How he strutted, clutching my hem,
how he strutted, clutching my hem.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

I went to the Jamuna's edge,
to fetch the water.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

My veil was soaked, he drenched me with his spray,
crying, I said, "I yield to you."
But the mischievous one would not leave my path.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.

I went to the Jamuna's edge,
to fetch the water.
He began to tease, alas,
that cowherd of Gokul.
That cowherd of Gokul.