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Bandish Text
English / Roman
manusa ho to vohee rasakhaana
baso braja gokula gaaMva ke gvaarana |
jo pasu hauM to kaha basu mero
charaaUM nita nanda ko dhenu maMjharana ||
Devnagri
मनुस हो तो वोही रसखान
बसो ब्रज गोकुल गांव के ग्वारन ।
जो पसु हौं तो कह बसु मेरो
चराऊं नित नन्द को धेनु मंझरन ॥
Meaning
If I (poet Raskhan) am to be reborn as human, I wish to be the cowherd boy in the village of Gokul in the Brajbhumi. If I am to be born as an animal, I would like to be a cow in the herd of Nand which blissfully grazes all day long,
Contributed by: John Haywood