aa
sa_iyaa.N
%(o my lover)

sa_iyaa.N chho.Do morii ba_iyaa.N sa_iyaa.N
%(o lover, let go of my arm)

sa_iyaa.N haay chho.Do na morii haay chho.Do morii bahiyaa.N
%(chho.Do na morii ba_iyaa.N: "please let go of my arm" or "do not let go of my arm"


maano bhii kanhaa_ii hogii jag ha.Nsaa_ii
%(please concede, o krishna, we will become an object of mockery of the world)

dekho-dekho dekh rahii hai.n saarii gu_iyaa.N dekho
%(just look, all my friends are seeing, see)


chuu.Dii jo ko_ii TuuTii maathe se bi.ndiyaa chhuuTii haay
%(if any of my bangles breaks, if the decoration mark on my forhead gets removed)

ghar kyaa bataa_uu.Ngii mai.n haay mar jaa_uu.Ngii mai.n
%(what will i tell at my house, oh, i will die of shame)

jaane do mohe kaanhaa
%(let me go, o krishna)

kaanhaa jii more kaanhaa
%(o krishna, o my krishna)

kanhaa
%(o krishna)