Yamihe Kamiha Saranam

(Refrain) yāmihe kamiha śaraṇaḿ sakhī-jana-vacana-vañcitā (1) kathita-samaye'pi harir ahaha na yayau vanam mama viphalam idam amala-rūpam api yauvanam (2) yad-anugamanāya niśi gahanam api śilitam tena mama hṛdayam idam asama-śara-kīlitam (3) mama maraṇam eva varam iti vitatha-ketanā kim iha viṣahāmi virahānalam acetanā (4) mām ahaha vidhurayati madhura-madhu-yāminī kāpi harim anubhavati kṛta-sukṛta-kāminī (5) ahaha kalayāmi valayādi-maṇi-bhūṣaṇam hari-viraha-dahana-vahanena bahu-dūṣaṇam (6) kusuma-sukumāra-tanum atanu-śara-līlayā srag api hṛdi hanti mām ativiṣama-śilayā (7) aham iha nivasāmi na-gaṇita-vana-vetasā smarati madhusūdano mām api na cetasā (8) hari-caraṇa-śaraṇa-jayadeva-kavi-bhāratī vasatu hṛdi yuvatir iva komala-kalāvatī

Unto Whom should I surrender to? I have been misled by the sakhis false assurances. 1) Hari did not come as He promised My form and figure have become ruined is a waste. 2) Seeking the Lord’s shelter, I fled from home in the night to enter this dark forest. Finally upon meeting up with Him, I feel that Cupid’s arrows are shot. 3) O what is the use of My life? How can I remain calm in the pangs of separation? O, surely death would be more appropriate! 4) This lovely spring night is torturing me, which associate has fortune to get Krishna? 5) Oh Krishna! I am nicely dressed in wonderful garments to please you, yet the burning separation is giving Me pain, only! 6) This flower garland resting over my hearts stings body, like the arrows of the cruel hunter! 7) Tolerating the scratching, thorny thickets of this betasi flower garland, for some reason, My beloved Lord Madhusudana has completely forgotten about Me! 8) The poet Jayadeva, who surrenders at Krishna’s lotus feet, says: “Let this song embrace your heart like a soft, gopi who gives loving pleasure and service to the Lord.