As I Waited For You

As night approaches
The pain within grows.
Madhava, shall I meet you?
At least today?

All yester night I cried
As I waited for you.
My eyes have swollen-
The fruit of longing.

Tonight should you not come-
O the very thought agonizes!
Can I live?

Love Bursts The Banks

Krishna my sweet Krishna
Wither the delay?
Love bursts the banks
Of my bliss-barren breasts.
Come, no more your love tests.

Krishna, my love, my all,
What stops you?
The night is fleeting
And the stars are homeward bound.
Ah! Is that your footfall?

Love-Famine

Look at his eyes O Radha,
Love-famine rages in them.
He hankers to see you
And beholds your mirages
And runs towards them.

Krishna can live without water
And even without air.
But without you, Radha,
Every minute he dies
A hundred million deaths.

The Heart Races Beyond Time

I have been waiting
So much to see you again
That when I meet you
I think I am dreaming.

The heart races beyond time
And a moment’s wait, Krishna
Seems to last a year or more;
While a year together passes
As though it were a second.
Radha stay forever.

Why Did I Ever Love You

Radha, why did I ever love you?
See how I suffer thus apart
From your fragrant tresses.

See how I cry to meet
Your love-drunk eyes.

See how I pain to touch
Those flower-tender hands.

Radha why should loving you
Cause so much agony?

Without You, Radha Life Stops

Without you, Radha life stops
And stares at me and drags on.
Without you, as I look at the sun
It seems to scorn my being alone.

Without you Radha, flowers weep
And dishevel their petal-tresses.
Without you the love-filled birds
Sing happy songs no more.

Without you, Radha, life dies
A sad pain-wrecked death.
Without you, I cease to exist
For all that is, is only you.

Your Kiss-Tender Voice

How many times have we met
Eyes exchanged silent love
Hearts echoed sweet songs of affection
And a chance touch
Melted the two souls into union.

Yet, how rarely have I heard
Your voice speak those depths
Into words that besoften my ears.
I wait for your kiss-tender voice
To wipe away my little fears.

Come, My Heart Yearns

Every time you touch me
I feel a living thrill
Run down my heart
My breasts ache
Against my will.

A warmth creeps all over
And my body burns.
I hunger to kiss you
With lips aflame.
Come, my heart yearns.

How Slow Time Passes

How slow time passes
As I wait for you.
O Krishna, my own
What delays you?

The moon mocks me
And the owls laugh.
Come, my beloved
My other half.

Love-Storms

Madhava, embrace me
Melt me in your arms.
Hold me, crush me
In your love-storms.

My lips hunger
To taste your wine.
Bite me, claw me
O cowherd divine.

My wealth I lay
For you to plunder.
Ravage me, tear me,
Don’t wait and wonder.