Lyrics
(1) moribo moribo sakhi niścoy moribo kānu heno gunanidhi kāre diyā yābo (2) tomrā joteko sakhī theke majhu sange maraṇa kāle kṛṣṇa nāma likho mora ange (3) lalitā prāṇera sakhi mantra dio kāne morā deha pore yeno kṛṣṇa nāma śune (4) nā porāio mora anga nā bhāsāio jole morile tuliye rekho tamālera ḍāle (5) sei se tamāla taru kṛṣṇa-varṇa hoy acetana tanu mora tāhe yeno roy (6) kabahu se piyā yadi āse vṛndāvane parāṇa pāyabo hām piyā daraśane (7) puna yadi cāńda mukha daraśa nā pābo viraha anale māho tanu teyāgibo (8) kohite kohite dhanī murachita bhelo dhāi viśakhā tāre kole kori nilo (9) thara thara kāmpe anga khīn bohe śvās nāsāgrete tula dhari dekhaye niśvās (10) śravane vadana dei kohe kṛṣṇa nā;ma cetana pāiyā kohe kāhā ghana-śyāma (11) sanmukhe tamāla heri kore nirīkhan unmādinī hoye yāy dite ālingan (12) aichana dhanīra daśā kori nirīkhan govinda dās bhelo sajala nayan
Translation
(1) I will die, I will die, O sakhi, I will surely die. How will I attain an ocean of attributes like Krishna? (2) All you sakhis, that are staying with Me, please write Krishna’s name on My body as I die. (3) Lalita, My hearts friend! Utter the mantra in My ear, so that I hear Krishna's name when my body burns on the pyre. (4) Don't burn My body and don't throw it in a river. When I die, then keep it around the branch of a Tamala tree. (5) This Tamala tree has the complexion of Krishna. Let my unconscious body dwell on it. (6) If My beloved ever returns to Vrndavana I will get My life back by seeing Him. (7) If I never see His moonlike face back again I will give up My body in the fire of separation. (8) When Radha spoke thus She fainted and Visakha came running to take Her on her lap. (9) Her body trembled strongly and only a very thin breath came from Her mouth. The sakhis kept a cotton swab in front of Her nose to see if She was still breathing. (10) They uttered Krishna's name in Her ears and, regaining consciousness, She said: 'Where is Ghanasyama?' (11) When She sees a Tamala tree ahead of Her She stares at it and embraces it like mad. (12) Seeing such a condition of Radha, Govinda dasa simply stares with tear-filled eyes.