मैया मोहिं दाऊ बहुत खिझायो

The verses

1. मैया मोहिं दाऊ बहुत खिझायो । मोसों कहत मोलको लीनो तू जसुमति कब जायो ॥

   Meaning: O Mother, elder brother Dau teases me so sore; He taunts me saying, 'You were bought for a price, Jasumati never gave birth to you!'

2. कहा कहौ एहि रिसके मारे खेलन हौं नहिं जातु । पुनि पुनि कहत कौन है माता कोहै तुमरो तातु ॥

   Meaning: What shall I say? Out of sheer rage, I no longer go to play; Time and again they taunt me asking: who is your mother, and who your sire?

3. गोरेनंद जसोदा गोरी तुम कत स्याम शरीर । चुटुकी दैदै हँसत ग्वाल सब सिखै देत बलवीर ॥

   Meaning: Fair is Nanda, and fair is Yashoda—why then is your body dark as night? Snapping fingers, the cowherd boys all mock and laugh, as Balram spurs them on with delight.

4. तू मोही को मारन सीखी दाउहि कबहुँ न खीझै । मोहन को मुख रिस समेत लखि जसुमति सुनि सुनि रीझै ॥

   Meaning: You have learned to chastise only me, while never venting anger upon Dau; beholding Mohan's face flushed with sweet indignation, Yashoda overflows with tender joy.

5. सुनहु कान्ह बलभद्र चबाई जनमतहीको धूत । सूर स्याम मो गोधनकी सौं हौं माता तू पूत ॥

   Meaning: Listen, Kanha, Balbhadra is a slanderer, a rogue from the moment of his birth; Surdas sings: O Shyam, I swear by my sacred herd, I am your mother and you are my son.