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I will not tire on the road, Sita says, for I will be looking at your lotus feet at every step. I will wash your feet in the shade of a tree and fan away the weariness of the path. When I see your dark body beaded with sweat, where will there be room for sorrow? I will spread leaves on level ground and, your servant, press your feet all night. Who could look at me with ill intent while I am with my lord, any more than a hare or jackal could eye a lioness? Am I tender and you fit for the forest? If my heart does not break at such hard words, my wretched life will bear the pain of parting.
मोहि मग चलत न होइहि हारी । छिनु छिनु चरन-सरोज निहारी ॥
सबहि भाँति पिय सेवा करिहौं । मारग-जनित सकल श्रम हरिहौं ॥
mohi maga calata na hoihi hārī | chinu chinu carana-saroja nihārī ||
sabahi bhām̐ti piya sevā karihauṃ | māraga-janita sakala śrama harihauṃ ||
पाय पखारि बैठि तरु छाहीं । करिहउँ बाउ मुदित मन माहीं ॥
श्रम कन सहित स्याम-तनु देखें । कहँ दुख समउ प्रानपति पेखें ॥
pāya pakhāri baiṭhi taru chāhīṃ | karihaum̐ bāu mudita mana māhīṃ ||
śrama kana sahita syāma-tanu dekheṃ | kaham̐ dukha samau prānapati pekheṃ ||
सम महि तन तरु पल्लव डासी । पाय पलोटिहि सब निसि दासी ॥
बार बार मृदु मूरति जोही । लागिहि तात बयारि न मोही ॥
sama mahi tana taru pallava ḍāsī | pāya paloṭihi saba nisi dāsī ||
bāra bāra mṛdu mūrati johī | lāgihi tāta bayāri na mohī ||
को प्रभु सँग मोहि चितवनिहारा । सिंघ बधुहि जिमि ससक सिआरा ॥
मैं सुकुमारि नाथ बन जोगू । तुम्हहिं उचित तप मो कहँ भोगू ॥
ko prabhu sam̐ga mohi citavanihārā | siṃgha badhuhi jimi sasaka siārā ||
maiṃ sukumāri nātha bana jogū | tumhahiṃ ucita tapa mo kaham̐ bhogū ||
ऐसेउ बचन कठोर सुनि, जौँ न ह्रदउ विलगान ।
तो प्रभु विषम बियोग दुख, सहिहहिं पावँर प्रान ॥
aiseu bacana kaṭhora suni, jaum̐ na hradau vilagāna |
to prabhu viṣama biyoga dukha, sahihahiṃ pāvam̐ra prāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
