Song from Dance drama Yasodhara

Raga सावेरी

Tala आदि

पल्लवी

कण्ठस्तंबितवत्यस्मि अद्य विमिश्रितभावैः.....

अनुपल्लवी

मुण्डितशीर्षमवेक्ष्य रुदन्ती मुखतेजसि मज्जन्ती

चरणम्

खण्डितमारं पश्यन्ती कम्पितकातरहृदयवती

काषायाम्बरमीक्ष्योत्कण्ठापूरितनयनद्वयवन्ती

कलुषविदूरं नमस्कुर्वन्ती कामजितं पतिरिति स्मरन्ती

गाढालिङ्गन-आशापूरित करयुगलं धिक्कुर्वन्ती

Translation:

Raga Saveri.

Tala Adi

Pallavi

My throat is chocked with mixed feelings.

Anupallavi

I cry on seeing his shaven head, but I immerse

myself in the shining light of his face.

Charana

On seeing the Conqueror of MÀra, I shake with fear,

But my eyes fill with anxiety when I see his ochre robe;

I bow down to the one who drives away sin,

But I remember the Conqueror of MÀra as my husband.

My hands yearn to embrace him tightly and I curse them hard.