Hindi · Devanagari
मैं तो सांवरे के रंग राची
मैं तो सांवरे के रंग राची। साज-सिंगार बाँध पग घुंघरू, लोक-लाज तज नाची। गई कुमति, लई साध संगति, भक्ति रूप रस चाखी। मीरा के प्रभु गिरिधर नागर, हरि चरणन चित राखी॥
Meera
Main To Sā̃ware Ke Rang Rā̃chī
A poem of being dyed in love — devotion as color that cannot be washed out.
Why return to it: Meera uses color as surrender: to love is to be changed visibly and permanently.
Included here: Hindi in Devanagari, English transliteration, Urdu, and an English translation for easier access across scripts and readers.
English Transliteration
Main To Sā̃ware Ke Rang Rā̃chī
Main to sā̃ware ke raṅg rā̃chī. Sāj-siṅgār bā̃dh pag ghunghrū, lok-lāj taj nāchī. Gaī kumati, laī sādh saṅgati, bhakti rūp ras chākhī. Mīrā ke prabhu Giridhar Nāgar, Hari charanan chit rākhī.
Urdu
میں تو سانورے کے رنگ راچی
میں تو سانورے کے رنگ راچی۔ ساج سنگار باندھ پگ گھنگھرو، لوک لاج تج ناچی۔ گئی کمتی، لئی سادھ سنگتی، بھکتی روپ رس چاکھی۔ میرا کے پربھو گردھر ناگر، ہری چرنن چت راکھی۔
English Translation
Poetic English rendering
I am dyed in the color of the dark beloved; no other color will take now. I tied on anklets, left the world's shame behind, and let devotion teach my feet to dance. Falsehood fell away; among seekers I tasted the nectar I had longed for. Meera keeps her mind at Hari's feet, where Giridhar's color never fades.
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