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मुझको भी राधा बना ले नंदलाल हो नंदलाल, रे नंदलाल
संग संग चढ़ाऊँगी नंदजी की गैयाँ आठों पहर लूँगी तेरी बलैयाँ बन के रहूँगी छबीली तेरी छैयाँ मन के महल में रखूँगी नटखट तुझे लाखों जनम लाखों साल हो रे नंदलाल, रे नंदलाल मुझ को भी राधा बना ले नंदलाल
मुझको भी राधा बना ले नंदलाल
यशोदा की अँगना मैं दूँगी बुहारी तेरी मुरलिया को दूँगी न गारी मटकी लुटा दूँगी माखन की सारी बंसी बजैया ... बंसी बजैया ओ रे कन्हैया मुझ को भी कर दे निहाल मुझको भी राधा ...
चरणों में तेरे लिपटके रहूँगी तेरा दिया हर सुख\-दुख सहूँगी छलिये तुझे कभी कुछ ना कहूँगी जमुना किनारे ... जमुना किनारे रखूँगी सजाके काया का केसरिया थाल
मुझको भी राधा ..
इति
The Poet
बालकवि बैरागी
Balkavi Bairagi
1931 · 2018
Balkavi Bairagi lived a life that seamlessly integrated the idealism of literature with the difficult realities of public service. Born Nandram Das Bairagi in 1931 in the Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, he earned the title Balkavi for composing remarkable poetry during his childhood. Although he rose to significant political heights, serving as a minister in the state government and a Member of Parliament, his soul remained entirely devoted to the written word. He wrote with an infectious optimism and a fierce moral clarity. Poems like Jhar Gaye Paat and Apni Gandh Nahi Bechoonga became legendary for their uncompromising stance on integrity and self respect. Bairagi was also a highly successful film lyricist, bringing literary dignity to cinema with unforgettable songs like Tu Chanda Main Chandni. He passed away in 2018, leaving behind a massive body of work that spans children's literature, political verse, and romantic lyricism. He was a true people's poet, choosing always to speak directly to the conscience of the common man.
Paired Painting
Krishna with Gopis by the Yamuna River
This transcendent Pahari miniature invites us into the sacred groves along the banks of the Yamuna River, where the divine cowherd Krishna is surrounded by devoted gopis. The pastoral landscape glows with gentle greens and earthy warmth, evoking the eternal longing and blissful surrender of the human soul to the divine. Each figure expresses profound tenderness and spiritual devotion, bathed in the soft, poetic light of Vrindavan. The composition celebrates the mystical union between the supreme deity and his devoted companions, capturing a fleeting moment of celestial grace.
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