# आज सखी देख कमलदल | Aj Sakhi Dekh Kamaldal

Source: https://pushtikirtan.com/kirtan/aj-sakhi-dekh-kamaldal-2821

Kirtan ID: 2821

Raag: Malhar · मल्हार

Occasion: Malhar Tipara · मल्हार टिपारा

Updated: 2026-09-07

## Original text

आज सखी देख कमलदल नयन ॥ शीश टिपारो जरद सुनेरी बाजत मधुरे बेन ॥१॥ कतरादोय मध्य चंद्रिका काछ सुनेरी रेन ॥ दादुर मोर पपैया बोले मेरे मन भयो चेन ॥२॥ नाचत मोर श्यामके आगें चलत चाल गजगेन ॥ श्रीविट्टल गिरिधर पिय निरखत लज्जित भयोहे मेन ॥३॥

## English meaning

आज सखी देख कमलदल | Aj Sakhi Dekh Kamaldal

(राग मल्हार | Raga Malhar)

आज सखी देख कमलदल नयन ॥ शीश टिपारो जरद सुनेरी बाजत मधुरे बेन ॥१॥
O sakhi, today behold His lotus-petal eyes. Upon His head shines a bright yellow-golden tiparo, and His flute sounds sweetly. ॥१॥

कतरादोय मध्य चंद्रिका काछ सुनेरी रेन ॥ दादुर मोर पपैया बोले मेरे मन भयो चेन ॥२॥
Between the two side ornaments shines the chandrika, and His kachh is adorned with a golden border. Frogs, peacocks, and papiha birds call out, and my heart finds peace. ॥२॥

नाचत मोर श्यामके आगें चलत चाल गजगेन ॥ श्रीविट्टल गिरिधर पिय निरखत लज्जित भयोहे मेन ॥३॥
Peacocks dance before Shyam, while He walks with the majestic gait of an elephant. Beholding beloved Shri Vitthal Giridhar, even the mind is humbled before His beauty. ॥३॥

## Transliteration

aaj sakhee dekh kamaladal nayan ||
sheesh tipaaro jarad suneree baajat madhure ben ||1||

kataraadoy madhy chandrikaa kaachh suneree ren ||
daadur mor papaiyaa bole mere man bhayo chen ||2||

naachat mor shyaamake aagen chalat chaal gajagen ||
Shreevittal Giridhar piy nirakhat lajjit bhayohe men ||3||

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