Jako Man Lagyo · जाको मन लाग्यो
MEANING
जाको मन लाग्यो गोपालसोंताहि और कैसें भावेहो ॥ लेकर मीन दूधमें राखोजलविन सचुनहीं पावेहो ॥१॥One whose heart is attached to Gopal—how can anything else please them? Even if a fish is placed in milk, without water it cannot find true comfort. ॥१॥ज्यों सूरारणघूम चलतहे पीर नकाहूजनावे ॥ ज्योंगूंगो गुरखायरहें तहेंसुखस्वाद नहि बतावे ॥२॥Just as a brave warrior moves about the battlefield without telling anyone of his pain, and just as a mute person eating jaggery cannot describe its sweet taste, so this inner feeling cannot be expressed. ॥२॥जैसेंसरिता मिली सींधुमेउलटपरवाहनआवे ॥ जैंसें सूर कमलमुख निरखत चितईतउतनडुलावे ॥३॥Just as a river, once it has joined the ocean, does not flow back again, so, says Sur, on beholding Gopal’s lotus-face, the heart no longer turns here and there. ॥३॥
ORIGINAL
जाको मन लाग्यो गोपालसोंताहि और कैसें भावेहो ॥ लेकर मीन दूधमें राखोजलविन सचुनहीं पावेहो ॥१॥ ज्यों सूरारणघूम चलतहे पीर नकाहूजनावे ॥ ज्योंगूंगो गुरखायरहें तहेंसुखस्वाद नहि बतावे ॥२॥ जैसेंसरिता मिली सींधुमेउलटपरवाहनआवे ॥ जैंसें सूर कमलमुख निरखत चितईतउतनडुलावे ॥३॥
TRANSLITERATION
jaako man laagyo gopaalasontaahi aur kaisen bhaaveho · lekar meen doodhamen raakhojalavin sachunaheen paaveho (1) jyon sooraaranaghoom chalatahe peer nakaahoojanaave · jyongoongo gurakhaayarahen tahensukhasvaad nahi bataave (2) jaisensaritaa milee seendhumeulataparavaahanaaave · jainsen soor kamalamukh nirakhat chitaeetautanadulaave (3)