# सखीरी अब क्यों न | Sakhiri Ab Kyon Na

Source: https://pushtikirtan.com/kirtan/sakhiri-ab-kyon-na-2947

Kirtan ID: 2947

Raag: Malhar · मल्हार

Occasion: Malhar Sandhya Aarti · मल्हार संध्या आरती

Updated: 2026-09-08

## Original text

सखीरी अब क्यों न बरखत मेह ।। जोलों पीय आवें बनतें घर तोलों वीचनेकदेह ।।१।। नातर मोहि ले चलि भीजतही छांड देहु यह गेह ।। अरी सुंदरि तेरे प्रीतमआये काहेकों करत संदेह।।२।। भीजी पाग भीज्यो उपरेना भीज रहे सब आप ।। श्रीविट्ठलगिरिधरनलालसों कर भीज्योही मिलाप ।।३।।

## English meaning

सखीरी अब क्यों न | Sakhiri Ab Kyon Na

(राग मल्हार | Raga Malhar)

सखीरी अब क्यों न बरखत मेह ।। जोलों पीय आवें बनतें घर तोलों वीचनेकदेह ।।१।।
O sakhi, why should the rain not fall now? Until Piya returns home from the forest, even each passing moment feels difficult to bear. ।।१।।

नातर मोहि ले चलि भीजतही छांड देहु यह गेह ।। अरी सुंदरि तेरे प्रीतमआये काहेकों करत संदेह।।२।।
Otherwise, take me to Him; let me leave this house even if I must go through the rain. “O beautiful one, your Pritam has arrived—why do you still have any doubt?” ।।२।।

भीजी पाग भीज्यो उपरेना भीज रहे सब आप ।। श्रीविट्ठलगिरिधरनलालसों कर भीज्योही मिलाप ।।३।।
His turban is drenched, His upper cloth is drenched, and He Himself is soaked through. Go and meet Shri Vitthal Giridhar Lal just as He is, still wet from the rain. ।।३।।

## Transliteration

sakheeree ab kyon na barakhat meh |
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jolon peey aaven banaten ghar tolon veechanekadeh |
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naatar mohi le chali bheejatahee chhaand dehu yah geh |
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aree sundari tere preetamaaaye kaahekon karat sandeh |
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bheejee paag bheejyo uparenaa bheej rahe sab aap |
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Shreevitthalagiridharanalaalason kar bheejyohee milaap |
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## Source and usage

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