Apanapan rakhana mere Ghanashyama.

Apanapan rakhana
mere Ghanashyama.
Oh my Ghanshyam Shri Krishna! Upholding Your promise of being causelessly merciful, please make me Your own forever.
Ghadi ghadi pal pal nam tiharo,
rate meri rasana, mere Ghanshyam.
Oh my Ghanshyam Shri Krishna! May my tongue each and every moment lovingly repeat Your divine name.
Lali-Lal dou dai garabahin,
hamare hiye basana, mere Ghanshyam.
Oh my Ghansham Shri Krishna! Please come with Shri Radha and, with Your arms lovingly placed around each others’ shoulders, eternally reside in my heart.
Bhav hindore dari hiye men,
jhulavun nit jhulana, mere Ghanshyam.
Oh my Ghanshyam Shri Krishna! I wish to swing both of You in my heart on the swing of my deepest devotional feelings.
Dai upahar har ansuvan ko,
banalun tujhe apana, mere Ghanshyam.
Oh my Ghanshyam Shri Krishna! I wish to gift You with a necklace made of my tears of devotional love and thus make You my very own forever.
Kaisehun kari ‘Kripalu’ prabhu apano,
puravo mam sapana, mere Ghanshyam.
Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj says, “Oh my gracious Lord, please fulfill this dream of mine by making me Your own forever.”