Krishna Approaches Radha

Krishna said, 'O fair beauty, who are you?

Where do you live? Whose daughter are you?

I never yet saw you in the lanes of Braj.'

Radha said, 'What need have I to come this way?

I keep playing by my door.

But I hear that some son of Nanda

is in the habit of stealing butter and curds.'

Krishna said, 'Look, why should I appropriate

anything that's yours? Come, let's play together.'

Suradasa says: By his honied words,

Krishna, the crafty prince of amorists,

beguiled Radha and put her at ease.

Translated by: Kalaivani Retnavellu