Artist : Rani Chitrakar
Transcript
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Who plays the flute seated on the branches of the burflower tree?
Who plays the flute seated on the branches of the burflower tree?
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
No one knows that she has fallen for the dark man.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Seated under the shade of the tree, Krishna pulled the end of my sari.
All the women of Braja lost their hearts to this man.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Someone sings, someone dances, and someone else chants the name of Hari.
Radha, lost in her thoughts, rolls over the place.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha goes to fetch a pail of water from the Yamuna.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna appears mid-way.
Radha, on seeing him, covers her face.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna then says, “Why are you hiding your face from me?
You are covering it up with your headscarf. Are you a precious gem?”
Radha says, “I am your distant aunt. You are my nephew.
Don’t joke around with me, you shameless fellow.”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna responds, “Let your husband Ayaan Ghosh come over.
I’ll make you realise how mistaken you are.
I’ll make him sell off all his cows.
I’ll make sure his pride crumbles.”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna keeps on saying, “I’ll barter all my cows in exchange for you.
Where would I find such an exquisitely beautiful woman?”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha says, “Why are you proposing to a woman who is already married?
Why don’t you go back home and ask your father to fix your wedding?”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna says, “I wanted to get married.
But according to my destiny, I’ll only get married to a woman named Radha.”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha complains, “Why are you interested in a married woman?
You should go and drown yourself in the Yamuna.”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna teases, “Where would I find the money to buy a pot and immerse myself in the Yamuna? How would I buy a rope and hang myself?”
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
After listening to Radha, Krishna chants a spell and his flute turns into a black serpent.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
The snake coils up at Radha’s right foot, and bites her on the left one.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha faints on her way and calls out Krishna’s name.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha agrees to marry Krishna.
She pleads with Krishna to remove the poison.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Krishna removes the poison from her body.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Radha regains her consciousness and she wakes up.
The two fall in love and have, since then, become inseparable.
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?
Who asks you to fetch water from the Yamuna, after the sun sets?