A lonesome dancer comes…

A lonesome dancer comes
Flowers in her hands, a prayer in her heart
She has ornamented her limbs
She has adorned her face
And she walks with gentle grace

This lonesome dancer comes
To invoke the enchantment of music divine
Of flute, veena, cymbal and mardal
So that she can dance for the lord
So that she can drink bliss divine

This lonesome dancer comes
And she stands before the shrine
A prayer in her heart:
That if she is indeed Radha
Grant her then, a vision of Krishna
Radha… Krishna

A lonesome dancer comes

[first presented as introduction of Radha Shetty's dance offering at Swamiji's Birthday celebration in Chennai 2004]