(Pramada and her friends enter)

Carefree

(Pramada)

I am carefree, I am carefree, my friend, all by myself.

(Chorus)

Ask no favour, do not stray, stay near,

Just gaze at me, surround me right here.

(Pramada)

Let me know of your love only through your eyes

Give your soul to me in silence

Craft your words into sublime speech

But sing your song in hiding.

In secret pick your flowers to string

Secretly leave the garland you bring.

(Chorus)

Ask not for the heart, just gaze at me,

Surround me right here.

(Pramada)

This delightful life, this charming night

This pleasing southerly breeze

No asks from the other, this sweetness flows with ease.

I am blissfully lost in my own being

Made ardent by my own fragrance

As if my own heart and soul

I submit to my own radiance.

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