Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37
Sanskrit:
ता निराशा निववृतुर्गोविन्दविनिवर्तने ।विशोका अहनी निन्युर्गायन्त्य: प्रियचेष्टितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
ITRANS:
tā nirāśā nivavṛturgovinda-vinivartaneviśokā ahanī ninyurgāyantyaḥ priya-ceṣṭitam
Translation:
The gopīs then turned back, without hope that Govinda would ever return to them. Full of sorrow, they began to spend their days and nights chanting about the pastimes of their beloved.