Even when He comes nigh

(3635) Andhar sariye ele tumi priyatama

Eliminating darkness You came, my Most Darling. Beyond language, You'd been like a pendulum in thought; When to-and-fro is done, having become everyone's Most Near. I could not imagine that You will arrive. That You'll be gracious, never did I realize; It's hard to grasp Your play divine, hey the Unique Being. You're on mount and in abyss, having filled the midst of everyone. Psyche's peacock dances round and round Your splendor; In raiment of form You came, the Formless One Without Peer. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

It's You I crave

(3634) Manuser mane tumi sajatane

In the human mind are You, taking trouble; You built the altar, hey the One Who's Charming. With love-filled song and meditation on Beloved, That greatly excited the sky of psyche. Necessity is akin to making ready; In the blossom pollen is mixed with honey. Amid oyster shell pearl gets received; At every watch[1] You have kept decorating. A tiny string of buds threaded, You gave a garland; From body of the bee, a burning sting comes. Moonlight in dream is a girdle of infatuation With Your sweetness, Ruler of the Spheres. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Such delight

(3633) Kon raunina prabhate aruna alote

On some colored morning, on its crimson light-rays, You'd arrived, hey the Avatar of Sweetness. Earth, inert and motionless, got filled with vitality; By Your song, it became intent. Molecule and atom, dance-vivacious, Had awakened, being swollen with thought. Ocean-waves became water-raucous To greet You, hey Liila's Embodiment. History has forgot that same story, Ballad of the Great to break torpor and sleep. That same ancient tale, upon sky, in atmosphere, Still today it sails on, hey Lord Omnipresent. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Come round, everybody

(3632) Ajana pathik eseche ajike

Today the Unknown Pilgrim has arrived; Bring a floral garland, bring a welcome-tray.[1] Agar- and sandal-wood, sensation's Eden; Filled with kadam blossomed, bring a large plate. Everyone to hold dear does He realize; Everybody does He keep inside His own mind. By His personal attraction all He does entice; By His own merit, He makes them all forget burning pain. On His outside remains nothing; Getting Him, the only vow, effort holy. Difference between self and others, He does not concede; Heart-poured is His unearned favor. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Always due to You only?

(3631) Prabhu tomate amate paricay kabe

Lord, when introduced were You and me, It's not writ in history. You had been, and I too had existed In hope of dust from Your lotus feet. You were entertaining, playing on a bamboo flute; From that was I dancing, getting enthused. I was simply cherishing only You; In hope of charity I did not feel. Thenceforth have gone off ages plenty; Ardent for worldly things, gloom has appeared. Piercing that fog romps splendor of Thee; Why does it attract me, that I don't perceive. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Krsna-consumed

(3630) Gopiijanavallabha tumi priya

The Sweetheart of Gopiis, You are loved, Slayer of Kamsa, hiking the mind. Beyond language at the Gokul of psyche, Hey Murari, always You have smiled. Unbodied has remained a faint, shapeless presence; Rahu never makes that moon a morsel. That Krsnacandra, heart's heaven He fills to the brim with a wind fine. Constantly bowing at lotus feet ruddy, Every moment, each instant stay with me. Myself do make dance to those same beats, The meter You sounded upon that reed pipe. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

All right

(3629) Tumi priya mor ami tomar

You are my Darling, I belong to Thee. I have no merit, only faults exist; You're the aggregate of all good qualities. You are the morning sheen and crimson glow of evening; In a forest strewn with flowers, affection sweet. The screwpine's floral pollen on a midnight stormy, You go on floating, unyielding, unceasing. Mine is time right or wrong, metric cadence or beat-breach; Free from pause or tethering, You are Eternity. Readily, You bear the weight of my life worldly. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Once You were alone

(3628) Vishva jakhan hayni takhan

When the universe was not, then In whose heart had You stayed? Pray tell, You had been in which place? None had been to tell their story, To give pain in whose life. I accept the You of liila's ocean; I know liila is so stern. Oh the God of Liila, You speak, I listen; Had You been in seclusion in such way? I don't know scripture or philosophy; Except for You I heed nothing. Just one speck of Your mercy; Hence I beg, night and day. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

My sea of despair

(3627) Bhalor ceyeo bhalo tumi priya

Even better than good, great are You, Beloved; You are everybody's Darling Dearest. On a chair ebony You are a beam of light; Mind-pleasing form made manifest. Water of a cloud and the heat of fire, Can I forget You at any time? Abed and in dream, Yourself I keep in mind, My hope on a sea of despondence. There is nothing mine, You exist only; On a gloomy sky You're the moon, unique. Inside an empty heart, the lotus-honey; You have poured unequaled sweetness. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Again and again I stray

(3626) Nutana varase praneri harase

At onset of the rain, by my life's ecstasy, I proclaim reverent salutation to Thee. With my existence always welcoming, In a mite's thinking, You are replete. You have given dwelling place, You gave food and water; You have given light-rays, You gave fruit and flowers; You have given air and shade, cool and agreeable; You've given pity, gratifying. You have given fire at late night wintry; You gave a sweet scent in floral company. You gave intellect and strength to fight the enemy; What did You not give, Lord, graciously! I've forgot the way, by the worldly I've been crazed; You have forgiven me frequently. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Life of my life

(3625) Kena krsna sajal tithite

On this dark, rainy day, why, oh Krsna, Stormcloud-complexioned One,[1] will You not arrive? In the jailhouse of Mathura, Oh Virtue's Abode, won't You kindle light? Pasture's milch cows, by Your name are frenzied; Listening, no more a reed pipe will they hear. Night won't stay lit brightly In Nanda's pleasant domicile. Upon Jamuna's water won't rise a swell; In the ebon color, anyone to see Yourself? Amid a heap of tamal trees or in arbor of kadam, A gopii will not dance all the time. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Money isn't everything

(3624) Tomari deoya prane tomari deoya mane

In the life and mind bestowed by You only, Following You is my sadhana. I contemplate just Your words, I know Yours is everything; Absent You, even a little remains not. Oh Callous One, why are You in breach; Why have You gone far away, forsaking me? Do come closer still, much is there to speak; Yourself I am praying to receive. I had been forgetting You, I know not for how long; Ever in the company of matter, a mess I've become. Today I've understood that I am Yours alone; Round about Thee revolves my fancy. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Having sought, we did not find

(3623) Sat-ti canpa dekhe bale

The seven Champas, speak on seeing: "Hey Parul, where had you gone...[1] Searching, searching constantly, We had all been anxious. "We'd all sought neath morning's light, And we have searched at dark of night. We've looked into all vile or fine; Mind-shrine, thoroughly explored. "Under the midday sunbeams, We've gone on searching, passionately. Filled with a moonlit night's dream, Ever seeking, we did not reach the shore."  Sarkarverse article Audio recording

I don't and won't forget

(3622) Je agun jvele gele tumi priya

The fire You went on lighting, hey my Beloved; That will never get extinguished, we all realize. In the dark there'd been Your lamp begemmed; To that shine, ever-radiant, I pay mind. The tiny garland in my hand You had took up, lifting; Upon Your collarbone You had worn the wreath. On the floral bouquet was love and affection smeared; You gave a dazzling smile's flash, also that I recognize. By the rays of effulgence shed at fall of Your feet, Removed was gloomy darkness; on eyelids light appeared. The nectar of paradise Moon brought down to Earth; I count the half-minutes ere that to re-acquire. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

A thing of beauty

(3621) Canderi deshe elo bhese

She came floating in from the lunar realm; Who is one unknown apsara presently? Inside My mind at every moment, By that advent bugles rise up playing. Tender green leaves dormant, awoke they have risen; The dozing leaves, again life they have gotten. With fragrant buds, with cuckoo-and-peacock-call din, A lonely forestland has risen dancing. Shattered has gotten everyone's drowsy lethargy; Eyes have opened wide through Phalgun abir. Foliar beauty and a flower alluring, That person disguise-deft, to come down has agreed. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Such is my puzzle

(3620) Andhar sagar periye cale

Having crossed the dark sea, proceeds Your love's splendor; You are the Bow Wielder's song. Withdraw death's fangs, instilling angst, The-long-toothed demon's morsel-fear. By so much penance of Parvati, With so many of Kama's ash heaps. By the oblations of Daksha aplenty, Came this burnt offering. I don't find a start, middle, or end; Musing upon the thought, I lose myself. Singing Your ode I go ahead, Effusing all fervid zeal. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

What's not to like?

(3619) Bahe madhu pavan e jyotsnay

Under this moonlight blows a wind that's sweet. By the touch of vernal breeze, aroma is impassioned; The cuckoo bird makes one hear what story? Earth is dancing with young, tender leaves in color; Floating is the scent of the molted blossoms. Along with the bastard teak and minds anxious, Silk-cotton trees go on smiling. The bed of medlars is coated with fragrance; The magnolia grove with trumpet flowers is gone mad. The floral ornaments, around foot wrapped, They allure with Nature's beauty. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

The last word?

(3618) Kunale kanta thake ke na jane

Who doesn't realize that thorns reside upon stalk; So does a lotus say "I won't uphold", pray tell, Beloved? I am not able to see in the late night dark; Even then, won't I walk on the path unknowable? What is not in my vicinity, is it then worth naught, Like a story that never more will I think of? Amid the insignificant abides a cream-collection; In a mine's dark abyss the lovely diamond sparkles. Foolish me, I've contrived many disparate mistakes; Having known the right theory, heed I have not paid. At evening having come today, the path I've attained; You shine upon a sea of twilight, glow fit to worship. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

I pray for relief

(3617) Tumi alor pratibhu prabhu

Master, You are Light's Broker; Set aside the gloomy dark. At end of the protracted night, Do let dawn be brought. So much had I been waiting, Age after age by the hundreds aplenty. Of a dull-witted mind, stymied, Today, kindly note once more. Counting brief seconds, day has transpired; The night's darkness, alone and tongue-tied. With unreal knowledge life has gone by; Kindle the lamp of profound wisdom!  Sarkarverse article Audio recording