Aha Ki Dekhi Go Badai
Song 84
āhā
ki dekhi go baḍā-i kadambera tale taḍita
jaḍita yaiche naba jaladhare
Aha! What did I see under a kadamba tree? It was like a new raincloud embraced by lightning.
śyāmacāndera
upare dhabala cāndera kalā tāhāra
upare śobhe timirera mālā
It was like a glistening white full moon above a dark new moon. Above those two moons glistened a garland of darkness.
tāhāra
upare kibā indradhanu sāje emana
adbhuta rūpa kebā dekhiyāche
Above that garland was a rainbow. What was that wonderful form I saw?
indradhanu
jiniyā se bhurū dhanu-chaṭā gobinda-dāsera
mana kare laṭapaṭā
The effulgent archer's bows of that form's eyebrows defeated the rainbow. That form enchanted Govinda dāsa's heart.
Translation
Aha! What did I see under a kadamba tree? It was like a new raincloud embraced by lightning.
It was like a glistening white full moon above a dark new moon. Above those two moons glistened a garland of darkness.
Above that garland was a rainbow. What was that wonderful form I saw?
The effulgent archer's bows of that form's eyebrows defeated the rainbow. That form enchanted Govinda dāsa's heart.
Notes
This song is to be sung in Raga Suhai.