Amar Nitai Mile Na
āmār
nitāi mile nā bholā mana gaura
mile nā sārā
gāye mākhile tilak gaura
mile nā
O naïve mind, I did not meet Nitai! I did not meet Gaura! Even though my entire body is covered with tilak, I did not meet Gaura!
bhitor
bāher ṭhik nā hole suddha
gaura prem ki kothāy mile o
tor ṭhik nā hole upāśanā milbe
nā tor se sonā
How can you come across the love of Sri Gaura if you are not proper, internally and externally? If your worship is not proper, you will not find that gold (love of Sri Gaura)!
mana
pariskār koro āge gaura
bhajan anurāge (anurāge, bholā mana, mana re āmār) anurāge
tilakete gaura
bhajan holo nā (hāi bholā mana)
With cleansing of one's mind, one can develop love for Sri Gaura. But if you develop love for decorating your body with tilak, you are not worshipping Lord Caitanya! (O my naïve mind, you are not worshipping Gaura!)
jei
jana nitya bastu ādor kore āmār
doyāl nitāi tāṅhāra ghore tāre
bhakti bhāve ḍākle pore utor
sādhan saphal ha'be (viphal ha'be nā)
To that person who always respects this item (the love of Lord Caitanya), my merciful Nitai will be present at their home. If you call out with feelings of devotion, your austerity will become successful. (It will not become a failure!)
Translation
O naïve mind, I did not meet Nitai! I did not meet Gaura! Even though my entire body is covered with tilak, I did not meet Gaura!
How can you come across the love of Sri Gaura if you are not proper, internally and externally? If your worship is not proper, you will not find that gold (love of Sri Gaura)!
With cleansing of one's mind, one can develop love for Sri Gaura. But if you develop love for decorating your body with tilak, you are not worshipping Lord Caitanya! (O my naïve mind, you are not worshipping Gaura!)
To that person who always respects this item (the love of Lord Caitanya), my merciful Nitai will be present at their home. If you call out with feelings of devotion, your austerity will become successful. (It will not become a failure!)
Notes
This song was popularized by Vaiyasaki Das in his 1996 album "Divya Lila." This bhajan is a folk song written in the Baul style. This is rendered in Raga Misra Bhairavi in Khemta or Dadra Tala.