Ami Tomar Duhkher Duhkhi
Song 1
āmi
tomār duḥkher duḥkhī sukher sukhī, tāi
tomāre boli bhāi re nitāi-er
hāṭe giye (ore o bhāi) nām enechi tomār tore
I am your ever well-wisher -- I become sad when you are sad, and I beecome happy when you are happy. This I sincerely proclaim to you, dear brothers! Having gone shopping at Lord Nityananda's Marketplace, O brothers, I have brought back the holy names of the Lord just for your benefit.
gaura-candra-mārkā
korā, e hari-nām rase bhorā, nāme
nāmī paḍche dhorā, lao yadi vadana bhore'
Being marked with the symbol of Lord Gaura-candra, this Hari-nama is succulent with divine mellows. If you would please take the holy name and always fill your mouths with it, then you shall realize that the name fully contains the Lord who is named.
pāpa
tāpa saba dūre jā'be, sāra-moy saṁsāra ha'be, ār
kono bhoy nāhi rabe, ḍubbe sukher pāthāre
By chanting the holy name all your sinful reactions and material miseries will be cast far away. This world will become full of wonderful meaning for you, there will be no more fear, and you will be immersed in the ocean of pure joy.
āmi
kāṅgāl artha-hīna, nām enechi kore' ṛṇa, dekhe
āmāya ati dīna, śraddhā-mūlye deo dhore'
I myself am now quite wretched and indeed destitute, for by arranging to bring the Lord's holy name here I have fallen into great debt. Seeing me as a soul stricken with extreme poverty, please hand over to me the price of your faith.
mūlya
lo'ye tomār ṭhāi, mahā-janake dibo, bhāi, je
kichu tāy lābha pāi, rākhbo nijer
bhāṇḍāre
Taking your payment, O brothers, I will pass it along to the Mahajana (the proprietor, Lord Nityananda). Whatever small commission I may earn by conducting this transaction will be kept in my own storeroom.
nadīyā-godrume
thāki, cāṅda-bāul boliche ḍāki', nām
vinā ār sakala phāṅki, chāyābājī e
saṁsāre"
Living on the island of Godruma in the district of Nadiya, this person named Chand Baul shouts and exclaims, "Other than the holy name of the Lord, all else in this world is simply false, like the illusions of a shadow-theater!"
Translation
I am your ever well-wisher -- I become sad when you are sad, and I beecome happy when you are happy. This I sincerely proclaim to you, dear brothers! Having gone shopping at Lord Nityananda's Marketplace, O brothers, I have brought back the holy names of the Lord just for your benefit.
Being marked with the symbol of Lord Gaura-candra, this Hari-nama is succulent with divine mellows. If you would please take the holy name and always fill your mouths with it, then you shall realize that the name fully contains the Lord who is named.
By chanting the holy name all your sinful reactions and material miseries will be cast far away. This world will become full of wonderful meaning for you, there will be no more fear, and you will be immersed in the ocean of pure joy.
I myself am now quite wretched and indeed destitute, for by arranging to bring the Lord's holy name here I have fallen into great debt. Seeing me as a soul stricken with extreme poverty, please hand over to me the price of your faith.
Taking your payment, O brothers, I will pass it along to the Mahajana (the proprietor, Lord Nityananda). Whatever small commission I may earn by conducting this transaction will be kept in my own storeroom.
Living on the island of Godruma in the district of Nadiya, this person named Chand Baul shouts and exclaims, "Other than the holy name of the Lord, all else in this world is simply false, like the illusions of a shadow-theater!"