Ye Dige Pasari Ankhi Dekhi Syama Raya
Song 43
ye dige pasāri āṅkhi dekhi śyāma rāya
kulabatī barata dhairaya nāhi raya
Wherever I place my eyes I see dark Krsna. I cannot keep the vow of a saintly girl.
kata nā yatane yadi mudi duṭi āṅkhi
nabīna-tribhaṅga rūpa hiyā-mājhe dekhi
How many times did I carefully close my eyes only to see Krsna's youthful threefold-bending form in the middle of my heart?
ki ha- ila antare sa-i ki ha- ila antare
āji ha- ite sakhi mora sādha nāhi ghare
How did He enter my heart? How did He enter my heart? O gopi -friend, from this moment I have no wish to return to my home.
nirabadhi śyāma-nāma japiche rasanā
eta dine ayatane pūrila bāsanā
On the day my tongue chants the name " Syama " without stop, I become filled with longings.
prāṇera adhika kāna jānilum ́ niścaya
gobinda-dāsete kaya daḍā-ila haya
Krsna is dearer to me than life. This I know without doubt. Govinda dasa says: This gopi's love is very strong.
Translation
Wherever I place my eyes I see dark Krsna. I cannot keep the vow of a saintly girl.
How many times did I carefully close my eyes only to see Krsna's youthful threefold-bending form in the middle of my heart?
How did He enter my heart? How did He enter my heart? O gopi -friend, from this moment I have no wish to return to my home.
On the day my tongue chants the name " Syama " without stop, I become filled with longings.
Krsna is dearer to me than life. This I know without doubt. Govinda dasa says: This gopi's love is very strong.
Notes
This song is in Raga Suhai.