E Dhani Ancare Badana Jhampana
Song 67
e dhani āñcare badana jhāmpāṅa lubadhala
madhupacakora bidhuntuda ānata ānata cali yāṅa
With the edge of her garment a beautiful gopi gets shy and covers her face. She has become like a greedy bumblebee or a cakora bird. Yearning and yearning, she walks.
mukha-maṇḍala kiyeśārada saroruha bhālahi aṣṭamīka canda
madhuripu maramabharama yāhā
aichana tāre ki gaṇiye mati manda
Is the half-covered circle of her face really an autumn lotus? Is her forehead a moon on the eighth night? She enchants Krsna's heart. Now He is bewildered. What does Krsna think now?
jani kaha garabe pāṇi-tale
bāraba e thala -kamala ujora tahi
nakha-cāndabharama bhare aichana
tatahim ́ paḍata jani bhora
The palm of her hand eclipses the land-growing lotus. The moons of her fingernails enchant and bewilder Krsna. Now He is overcome.
bhāṅa dhanuyā kiyesutanu dhunāyasi yachu śare giridhara
kāmpa se kiye atanu pataga śire
ḍārasi gobinda-dāsa hiye tāpa
She bends the archer's bow of her eyebrows. An arrow is fired. Now Krsna trembles. Did Kamadeva's arrow strike Krsna's head? Govinda dasa says: Lord Krsna's heart is now consumed by flames.
Translation
With the edge of her garment a beautiful gopi gets shy and covers her face. She has become like a greedy bumblebee or a cakora bird. Yearning and yearning, she walks.
Is the half-covered circle of her face really an autumn lotus? Is her forehead a moon on the eighth night? She enchants Krsna's heart. Now He is bewildered. What does Krsna think now?
The palm of her hand eclipses the land-growing lotus. The moons of her fingernails enchant and bewilder Krsna. Now He is overcome.
She bends the archer's bow of her eyebrows. An arrow is fired. Now Krsna trembles. Did Kamadeva's arrow strike Krsna's head? Govinda dasa says: Lord Krsna's heart is now consumed by flames.
Notes
This song is sung in Raga Bihaga.