Guru Jana Nayana Bidhuntuda
Song 60
guru- jana-nayana bidhuntuda manda
nīla nicola jhāmpali mukha-candra
Covering your face with a great black cloak, you hid your moonlike face from your elders' prying eyes.
yena yāminī ghana timira duranta
madana-dīpa daraśāyala pantha
In the impenetrable darkness and mist of night, Kamadeva's lamp showed you the path.
calali nitambini hari abhisāra
gati ati manthara ārati bithāra
O girl with beautiful hips, you hurried to your meeting with Krsna. Overcome with ecstatic love, you walked slowly.
rasa-dhādhase calu pada du-i
cāri līlā-kamala tejala bara-nārī
Filled with the desire to taste nectar of the Lord, you took two steps and then four. O beautiful girl, you dropped your toy lotus flower.
parihari maulika mālatī-mālā tejala maṇi-maya gīmaka hāra
You dropped the jasmine crown from your head. You broke the string of jewels at your neck.
naba anurāga-bharame bhela bholi
nindaye pīna payodhara jori
You were overcome with new love. Your very full style rebuked all rivals.
beśa śeṣa rahu nīlima bāsa
milali nikuñje kaha gobinda dāsa
Your garments and ornaments were hidden under a great black cloak. In this way you met Lord Krsna in the forest. Thus speaks Govinda dasa.
Translation
Covering your face with a great black cloak, you hid your moonlike face from your elders' prying eyes.
In the impenetrable darkness and mist of night, Kamadeva's lamp showed you the path.
O girl with beautiful hips, you hurried to your meeting with Krsna. Overcome with ecstatic love, you walked slowly.
Filled with the desire to taste nectar of the Lord, you took two steps and then four. O beautiful girl, you dropped your toy lotus flower.
You dropped the jasmine crown from your head. You broke the string of jewels at your neck.
You were overcome with new love. Your very full style rebuked all rivals.
Your garments and ornaments were hidden under a great black cloak. In this way you met Lord Krsna in the forest. Thus speaks Govinda dasa.
Notes
This song is sung in Raga Kedar.