Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai Bhava Sindhu Para
ke jābi ke jābi bhāi bhava-sindhu-pāra
dhanya kali- yugera caitanya-avatāra
Who will go? Who will go, brothers? Who will cross over this ocean of material suffering? This Kali- yuga in which Sri Caitanya-avatara has appeared is blessed. [ Caitanya-avatara does not come in every Kali- yuga.]
āmāra gaurāṅgera ghāṭe adāna-kheyā vaya jada, andha,
ātura avadhi pāra haya
At the bathing place of my Gauranga, a free ferry-boat is waiting. There is no restriction - everyone is coming, including the lame, blind and distressed. All are climbing aboard to cross over.
harināmera naukākhāni śrī guru kāṇḍārī
saṅkīrtana kheroyāla du'bāhu pasāri
Harinama is the boat, Sri Guru is the helmsman and the sankirtana party moving with up-raised arms are the oars!
saba jīva haila pāra premera vātāse
paḍiyā rahila locana āpanāra doṣe
All souls can cross over with the favorable winds of prema. Only Locana dasa is so unfortunate that, due to his own fault, he has been left behind.
Translation
Who will go? Who will go, brothers? Who will cross over this ocean of material suffering? This Kali- yuga in which Sri Caitanya-avatara has appeared is blessed. [ Caitanya-avatara does not come in every Kali- yuga.]
At the bathing place of my Gauranga, a free ferry-boat is waiting. There is no restriction - everyone is coming, including the lame, blind and distressed. All are climbing aboard to cross over.
Harinama is the boat, Sri Guru is the helmsman and the sankirtana party moving with up-raised arms are the oars!
All souls can cross over with the favorable winds of prema. Only Locana dasa is so unfortunate that, due to his own fault, he has been left behind.
Notes
This song is sung in Bhatiyali (fisherman) style of Bengali folk music.