Madana Mohana Mani Gauranga Badana

madana mohana mani, gauranga badana khani rupa heri ki na haila more sonara varana tanu, ei chila kala kanu nahile ki mana curi kore? (2) rasera parana jara, kule ki koribe tara nadiya nagara hena jana ki chara daruna mati, majila jubati sati ghare ghare premera kadana (3) nayana kamala nava , aruna parabhava dhara bahe mukha buka bahiya aha mari mari sai, marama tomara kai jiva na go gora na dekhiya (4) hiyaya premera sara, tanu kaila jara jara probodha na mane more prani suradhuni tire jaiya, bhasaiba kula krida bhajiba se gora gunamani (5) purabe suninu jata, sei saba abhimata eve bhela kalatanu gora vasudeva ghosera visnuani, rasika nagara jani nahila ki gopira mana cora

(1) I consider Gauranga's face to be like Madana mohana's; and when viewing His body – I am unable to describe my captivation! Oh, this Golden youth must have been that Black youth Krishna – for how else could He have stolen my mind? (2) But what about the Nadiya damsels who have a rasika heart, will their so-called family tie be able to stop them? How will they resist Him? And what can we say about the intense agony of Nadiya's chaste young girls -for their love-lorn crying can be heard from every home. (3) Hence their soft, lotus-eyes, conquered by the Gauranga-sun, now pour tears that stream over their breasts. Oh sakhi! I'm going to pass away … so just hear my confession (4) Without properly knowing never classify Gora as ordinary -for my mind has fathomed the sweetness of His prema — my body is burning in a fever -and my heart cannot be pacified without Him! Just let me go to the Ganga and drown all of my family obligations; then I shall full worship Gora guna mani. (5) Concerning everything that I've heard about dark-complexioned Krishna – the same applies to Gora. Thus Vasudeva Ghosh says, I know that He is a Rasika nagara – for how else could He have stolen the gopis' minds?"