Madhava Ki Kahaba Daiba Bipaka

(Refrain) mādhaba ki kahaba daiba-bipāka patha-āgamana kathā kata nā kahiba he yadi haya mukha lākhe lākha (1) mandira teja yāba pada cāri ā-olu niśi heri kampita ańga timira duranta patha hera-i nā pāriye pada-yuga beḍhala bhujańga (2) eke kula-kāminī tāhe kuhu-yāminī ghora gahana ati dūra ā;re tahe jaladhara barakhiye jhara jhara hāma yā-oba kona pūra (3) eke pada-pańkaja pańke bibhūṣita kaṇṭake jarajara bhela tuyā daraśana āśe kachu nāhi jānalu cira-dukha aba dūre gela (4) tohāri muralī yaba śrabaṇe prabeśala choḍalu gṛha-sukha āśa pantha dukha tṛṇahu kari nā gaṇalu kahatahi gobinda-dāsa

O Krishna, how can I describe my fate? How many calamities fell on me as I walked here on the path? Even if I had millions and millions of mouths, I could not describe them all. (1) Leaving my house, I began walking here. When I saw night fall, my body trembled. Great darkness made the path impassable. I had no power to see anything. Snakes slithered about my feet. (2) I was all alone. The night was fearful. The path was very long. Then clouds rained and rained. Every place was flooded. Where could I go? (3) My lotus feet became adorned with mud. Again and again I was pricked by thorns. I yearned to see You. I didn't know where to go. Then my long sufferings fled far away. (4) The sound of Your flute-music entered my ears. Then I turned away from any wish to be happy in my home. Now I think all the troubles I met on that path to be insignificant like a blade of grass. So says Govinda dasa.