Bhajana Lalasa — Hankering for Divine Service
Lyrics
gurudev! kabe tava karunā-prakāśe śrī-gaurāńga-līlā, hoya nitya-tattwa, ei dṛḍha viśvāse `hari hari’ boli’, godruma-kānane, bhromibo darśana-āśe
nitāi, gaurāńga, adwaita, śrīvāsa, gadādhara,—pañca-jana kṛṣṇa-nāma-rase, bhāsā’be jagat, kori’ mahā-sańkīrtana
nartana-vilāsa, mṛdańga-vādana, śunibo āpana-kāne dekhiyā dekhiyā, se līlā-mādhurī, bhāsibo premera bāne
nā dekhi’ ābāra, se līlā-ratana, kāńdi hā gaurāńga! boli’ āmāre viṣayī, pāgala boliyā, ańgete dibeka dhūli
Translation
Gurudeva! Lord Gauranga’s transcendental pastimes are eternal realities. I await the day when, with this firm faith manifested by your mercy, I will wander through the groves of Godruma, chanting “Hari! Hari!” and hoping to behold those pastimes.
The Panca-tattva — Nitai, Gauranga, Advaita, sSrivasa and Gadadhara — will flood the entire universe with the intoxiacting nectar of the holy name of Sri Krishna by performing a maha-sankirtana.
In my ears I will hear the sounds of dancing and the playing of the mrdangas. By constantly beholding the sweetness and beauty of that pastime of Lord Gauranga’s, I will swim in the flood tide of divine love.
Materialists will throw dirt at my body and proclaim me thoroughly mad. For being again bereft of seeing the jewel of that pastime, I shall weep and cry out, “O my Lord Gauranga!”