Into which Alaká have you brought me?
The waters of love’s Yamuna are splashing and surging.

You filled the heart’s Yamuná*
with sweetness
On the eyelids shines celestial kohl
Into the delighted heart, in ever new attire,
you came
into which Mathura, having become king?

You made the entire heavens
and the earth seem trivial.
[For] in the vibrated firmament of the heart you
poured a stream of nectar.
With the strains of the enchanting flute, with what
otherworldly songs did you make me
your own on this very day?

*The river Jamuna is closely associated with
the story of Krsna in his early life as Vraja Gopal.
On the stormy night of Krsna's birth,
the Jamuna is said to have parted
and made way for Krsna's father,
Vasudeva, carrying Krsna to safety.
Moreover,
Krsna and his childhood friends used to play
on the banks of the Jamuna.

Translated from Bengali

TUMI ÁMÁY NIYE ELE
E KON ALAKÁY,
MÁDHURII BHARE DILE
HIYÁ JAMUNÁY.

CHALACHALA UCCHALA
PRIITIR JAMUNÁ JALA
ÁṊKHIPÁTE UJJVALA AMARÁRI KAJJVALA,
NANDITA HRDIMÁJHE
NITYA NÚTANA SÁJE
RÁJÁ HAYE ELE E KON MATHURÁY.

BHÚLOK DYULOK SAB
TUCCHA KARIYÁ DILE
SPANDITA HRDÁKÁSHE
SUDHÁDHÁRÁ D́HELE DILE,
MOHAN BÁṊSHIIR TÁNE
LOKÁTIITA E KII GÁNE
ÁPAN KARIYÁ NILE ÁJI ÁMÁY

19-10-1983