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Cikana Kala Galaya Mala

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Song Name: Cikana

Kala

Galaya

Mala

Official Name: Song 18

Author: Govinda

Dasa

Kaviraja

Book Name: Padavali

Language: Bengali

 

LYRICS:

(1)

cikaṇa

kālā   galāya

mālā

bājaye

nūpura

pāya

cūḍāra

phule  

bhramara

bule

teracha

nayane

cāya

 

(2)

kālindī-kūle

ki

pekhinu

sa-i

chaliyā

nāgara

kāna

ghara

mu

yā-ite

nārinu

sa-i

ākula

karila

prāṇa

 

(3)

cānda

jhalamali

mayūra

pākhā

cūḍāya

uḍaye

bāya

īṣat

hāsiyāmadhura

baḿśārī

madhura

madhura

gāya

 

(4)

rasera

bhare

ańga

dhare

keli-kadambera

helā

kulabatī

satī

yubatī

janāra

parāṇa

la- iyā

khelā

 

(5)

śrabaṇe

cañcala

makara

kuṇḍala

pindhana

pińala

bāsa

rāńgā

utpala   caraṇa-yugala

nichani

gobinda-dāsa

 

TRANSLATION

  1. His black complexion glistened. A flower-garland rested on His neck. On His feet anklets jangled. Flowers adorned His hair. Black bees flew nearby. He glanced at me with crooked eyes.

 

  1. Whom did I see, O gopi -friend, on the Yamuna’s

banks? It was the cheater Krsna , the rake Krsna . O friend, I had no power to run home. My life’s breath became anxious.

 

  1. The moon shone. The breeze made His peacock-feather in His crown move to and fro. He gently smiled. He sweetly played on His sweet flute.

 

  1. Overcome with sweetness, He could not stand up. He leaned against a keli-kadamba

tree. His sport is to cheat saintly young girls of their very life’s breath.

 

  1. Shark-shaped earrings swung on His ears. His garments were yellow. His feet were red lotus flowers. Govinda

dasa worships Him.

 

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

This is to be sung in Raga Sri.

 

UPDATED:

June 25, 2009