Ei Ta Vrndavana Pathe

e-i ta brndabana-pathe niti niti kari gatagate

This is indeed the path through Vrindavana forest, along which we pass to and fro, day after day.

hate kari la-i ya-i sona tumi ke na kahe hena jana

You stand there with your hand out for gold — who are you? Is there no one who can even tell us your name?

tumi dekhi puchaha bada-i kisera dana cahena kana-i

Seeing you like this, we ask further: what sort of toll is it that Kanai wants from us?

sange sabe ghrtera pasara tahe kene eteka janjala

We carry with us only baskets of ghee — why then make such a great commotion over it?

tumi ta baraja yuba-raja tumi kene karibe akaja

You are, after all, the young prince of Vraja — why would you stoop to doing such an improper thing?

dura kara hasa parihasa kahatahim gobinda-dasa

Set aside your laughing and your joking — so speaks Govinda Dasa.