Gauranga Rasera Nadi Premera Taranga

gaurāṅga rasera nadī premera taraṅga uthaliyā yā-iche dhārā kabhu nahe bhaṅga

From Lord Gaurāṅga flows a great river of nectar. The waves of that river are waves of ecstatic spiritual love. That flooding river never stops flowing.

abhirāma sāraṅga tāya taṭa du-i-khāni acyutānanda tāhe premera ghurāṅi

Abhirāma Ṭhākura and Sāraṅga Ṭhākura are that river's two banks. Acyutānanda is its whirlpool of ecstatic love.

srota bahi yāya tāhe śrī-adwaitacandra du/bāri kāṅḍāri tāhe prabhu nityānanda

Śrī Advaitacandra is that river's current. Lord Nityānanda is both the diver that swims in that river and the captain of the boat that plies its waters.

prema jalacara śrībāsādi sahacara swarūpa śrī rūpa bhela premera khakara

Śrīvāsa Thakura and his associates are the fish that swim in those waters of spiritual love. Svarūpa Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī are the sunlight of ecstatic love glistening on that river.

thākuka ḍubibāra kāja paraśa nā pā-iyā duḥkhiyā śekhara kānde phukāra kariyā

Alas, unable to swim in that river, sad Śekhara dāsa stays on the bank and loudly weeps.