Hari Hari Gora Kena Kande

hari hari gorā kena kānde nā jāni ṭhekila pahuṁ kara prema-phānde

Alas! Alas! Why does Lord Gaura weep? I do not know. The Lord is now caught in a trap of the ecstasy of spiritual love.

tejiyā kālindī-tīra kadamba bilāsa ebe sindhu-tīre kena kibā abhilāṣa

Why did He wish to leave His pastimes in the kadamba grove by the Yamunā’s banks and come to the ocean’s shore?

ye karila śata koṭi gopī saṅge rāsa ebe se kāndaye kena kariyā sannyāsa

Why did He who enjoyed the rāsa dance with hunderds and millions of gopīs accept sannyāsa? Why does He now weep?

ye āṅkhi bhaṅgīte kata anaṅga mūrache ebe kata jala-dhārā bahiyā paḍiche

Why does He whose crooked glances where more enchanting than how many Kāmadevas now weep, how many flooding rivers of tears flowing from His eyes?

ye mohana cūḍā-phānde jagata mohita se mastaka keśa-śūnya ati biparīta

Why did He whose graceful hair was a trap that charmed all the worlds shave the hair of His head?

pīta-bāsa chāḍi kena aruṇa basana kāla-rūpa chāḍi kene gaura baraṇa

Why did He leave behind His yellow garments and accept the saffron garments of a sannyāsī? Why did He leave behind His dark complexion and suddenly become fair?

kahe balarāma dāsa nā jāni kāraṇa tāhāra kāraṇa kibā yāhāra baraṇa

Balarāma dāsa says: I do not know the reason why He has done these things. What is the reason He has a fair complexion?