সই, কেবা শুনাইল শ্যামনাম
কানের ভিতর দিয়া, মরমে পশিল গো,
আকুল করিল মোর প্রাণ ১
sa·i, kebā śunāila śyāma-nāma
kānera bhitara diyā, marame paśila go,
ākula karila mora prāṇa 1
sa·i — O my dear friend; kebā — who; śunāila — made hear; śyāma — Śyāma; nāma — name; kānera — ear’s; bhitara — inside; diyā — having given; marame — into the heart; paśila — entered; go — oh; ākula — anxious, restless; karila — made; mora — my; prāṇa — heart, soul
O my dear sakhī, who has made me hear the name 'Śyāma'? Entering my heart through my ears, this name agitates my soul.
না জানি কতেক মধু, শ্যামনামে আছে গো,
বদন ছাḓইতে নাহি পারে
জপিতে জপিতে নাম, অবশ করিল গো,
কেমনে পাইব সই, তারে ২
nā jāni kateka madhu, śyāma-nāme āche go,
badana chāḓite nāhi pāre
japite japite nāma, abaśa karila go,
kemane pāiba sa·i, tāre 2
nā — not; jāni — I know; kateka — how much; madhu — sweetness; śyāma — Śyāma; nāme — in the name; āche — there is; go — oh; badana — lips; chāḓite — to leave; nāhi — not; pāre — they can; japite japite — chanting and chanting; nāma — name; abaśa karila — I lost control; go — oh; kemane — how; pāiba — I will get; sa·i — O friend; tāre — to Him
I do not know how much sweetness fills this name of Śyāma, for my tongue cannot leave it. As I go on repeating this name, I lose control of myself. O sakhī! How shall I ever be able to meet Him?
নামপরতাপে যাঽর, ঐছন করিল গো,
অঙ্গের পরশে কিবা হয়
যেখানে বসতি তাঽর, নয়নে হেরিব গো,
যুবতীধরম কৈছে রয় ৩
nāma-paratāpe yā’ra, aichana karila go,
aṅgera paraśe kibā haya
yekhāne basati tā’ra, nayane heriba go,
yubatī-dharama kaiche raya 3
nāma — name; paratāpe — by power, domineering influence; yā’ra — whose; aichana — in this way, such; karila — made; go — oh; aṅgera — of body; paraśe — by touching; kibā — what; haya — happens; yekhāne — wherever; basati — residence, dwelling place; tā’ra — His; nayane — with my eyes; heriba — i will see; go — oh,; yubatī — young women; dharama — religious principles; kaiche — how; raya — maintain
If His name has the power to put me in such a condition, what will happen at the touch of His body? Wherever He is, how can the young women of that place maintain their religious principles?
পাসরিতে চাহি মনে, পাসরা না যায় গো,
কি করিব, কি হবে উপায়
কহে দ্বিজ চণ্ডীদাসে, কুলবতীকুল নাশে,
আপনার যৌবন যাচায় ৪
pāsarite cāhi mane, pāsarā nā yāya go,
ki kariba, ki habe upāya
kahe dbija caṇḍīdāse, kulabatī-kula nāśe,
āpanāra yaubana yācāya 4
pāsarite — to forget; cāhi — I want; mane — in heart; pāsarā nā yāya — not possible to forget; go — oh,; ki — what; kariba — I will do; ki — what; habe — will be; upāya — remedy; kahe — says; dbija caṇḍīdāse — Dvija Caṇḍīdāsa; kulabatī — virtuous ladies; kula — dynasties; nāśe — destroys; āpanāra — His own; yaubana — youthfulness; yācāya — falunting
In my heart I want to forget Him, but my memories do not leave me. What shall I do? What will be the remedy? Caṇḍīdāsa says, “Śyāma has destroyed the chastity of all virtuous ladies by flaunting His youthfulness.”