Āmi Tomār Duḥkher Duḥkhī Sukher Sukhī

I am your ever well-wisher-I become sad when you are sad, and I become happy when you are happy. This I sincerely proclaim to you, dear brothers! Having gone shopping at Lord Nityānanda's Marketplace, O brothers, I have brought back the holy names of the Lord just for your benefit.

gaura-candra-mārkā korā, e hari-nām rase bhorā i,
nāme nāmīii paḍche dhorā, lao yadi vadana bhore'

Being marked with the symbol of Lord Gaura-chandra, this Hari-nāma is succulent with divine mellows. If you would please take the holy name and always fill your mouths with it, then you shall realize that the name fully contains the Lord who is named.

pāpa tāpa saba dūre jā'be, sāra-moy saṁsāra ha'be,
ār kono bhoy nāhi rabe, ḍubbe sukher pāthāre

By chanting the holy name all your sinful reactions and material miseries will be cast far away. This world will become full of wonderful meaning for you, there will be no more fear, and you will be immersed in the ocean of pure joy.iii

āmi kāṅgāl artha-hīna, nām enechi kore' ṛṇa,
dekhe āmāya ati dīna, śraddhā-mūlye deo dhore'

I myself am now quite wretched and indeed destitute, for by arranging to bring the Lord's holy name here I have have fallen into great debt. Seeing me as a soul stricken with extreme poverty, please hand over to me the price of your faith.

mūlya lo'ye tomār ṭhāi, mahā-janake dibo, bhāi,
je kichu tāy lābha pāi, rākhbo nijer bhāṇḍāre

Taking your payment, O brothers, I will pass it along to the Mahājana (the proprietor, Lord Nityānanda.) Whatever small commission I may earn by conducting this transaction will be kept in my own storeroom.

nadīyā-godrume thāki, cāṅda-bāul boliche ḍāki',
nām vinā ār sakala phāṅki, chāyābājī e saṁsāre"

Living on the island of Godrum in the district of Nadīyā, this person named Chāṅd Bāul shouts and exclaims, "Other than the holy name of the Lord, all else in this world is simply false, like the illusions of a shadow-theater!"