Bāul Bāul' Bolche Sabe Hocche Bāul Kon Janā

Everyone keeps using the word "Bāul, Bāul" as a cheap label, but who has actually become a Bāul (a pure devotee gone mad in genuine ecstatic love of God)? By merely exhibiting a long beard and a topknot upon your head, O brothers, you thus cheat many people.

deha-tattva-jaḍer tattva,
tā'te ki chāḍāy māyār gartta,
cidānanda paramārtha, jānte to tāy pārbe nā

Your philosophy of deha-tattvav-that the material body is supposedly divine-is simply a philosophy of dull matter (jaḍa-tattva). By maintaining such a doctrine is it possible to become freed from the womb of Māyā? The supreme goal of life is the attainment of eternally conscious bliss (chidānanda)-although you understand this well you will still be unable to enter transcendence.

jadi bāul cāo re ho'te, tabe calo dharma-pathe,
yoṣit-saṅga sarva-mate chāḍo re maner vāsanā

O! If you really want to become a genuine Bāul (a transcendental madman), then please proceed on the path of religiosity. O! Just abandon in all ways the mind's craving for the inappropriate company of women.

veśa-bhūṣā-raṅga jata, chāḍi' nāme hao re rata,
nitāi-cāṅder anugata, hao chāḍi' sab durvāsanā

O! Abandoning the performance of adorning yourself with dramatic clothing and ornaments in imitation of Lord Krishna, may you become attached to chanting His pure holy names. May you become the loyal follower of Nitāi Chāṅda, thereby renouncing all evil obsessions.

mukhe 'hare kṛṣṇa' bolo, chāḍo re bhāi kathār chala,
nām vinā to' su-sambala, cāṅda-bāul ār dekhe nā

O my dear brothers! Completely giving up your clever manipulative speech, just fill your mouths with the chanting of "Hare Krishna!" Chāṅd Bāul sees no means of support other than the abundant resource of the Lord's holy name.