Bhule Bhule Re Donhara Rupe
Lost, utterly lost -- my eyes are lost in the beauty of these two; the golden creeper, Radha, rests against the tamala tree.
They wander together through forest after forest; upon each other's shoulders their arms rest in beauty.
As a sapphire gleams beside a lamp, as a raincloud is entwined by lightning --
not even gold refined and polished on a touchstone -- nothing at all can be compared to the love of these two.
As face meets face, Cupid himself awakens; embracing her, what treasure could dark Krishna still ask for?
A moon upon a moon drinks the nectar of rasa; Govinda Dasa says, still their hunger for each other is never satisfied.
About Bhule Bhule Re Donhara Rupe
A Bengali pada of Govinda Dasa Kaviraja on the theme of eyes that lose themselves (bhule bhule) in the combined beauty of Radha and Krishna -- their united forms likened to a sapphire beside a lamp and lightning entwined in a raincloud -- closing with the classic pada image of "moon drinking the nectar of moon," a stock idiom for two beautiful faces meeting in embrace.
- Composer
- Govinda Dasa Kaviraja · Read biography
- Verses
- 6
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Bhule Bhule Re Donhara Rupe was composed by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja.
What is the meaning of Bhule Bhule Re Donhara Rupe?
Lost, utterly lost -- my eyes are lost in the beauty of these two; the golden creeper, Radha, rests against the tamala tree.
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Bhule Bhule Re Donhara Rupe has 6 verses.
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