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Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi

By Bhaktivinoda Thakura From Kalyanakalpataru

hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi e patita jane uru kṛpā kori' dekhā dibe du'ṭī bhāi

Word for word

hā hā oh! Oh!; kabe when?; gaura-nitāi gaura-Nitāi; e this; patita fallen; jane person; uru great; kṛpā mercy; kori' doing; dekhā sight; dibe will give; du'ṭī two; bhāi brothers

Translation

Ah! Ah! When will the two brothers Gaura-Nitāi very mercifully allow this fallen person to see Them?

duṅhu kṛpā-bale nabadwīpa-dhāme dekhibo brajera śobhā ānanda-sukhada- kuñja manohara heribo nayana-lobhā

Word for word

duṅhu both; kṛpā-bale by the power of the mercy; nabadwīpa-dhāme in navadvipa; dekhibaḥ I will see; brajera of Vraja; śobhā beauty; ānanda-sukhada-kuñja in Ananda-sukhada-kunja; manohara charming; heribaḥ I will see; nayana of the eyes; lobhā the desire

Translation

When, by Their mercy, will I see the beauty of Vraja manifest in Navadvīpa? When, in Ananda-sukhada-kuñja, will my eyes see the charming sight they yearn to see?

tāhāra nikaṭe śrī-lalitā-kuṇḍa ratna-bedī kota śata jathā rādhā-kṛṣṇa līlā bistāriyā bihārena abirata

Word for word

tāhāra Them; nikaṭe near; śrī-lalitā-kuṇḍa Śrī Lalita-kunda; ratna-bedī jewle courtyards; kota how many?; śata hundreds; jathā as; rādhā-kṛṣṇa Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; līlā pastimes; bistāriyā manifesting; bihārena enjoy pastimes; abirata without stop

Translation

How many hundreds of jewel courtyards will be manifest arounf Lalitā-kuṇḍa? There Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa will enjoy many pastimes without stop.

sakhī-gaṇa jathā līlāra sahāya nānā-sebā-sukha pāya e dāsī tathāya sakhīre ājñāte kārje iti-uti dhāya

Word for word

sakhī-gaṇa gopī friends; jathā as; līlāra of pastimes; sahāya help; nānā-sebā-sukha many delightful services; pāya attainign; e this; dāsī maidservant; tathāya of that place; sakhīre of the gopīs; ājñāte by the orders; kārje duties; iti-uti here and there; dhāya running

Translation

The gopīs will perform many delightful services to help the divine couple's pastimes. On the gopīs' orders, this maidservant will run here and there on various errands.

mālatīra mālā gānthiyā ānibo dibe tabe śakhi-kore rādhā-kṛṣṇa-gale sakhī parāibe nācibo ānanda-bhore

Word for word

mālatīra of jasmine flowers; mālā garland; gānthiyā stringing; ānibaḥ I will go; dibe I will give; tabe then; śakhi-kore in a gopī's hand; rādhā-kṛṣṇa-gale onmf Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's necks; sakhī the gopī; parāibe will place; nācibaḥ I will dance; ānanda-bhore filled with bliss

Translation

Stringing two jasmine garlands, I will place them in a sakhī's hands. When she places them around Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's necks, I will dance with bliss.

About Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi

From Prarthana-Lalasamayi, combining the section's kabe, when, question with the anguished ha ha cry of the song before it, addressed jointly to Gaura and Nitai — a transitional piece as the section nears its close.

Composer: Bhaktivinoda Thakura · Read biography
Songbook: Kalyanakalpataru
Mood: Longing & Aspiration (Lālasā) Prayer & Petition (Vijñapti)
Verses: 5

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Who wrote Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi?

Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi was composed by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. It appears in Kalyanakalpataru.

What is the meaning of Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi?

Ah! Ah! When will the two brothers Gaura-Nitāi very mercifully allow this fallen person to see Them?

How many verses does Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi have?

Hā Hā Kabe Gaura Nitāi has 5 verses.

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