Thursday, December 15, 2016


 DASAKOM 60

 STANZA 1

 THE GIRLS, SUFFERING
 FROM PANGS OF LOVE,
 WORSHIPPED GODDESS PARVANDTHI
 ON THE YAMUNA SANDS

 STANZA 2

 GETTING UP EARLY MORNING,
 THEY CAME TO THE RIVER,
 WITH AND PRAYED,
 “MAY KRISHNA BE OUR BELOVED ALWAYS”

 STANZA 3

 SEEING THEM HAVING COMPLETED
 ONE MONTH OF PENANCE THUS,
 YOU, TOOK PITY ON THEIR PLIGHT,
 AND TO GIVE YOUR BLESSING, ARRIVED THERE

 STANZA 4

 WHEN THEY, HAVING REMOVED ALL THEIR CLOTHES,
 AND KEPT THEM ON THE BANK,
AND BATHING NAKED, SAW YOU THERE,
 WERE EMBARRASSED VERY MUCH

 STANZA 5

 AS THE GIRLS,
 SHYLY BOWED THEIR HEADS
 YOU YOOK THEIR CLOTHES
 AND CLIMBED A TREE

 STANZA 6

 THE GIRLS DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO,
 WHEN YOU SMILING SAID,
 “COME, YOU EACH ONE TAKE
 HER CLOTHES, ONE BY ONE”

 STANZA 7

 WHEN THEY PLEADED,
 “YOU ARE A GOOD BOY,
 PLEASE GIVE US OUR CLOTHRS,”
 YOUR REPLY WAS JUST A SMILE

 STANZA 8

 WHEN THEY, FRESHLY WASHED AND CLEAN,
 CAME UP,
 AND TOOK THEIR CLOTHES IN THEIR FOLDED HANDS,
 YOU GAVE NOT ONLY THE CLOTHES, BUT AGAIN
 BLESSED, AND GAVE THEM THESE WORDS TOO

 STANZA 9

 YOU TOLD THEM,
 “THE MOONLIT NIGHTS
 OF YAMUNA BEACH, WILL GIVE FOR THIS
 THE SUITABLE REPLY”

 STANZA 10

 HAPPY, HEARING THESE
 HONEYSWEET WORDS FALLEN FROM YOUR LIPS,
 THEY, SLOWLY WENT HOME,
 TURNING THEIR HEADS AGAIN AND AGAIN

 STANZA 11

 YOU, MAKING THEM HAPPY THUS,
 GRAZED THE COWS,
 AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING EVER BEFORE
 MERCIFUL LORD, SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, PLEASE
 

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