SRI AUROBINDO

Translations

from Sanskrit and Other Languages

II. From Bengali

Songs of Bidyapati

XXXVII

A new Brindaban I see

And renewed each barren tree;

New flowers are blooming,

And another Spring is; new

Southern breezes chase the dew

With new bees roaming.

And the sweet Boy of Gocul strays

In new and freshly blossoming ways.

The groves upon Kalindi’s shore

With his tender beauty bloom

While fresh-disturbèd heart brims o’er

By the new-born love o’ercome.

And the new, sweet cary-buds

Are wild with honey in the woods;

New birds are singing;

And the young girls wild with love

Run delightèd to the grove

New hearts bringing.

For young the heir of Gocul is

And young his passionate mistresses.

Meetings new and fresh love-rites

And lights of ever-fresh desire,

Sports ever-new and new delights

Set Bidyapati’s heart on fire.