Sri Aurobindo

Translations

CWSA.- Volume 5

Part Two. Translations from Bengali
Section One. Vaishnava Devotional Poetry

Selected Poems of Bidyapati

A new Brindabun 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 Gocool strays

In new and freshly-blossoming ways.

The groves upon Calindie’s shore

With his tender beauty bloom

Whose fresh-disturbèd heart brims o’er

With wild new-born loves 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 delighted to the grove,

New hearts bringing.

For young the heir of Gocool is

And young his passionate mistresses.

Meetings new and fresh love-rites,

Lights of ever-fresh desire,

Sports ever-new and new delights

Set Bidyapati’s heart on fire.