Sant Surdas

Thus did Radha and Krishna feel in their hearts the transports of first love.
Their eyes spoke to each other the language of deep love and there was no need for words.
Their love of several lifetimes which lay buried deep manifested…

Hands stretched out hesitantly,
A foot on the ground unstably,
Yasoda, teaching the Lord to walk.
Sometimes watching His adorable

There is no end to the deeds of Krishna:
true to his promise, he tended the cows in Gokula;
Lord of the gods and compassionate to his devotees,
he came as Nrisinghaand tore apart Hiranyakashipa.

'Tis morn,
O Krishna, awake, all the pretty young milkmaids are calling for you; arise O Braj's prince,
The sun is up in the sky, the moon pales, the tender tamala trees are in full bloom .
The women of Braj have stringed a garland…

Seeing Radha stand alone,
Krishna came from behind and blindfolded her with his hands.
But his hands could not fully cover her large and elongated vivacious eyes.
They shone out from within his fingers as a serpent's gem which it…

The voice falterswhen it sings of the deeds of the Lordwho's an ocean of mercy.
He gave guileful Putana, who posed as his mother, amother's reward!
He of whom the Vedas and the Upanishads sing as the Unmanifest,
let Yashoda bind him…