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Aha Ki Dekhi Go Badai lyrics

Bengali lyrics with IAST diacritics, Devanagari, and English meaning.

Source
Padavali (Govinda Dasa Kaviraja)
Language
Bengali
  1. Verse 1

    āhā ki dekhi go baḍā-i kadambera tale taḍita jaḍita yaiche naba jaladhare

    aha ki dekhi go bada-i kadambera tale tadita jadita yaiche naba jaladhare

    आहा कि देखि गो बडाइ कदम्बेर तले तडित जडित यैछे नब जलधरे

    Aha! What did I see under a kadamba tree? It was like a new raincloud embraced by lightning.

  2. Verse 2

    śyāmacāndera upare dhabala cāndera kalā tāhāra upare śobhe timirera mālā

    syamacandera upare dhabala candera kala tahara upare sobhe timirera mala

    श्यामचान्देर उपरे धबल चान्देर कला ताहार उपरे शोभे तिमिरेर माला

    It was like a glistening white full moon above a dark new moon. Above those two moons glistened a garland of darkness.

  3. Verse 3

    tāhāra upare kibā indradhanu sāje emana adbhuta rūpa kebā dekhiyāche

    tahara upare kiba indradhanu saje emana adbhuta rupa keba dekhiyache

    ताहार उपरे किबा इन्द्रधनु साजे एमन अद्भुत रूप केबा देखियाछे

    Above that garland was a rainbow. What was that wonderful form I saw?

  4. Verse 4

    indradhanu jiniyā se bhurū dhanu-chaṭā gobinda-dāsera mana kare laṭapaṭā

    indradhanu jiniya se bhuru dhanu-chata gobinda-dasera mana kare latapata

    इन्द्रधनु जिनिया से भुरू धनुछटा गोबिन्ददासेर मन करे लटपटा

    The effulgent archer's bows of that form's eyebrows defeated the rainbow. That form enchanted Govinda dāsa's heart.

About this song

This song is to be sung in Raga Suhai.