Krsna Kirtana Songs est. 2001 www.kksongs.org
Song Name: Keno Hare Krsna
Official Name: None
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: None
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(refrain)
keno hare
kṛṣṇa nām hari bole
mano prāṇ
kānde nā
(1)
pākhi nā
jāni kon aparādhe
mukhe hare
kṛṣṇa nām bolo nā
(2)
baner pākhi re dhare
rāklām hṛdoy mandire
madhu mākhā ei
hari nām
pākhi re sikhaile
sikhe
(3)
pākhi sakal nām
bolte paro
keno hare
kṛṣṇa nām bolo nā
keno hare
kṛṣṇa nām hari bole mano prāṇ kānde
nā
(4)
calo pākhi rūper
deśe jāi
je deśete maner
mānuś āśā jāoyā nāi
(5)
pākhi re tor
maraṇa kalete
carabī vāser
dolate
ore cār janete kandhe
kore
loye jābe
smaśān ghatete
(6)
ore o tor mukhe aguna jihve
tule
ki korobi tāi bolo
nā
TRANSLATION
Refrain: Oh, why does my
heart not weep from chanting the holy names Hare Krsna?
1) The bird of my heart
does not know what past sinful activities in has committed to cause this
inability to chant Hare Krsna properly.
2) O forest bird! I have
kept something for you very carefully within the cottage of my heart – the holy
name of Hari, which is overflowing with pure sweet honey. O bird, you could
learn the chanting of this name if you were taught.
3) A bird is easily able to
speak all names; why then does this bird of my heart refuse to chant Hare
Krsna? Oh, why does my heart not weep from chanting the holy names Hare Krsna?
4) O bird! Come, let us go
to the spiritual world, the land of true and everlasting beauty. It is the
place where the imaginary man of my mind will never again come and go on the
revolving cycle of birth and death.
5) O bird! At the time of
death, your body will simply be placed upon a funeral stretcher, lifted on the
shoulders of four persons and carried to the cremation grounds.
6) Alas! The cremation fire
will enter your mouth and then totally consume your tongue. There will be
nothing you can do to save yourself, for at that time it is too late – you will
be unable to speak anymore.
REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:
This
song is commonly rendered in Raga Sindhu Bhairavi in Kaherva Tala.