When Will That Day Be Mine

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When Will That Day Be Mine

by Bhaktivinode Thakur
(c) 1974 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with permission.

Bhaktivinode Thakur, a great spiritual master of the 19th century, is the pioneer of introducing the Krishna Consciousness Movement to the Western world.

(Refrain)
kabe ha’be bolo se-dina amar

When, oh when will that day be mine?

aparadha ghuci’, suddha name ruci
kripa-bale ha’be hridoye sancar
When my offenses ceasing,taste for the name increasing, when in my heart will your mercy shine?

Lower than a blade of grass,more tolerant than a tree, when will my mind attain this quality? Respectful to all, not expecting their honor, then shall I taste the name’s nectar sublime.

Great wealth or followers, feminine beauty, I won’t care for them or the comforts of my body. Birth after birth give me, Oh Lord Chaitanya, causeless devotion to Your feet divine.

When will I utter, " Krishna, Krishna, Krishna," with words choked up and shivering body? When will I be trembling all over, lose bodily color, tears pouring from my eyes?

When in Navadvipa along the Ganges bank, shouting, "Gaura-Nityananda," as a surrendered soul, dancing, chanting, running everywhere, When will I become half mad of mind?

When will Lord Nityananda show mercy upon
me, when will I reject the world of maya?
Bestow unto me the shade of Your lotus feet,
let the right to preach the name be mine.

I will beg, borrow, or steal the nectar of the name. By the name’s effect I will feel paralyzed. Oh! Enjoyer of the nectar of the name, When will I touch your lotus feet till the end of time?

When kindness to all beings will be appearing, with free heart forget myself comforting, Bhaktivinode in all humility prays, "Now I will set out to preach Your order sublime."

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