Shri Shyam Sundara, The Sweet Flutist

1. Shri Shyam Sundara, the sweet flutist, Ethereal, eternal flute-player! Know not, Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwar Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist! (Lord Krishna, to Parmanand being three in one) 2. O, Keshav, Keshava, Soft, feathered fan, we'll use In Obeisance and prayers to Thee O, Shiva, I see you everywhere or (Shiva, the omnipresent that thou art) Reshis found Thee not, anywhere, O, Bishambara! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist! C/P LV. Number one, N.Sh. Number 3. O, thee, the source of seven seas, Who hast ferried those that Have landed across? Fourteen jewels, hath thee, Turned out to be, O, Shridhara ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 4. Taking Thee for a child among children. We play together with Thee, all Elegantly draped, groomed and Well decorated-O, Rethendar ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 5. O. Thee Shankara in reality amongst Angelic fairies, Fragrant garlands we have Woven for Thee! Gandharvas sing for Thee, O, beauteous Lord Krishna ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 6. East, West, South and North Eager eyes gaze with anxious looks: Our eyes swollen in the gazing Listless, motionless and numb, In waiting with focussed minds ! Ethereal eternal, sweet flutist ! 7. Weeping and filling Pools with tears, We are: Hearth thee not these implorings? Light's bedimming on pillars: Haunting pangs are deepening ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 8. Tumbled down, we have, but Stone-hearted have Thee become! Havn't we bedecked Thy path With our eyeballs clean? Grace us with Thy presence before it's Too late to save our face ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 9. Cows and calves have stayed back, With faith in Thee ! In faith, they have stayed back, It seems ! Would that we would go Home Along with them all ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! C/P L.V. 23. 10. The biggest ocean of mercy is OMA to us ! Aren't you the gainer, and We, the losers? Lord god, the grace of thy Darshan Would satiate our Craving ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 11. When the errands from Gokal Came, saying: Searching Him all around, They found Him not anywhere ! 'Re-searching Him again In and outside Gokal' They began a new ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet, flutist ! 12. Seeking thee we go From jungle to jungle with faith In Thee! Grace us with Thy presence And, we'll hold thee to our bosoms ! O, Jasudha Nandana, darling son Of Vasudeva ! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist ! 13. Parmanand speaks strangely: Naked Thy have come, and All Naked'ld they depart: Parmanand'll use his own Measuring rod to check Something! Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist! or Paramanand talks in riddles: Craving they came and, Craving departed ! Using his own measures, will He verify something; Ethereal, eternal, sweet flutist!