Kirtan Guide
Ke yābi ke yābi
- ke yābi ke yābi bhāi bhava-sindhu pāra
- dhanya kali-yuge re chaitanya-avatāra
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Who will cross, O brother, who will cross the ocean of material existence? Oh! The fortune of this Age of Kali is the appearance of Śrī Chaitanya.
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2
- āmāra gaurāṅger ghāṭe ujānakheyā vaya
- kaḍipāti nāhi lāge amani pāra haya
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At my Lord Gaurāṅga’s ghāṭ the upstream ferry runs without requesting any fare. Everyone crosses freely.
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3
- hari-nāmera tarīkhāni śrī-guru-kāṇḍārī
- saṅkīrtana-keroyāla du’bāhu pasāri
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The Lord’s Names are the ferryboat, Śrī Guru is the captain, and the outstretched arms in the saṅkīrtan are the oars.
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4
- sarva-jīva uddhāra haila premera vātāse
- lochana paḍiyā raila karamera doṣe
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All souls have thus been delivered by the winds of divine love. Only Lochan Dās has fallen and remained behind, as a result of his sins.