Narsimha Mehta

At What Auspicious Hour Did You Stick To Me Like A Bindi , O Dark One?

At what auspicious hour did you stick to me like a bindi, O dark one? Life of my life, I won't forsake you even for a moment, my slim beloved! At the door, I find you leaning, and at the windows, I see you sitting near. I keep running into you, in any street I take, sweetheart, sweeter than the elixir of immortality! At what auspicious hour did you stick to me like a bindi, O dark one? Life of my life, I won't forsake you even for a moment, my slim beloved! When I prepare to eat, I find you close, and near bed as I prepare to sleep. When I am on my way to Vrindavan, I find you embracing me! At what auspicious hour did you stick to me like a bindi, O dark one? Life of my life, I won't forsake you even for a moment, my slim beloved! `You are loved by Nanda's child!' my in-laws cruelly mock me. When I go to fill water at the banks of Yamuna, you toy with my skirt! At what auspicious hour did you stick to me like a bindi, O dark one? Life of my life, I won't forsake you even for a moment, my slim beloved! How he loves to dog the ones he loves, my cherished connoisseur, It is good to attain Narsaiyya's lord; he occupies the lotus of my heart! At what auspicious hour did you stick to me like a bindi, O dark one? Life of my life, I won't forsake you even for a moment, my slim beloved!