Poem of Surdas-3 (Translation)

(Jo sukh hot Gopaalahin gaaye)

The joy one gets singing Gopal's glory doesn't come
through fast or meditation or bathing oneself in the sacred water.

The devotee doesn't need the four purusarthas,
once to His lotus feet he surrenders himself.

The splendour of the three worlds seems a straw,
when he enters the heart of Nanda's son.

He doesn't want to give up Brindaban on the Yamuna
for an abode even in the heaven.

Surdas says that to Hari who truly prays
won't come back to this world again.
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Poem of Surdas-2 (Translation)

(Jan ke upjat dukh kin kaatat?)

O Lord, why don't You end people's distress
as soon it is born- like the farmer who removes
the weeds before rains, as soon as these are visible.

As the fish who fears the gull,
O my Lord, keep me in check.

Remove my sins when these are small like pits;
if they turn into an ocean,
bridging them up would be difficult.
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