Poem for Apr 29



Acarya's Writing

Padyavali, Anthology of Devotional Poetry
Srila Rupa Gosvami

Sri Radhaya vilapah
Srimati Radharani’s Lament

Verse 339

O friend, if Yadupati Krishna
will not come here,
let Him not come. If,
out of separation from Him,
My life-breath goes away,
let it go. The fact that
I will never again see
the moonlike face of Krishna
is a great thunderbolt
striking My heart.

– Sri Hari Bhatta