Lalan Gititka : The Celestial Songs

How can one touch the nectar unless steeped in love?

Mere touch of it cures all ills of this world.

The nectar is the symbol of the omnipotent

This universe does not have its equivalent.

It originates from the lotus with thousand petals

And flows incessantly down the stem.

How can one narrate the prowess

 Of the shadow less great sage?

Meditating upon the holy water,

He became one with nature; and

Gora* transcended life and death!

When it rains from the sky

The earth holds the water on its surface;

Lalan Fakir ruminates over the phenomenon, and says

The devotees alone own the earth.

*Gouranga, another name of Shri Chaitanya

[The song is of the genre of Deha Tattwa ie ‘Secret of the Body’. Baul songs largely draw from ‘Tantrik’ philosophy’ according to which ‘Lotus with thousand petals’ mentioned in this song denotes ‘Sahasra’ located in the head. From there flows the nectar through three stems ‘Ira’, ‘Pingala’ and ‘Susumna’.]