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Ke Jabi Ke Jabi Bhai
"O brothers, who will go? Who will go?"
- by Srila Lochana Dasa Thakura


ke jabi ke jabi bhai bhava sindhu-para
dhanya kali-yugera caitanya-avatara   (1)

O brothers, who will go? Who will go? Who will cross over this ocean of birth and death? This is a special Kali-yuga because Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has come.


amara gaurangera ghate adana –kheya vaya
jada andha, atura avadhi para haya   (2)

At the bathing place of my Gauranga, there is a free ferry boat waiting. There is no restriction - everyone is coming, including the lame, the blind and the distressed. All are climbing aboard to cross over.


hari-nama naukakhani sri guru-khandari
sankirtana koroyala dubahu pasari   (3)

The holy name of Hari is the boat, Sri Guru is the captain, and the sakirtana party moving with upraised arms are the oars.


saba jiva haila para premera vatase
padiya rohila locana apanara done   (4)

All souls can cross over with the favorable winds of prema. Only Locana Dasa is so unfortunate that due to his own fault, he has been left behind.