His lips are sweet, His smile is sweet,
—His eyes are sweet, His face is sweet,
His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His voice is sweet, His words are sweet,
—His clothes and belly-folds are sweet,
His forest wanderings are sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His foot-dust and His flute are sweet,
—His feet and hands and navel sweet,
His dancing and His friendship sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His songs and yellow cloth are sweet,
—His eating and His sleeping sweet,
His beauty and His tilak sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His love-sports and His theft are sweet,
—His love and deep compassion sweet.
His pranks and punishments are sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His gunja-berry string is sweet,
—His forest-flower garland sweet,
His dear Yamuna River sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His milkmaids and His sports are sweet,
—His food and joy and jokes are sweet,
His charm and courtesy are sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
His cowherd friends and cows are sweet,
—His staff and horn and rope are sweet,
His dearmost Govardhan is sweet—
—The King of Sweet is sweet complete.
My humble hymn is no great feat,
—Yet still I pray that it may meet
With favor from the King of Sweet,
—So He'll bestow His lotus feet.
The King of Sweet by Dravida dasa. Based rather loosely on Sri Vallabhacarya's Madhurastakam
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