Srimad Bhagavatam 10.60.58 "Sukadeva Goswami said : And so the self-satisfied Supreme Lord of the universe enjoyed with the goddess of fortune, engaging her in lovers' talks and thus imitating the ways of human society."
From Sri Caitanya Mangala Ch.2 : " 'My dear Lord, You are the crest-jewel of all transcendental qualities. Within Your heart You can't know why I'm crying, even though everything else is known to You"
Krishna visits Rukmini in Her palace and she starts to cry profusely. The Lord wonders what has caused these tears and if He has done anything wrong. Rukmini slightly angry but with an affectionate tone explains to the Lord :
"...You know everything there is to know, but how is it that You don't understand the heart of one who loves Your lotus feet? "The conclusion of this pastime is that Krishna will take up the advice of Rukmini Devi and announce His appearance as Lord Caitanya by taking the mood of Radha - as suggested by the Queen - and experience the love of whom loves Him.
"You will understand the intensity of the love I feel if you cultivate Radha-bhava, the mood of Srimati Radharani's selfless love, within Your heart.'
In the poem I refer to Radha as "the One in Your dreams" because Rukmini had witnessed, while Lord Krishna was asleep, that She was coming in His dreams, since He would call Her aloud and cry.
This poetry has been put into music, to listen click :
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You know everything,
all there is to know
but You do not know
what love is,
the one in Your dreams
She knows
It’s a storm
unleashed by Your limbs,
how can you understand
the touch of Your hand
the fragrance of Your skin
a never ebbing tide,
so, this heart now weeps
soon, again - You’ll leave.
The Queen of your dreams
She does know,
Her love owns You,- no,
you do not understand
the love of one who loves You
You don’t know how dense
the honey of this love for You
Have you ever tasted love tears?
It’s a sweeping ocean of emotions
the sweetest of dances
clasped in your glances
no heat or cold, nor day or night
or sense of within or outside
the roads of love for You
become so wide.
the Moon of your dreams
tastes the intensity of love,
that You need to know,
take Radha's heart into Your heart
beg Her love, giving Your love,
because She never stops loving You.
Lyrics - Challenged to Love
You know
everything there is to know
Can you
understand love at all?
You
don’t know what love is
The One
in your dreams She surely knows
It’s a
storm ... unleashed by your limbs
A never
ebbing tide of the heart
Now
weeps ‘cause you’ll go away again
(1) You don’t understand the love of
those
...who love You!
(R) The Moon of Your
dreams, She knows
You don’t know ...what love is.
Take Radha’s heart ....
That’s you need to know ...taste
Her love
because She knows ...what love
is
because she knows...ooohh She
knows
...what love is.
Nor heat or cold, nor day or
night
Nor sense of in or outside
Roads of love for You are so
wide
The Queen of Your dreams She
does know
She owns You ... with Her
honey-like love for You
a sweeping ocean of joy and
tears
The sweetest dances raptured in
Your glances.
(1) + (R)
IN ITALIAN
IN ITALIAN
Tu
sai tutto quello che c'è da sapere
ma
non riesci a capire l'amore ?
Tu
non sai cos'è l'amore
Colei
che e' nei tuoi sogni sicuramente sa
Si
tratta di una tempesta scatenata
dalle
Tue membra
Una
marea del cuore che non scende mai
Ora
[il cuore] piange perche' andrai via di
nuovo
(1)
Non capisci l'amore di chi ti ama!
(R)
La Luna dei tuoi sogni, Lei sa
Tu
non sai ... cosa sia l'amore.
allora
prendi il cuore di Radha ....
E'
tutto quello che devi sapere ... assaggia il Suo amore
perché
Lei sa cosa sia l'amore ...
perché
Lei sa ... ooohh lo sa
...
cos'è l'amore.
Ne'
caldo ne' freddo, nè giorno ne' notte
Né
senso di dentro o del fuori
Le
strade d'amore per Te sono così ampie
La
regina dei tuoi sogni Lei lo sa
Ti
possiede ... con il suo amore simile al miele
un
oceano travolgente di gioia e lacrime
Le
danze più dolci rapite tra i tuoi sguardi.
