Lyrics
[Very quiet piano. Slow. Spacious. A private prayer.] My mind… my body… my home… everything I call mine… I place it at Your feet, O Nanda Kishor. [Refrain — softly, like surrender] Manasa deho geho, jo kichu mor, arpilu tuya pade, Nanda Kishor. [Silence. Piano continues alone.] In happiness… or in sorrow… in life… or in death… I have nothing to fear when I am at Your feet. Whatever You wish… let it be. Keep me… or take me… I am Yours. [Long pause] I am Your servant. I belong to You. [Refrain — voice beginning to break] Manasa deho geho, jo kichu mor, arpilu tuya pade, Nanda Kishor. [Piano alone. No rush.] If I must be born again… let me be born where Your devotee lives. Let me be nothing… even a worm in the home of one who loves You. I do not want the highest birth… if I must live without You. [Silence] [English refrain — once] My mind, my body, my home, all that is mine… I place it at Your feet, O Nanda Kishor. [Quiet instrumental prayer] I want the company of those who want nothing from this world… who ask for nothing for themselves… who only want You. Let me remain near them. Let my heart learn from them. Let me learn how to love You. [Voice becoming tearful, still quiet] Manasa deho geho, jo kichu mor, arpilu tuya pade, Nanda Kishor. [Long silence] You are my father. You are my mother. You are my beloved. You are my child. You are my Lord. You are my teacher. You are my shelter. [Voice almost fails] You are… everything to me. [Piano alone] Bhaktivinoda cries… O Kana… hear me. O Radha-nath… You are my life. [Long pause] You are… my soul. [Final refrain — not louder; surrendered, crying] Manasa deho geho… jo kichu mor… arpilu tuya pade… Nanda Kishor… [Pause] Manasa deho geho, jo kichu mor… arpilu tuya pade… Nanda Kishor. [Almost no accompaniment] I am Yours. [Silence]