When Will That Day Be Mine

[Verse 1]
When will that day be mine?
When all my offenses fade away,
When a taste for the pure Holy Name
Awakens in my heart by grace.

[Refrain]
When will that day be mine?
When will that day be mine?

[Verse 2]
When will I see myself
Lower than the grass beneath my feet?
When will patience fill my heart,
Giving honor to everyone,
Seeking none for me?

When will I taste
The nectar of the Holy Name?

[Refrain]
When will that day be mine?
When will that day be mine?

[Verse 3]
I want no wealth,
I want no followers,
No beauty,
No comfort for this body.

Birth after birth,
O Gaurahari,
Give me causeless devotion
At Your feet.

[Verse 4]
When will I call
The Holy Name of Krishna,
My body trembling,
My voice breaking with emotion?

When will my color fade
And tears flow without end
From my eyes?

[Refrain]
When will that day be mine?
When will that day be mine?

[Verse 5]
When will I walk in Navadwipa
Along the banks of the Ganges,
Calling out
Gaura, Nityananda?

Singing and dancing,
Running without restraint,
Like one gone mad
With love?

[Verse 6]
When will Nityananda
Show His mercy to me?

When will He free me
From the illusion of worldly desire,
Give me the shelter
Of His lotus feet,
And grant me entrance
To the marketplace of the Holy Name?

[Refrain]
When will that day be mine?
When will that day be mine?

[Verse 7]
When will I buy,
Beg, borrow, or steal
The nectar of the Holy Name?

When will I lose myself
In the taste of the Name?

When will I touch the feet
Of those who truly relish that nectar,
And remain immersed
In that rasa again and again?

[Verse 8]
When will compassion
Awaken in my heart
For every living being?

When will I forget
My own happiness
With a truly humble heart?

Bhaktivinoda humbly prays:
When will I go out
And carry Your command,
Spreading the message of the Holy Name?

[Final refrain]
When will that day be mine?
When will that day be mine?

When will that day be mine?