When Will My Mind Attach Itself to Raghubara?

रघुबरहि कबहुँ मन लागिहै? कुपथ, कुचाल, कुमति, कुमनोरथ, कुटिल कपट कब त्यागिहै॥ १॥ जानत गरल अमिय बिमोहबस, अमिय गनत करि आगिहै। उलटी रीति-प्रीति अपनेकी तजि प्रभुपद अनुरागिहै॥ २॥ आखर अरथ मंजु मृदु मोदक राम-प्रेम-पगि पागिहै। ऐसे गुन गाइ रिझाइ स्वामिसों पाइहै जो मुँह माँगिहै॥ ३॥ तु यहि बिधि सुख-सयन सोइहै, जियकी जरनि भूरि भागिहै। राम-प्रसाद दासतुलसी उर राम-भगति-जोग जागिहै॥ ४॥

When will my mind attach itself to Raghubara? When will it abandon bad paths, bad conduct, bad understanding, bad desires, crookedness, and deceit? (1) Overcome by delusion, it knows poison as nectar and reckons nectar to be fire. When will it abandon its own inverted way and attachment and become devoted to the Lord’s feet? (2) When will it steep the lovely letters and tender meanings—the sweetmeats—in the syrup of Rama’s love? Singing such qualities and delighting the Master, it will receive whatever it asks for. (3) In this way you will sleep upon the bed of bliss, and the great burning of your heart will flee. By Rama’s grace, the yoga of devotion to Rama will awaken in servant Tulsi’s heart. (4)