Analysis of The Sea Of Ecstasy Has Ebbed And Gone, Dear Friend



The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.
How shall we, the weak survive, now that you have forsaken us?
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.

Friend now that he has left nothing remains; he has taken everything.
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.

We didn't hold out our palav in complete surrender then,
Now what is the point of rubbing our hands in vain?
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.

He knows not our pains, and he has broken all the bonds of childhood love,
He has broken all the bonds of affection; Hari-O that dandy has betrayed us!
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.

You can explain things to a stupid man,
But how can you deal with the experienced ones, my love?
Separated from you I roam aimlessly, O Trikramji!
Don't abandon us like this!
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.

Gopis have become mad for Govind, ` Do return home O beloved of Laxmi! '
What shall I say, dear friend, to Narsaiyya's Lord?
Only that, please understand the plight of your lovers!
The sea of ecstasy has ebbed and gone, dear friend
The ocean of sorrow floods and overwhelms.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0111001100111 0101101001 111010111110101 0111001100111 0101101001 1111111001111010 0111001100111 0101101001 110111010010101 1110111010101 0111001100111 0101101001 11110101110101111 111010110101011101011 0111001100111 0101101001 1101110101 11111100100111 100111110011 1010111 0111001100111 0101101001 11011111101110111 111111111 101101011110 0111001100111 0101101001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,402
Words 260
Sentences 18
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 5
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Narsinh Mehta

Narsinh Mehta, also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat , was a 15th-century poet-saint of Gujarat, India, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. He is especially revered in Gujarati literature, where he is acclaimed as its Adi Kavi (Sanskrit for "first among poets"). His bhajan Vaishnav Jan To was Mahatma Gandhi's favourite and has become synonymous with him.  more…

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