paraspara - against each other; veṇu-gīte - the singing of the bamboo; haraye - attracts; cetana - consciousness; mora - of Me; bhrame - in mistake; tamālere - a black tree known as tamāla; kare - She does; āliṅgana - embracing.

“The flutelike murmur of the bamboos rubbing against one another steals Rādhārāṇī’s consciousness, for She thinks it to be the sound of My flute. And She embraces a tamāla tree, mistaking it for Me.