kaha - please say; sakhi - My dear friend; ki - what; kari - can I do; upāya - means; kṛṣṇera - of Kṛṣṇa; se - that; śabda - of the sound; guṇe - the qualities; harile - having attracted; āmāra - My; kāṇe - ears; ebe - now; nā pāya - do not get; tṛṣṇāya - from thirst; mari' yāya - I am dying.

“My dear friend, please tell Me what to do. My ears have been plundered by the qualities of Kṛṣṇa’s sound. Now, however, I cannot hear His transcendental sound, and I am almost dead for want of it.