# Cc. Antya 17.42 > কহ, সখি, কি করি উপায় ? > কৃষ্ণের সে শব্দ-গুণে, হরিলে আমার কাণে, > এবে না পায়, তৃষ্ণায় মরি’ যায় ।। ৪২ ।। ধ্রু ।। ॥৪২॥ ## Text > kaha, sakhi, ki kari upāya? > kṛṣṇera se śabda-guṇe, harile āmāra kāṇe, > ebe nā pāya, tṛṣṇāya mari' yāya ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **"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.**