Ramprasad Sen was a saint and poet who was very influential in the popular bhakti (or devotional) movement of Bengal.  He was born in a village on the banks of the Gange north of Calcutta, sometime around 1723 CE, and from his childhood showed a talent for poetry and for learning languages.  He became a devotee of the goddess Kali, writing many songs in her praise, speaking tenderly and intimately of her as the loving mother, or even as a little girl.  It is said that as a young man he was forced by circumstances to take a job as an accountant, but scandalised his fellow workers by writing poems in the back of his account book.  When his employer heard of this, and read the poems, he recognised the piety and talent of Ramprasad Sen, and accordingly sent him back to his village to write more poems while continuing to pay his salary.  His fame spread and Ramprasad Sen’s poetry became very popular during his lifetime, essentially creating a new form of Bengali devotional literature that inspired many poets over the next century and a half.  He is said to have died around 1775, although that date is questioned.

My guru gives molasses for the making of the Wine;
My longing is the ferment to transform it.

I drink no ordinary wine,
but Wine of Everlasting Bliss,
As I repeat my Mother Kali’s name;
It so intoxicates my mind that people take me to be drunk!
First my guru gives molasses for the making of the Wine;
My longing is the ferment to transform it.
Knowledge, the maker of the Wine,
prepares it for me then;
And when it is done,
my mind imbibes it from the bottle of the mantra,
Taking the Mother’s name to make it pure.
Drink of this Wine, says Ramprasad,
and the four fruits of life are yours.