Prabhat Samgiita Tour: Recent Episodes

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti and affectionately called Baba (Father), is widely viewed as the preeminent spiritual master of the 20th Century. Among his many and varied achievements, he gave 5018 sublime songs, most of them in Bengali and all of them in the last eight years of his life. This collection of mystic music is known as Prabhat Samgiita (Songs of Prabhat). Since late in 2013, Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta has been translating the lyrics of Prabhat Samgiita into English. As of 2021, he has translated almost 2100 songs. The project is expected to finish in 2031. In this podcast, Abhidevananda takes us on a chronological tour of Baba's music, with two new songs added each week.Videos for all these podcasts are available on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/PROUTfilms/videos

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**Shayane svapane jágarańe
Tumi ácho ámári káche
Tomáre bháviyá man bhare jáy
Páoyár ánanda májhe

Dúr alakár báṋshii báje
Sure laye mor hrdi májhe
Práńer mádhurii d́hele
Sabáre bhariye tule
Man tava karuńá jáce

Jakhan cinini tomáre ámi
Takhano paráńe chile go tumi
(Sei) Háráno diner sure
Nútaner madhu pure
Nava tále man je náce---------**Awake, in dream, and while asleep,
You are always near to me.
Thinking of You I grow pensive,
Attaining bliss concurrently.

From afar, the celestial flute, it plays
Within my heart in a rhythmic strain.
Having dispensed my life's sweetness,
Filling and uplifting everyone,
My mind now prays for Your compassion.

When You I did not recognize,
Even then You were part of my life.
In that very melody of yesteryear
Was infused the honey of novelty,
But now my mind dances to a new beat.---------

শয়নে স্বপনে জাগরণে
তুমি আছো আমারই কাছে
তোমারে ভাবিয়া মন ভরে যায়
পাওয়ার আনন্দ মাঝে

দূর অলকার বাঁশী বাজে
সুরে লয়ে মোর হৃদি মাঝে
প্রাণের মাধুরী ঢেলে
সবারে ভরিয়ে তুলে
মন তব করুণা যাচে

যখন চিনিনি তোমারে আমি
তখনও পরাণে ছিলে গো তুমি
(সেই) হারানো দিনের সুরে
নূতনের মধু পুরে
নব তালে মন যে নাচে

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**Áji bhuvana bhará ánande
Tomáre ceyechi tomáre peyechi
Áchi tava sánnidhye (ámi)

Tomár hásite hiyá bhare jáy
Tomári dyutite áṋkhi jhalakáy
Tomári rańane nibhrta bhuvane
Áshá náce nava chande (mor)

Tava dyotanár madhu nikkane
Spandita práń máná náhi máne
Ujáŕ haiyá sab bhálabásá
Vijaŕita tava smarańe
Náce ghiriyá rátul carańe
Mahájágatik chande**Today the world is filled with bliss.
I've wanted You, and now I've got You;
I am in Your presence.

On Your smile hearts get replete,
And eyes shine in Your bright splendor.
With Your resonance on a lonely earth,
My hopes dance to the new beat.

With the sweet chime of Your implication,
Throbbing hearts heed no taboo.
All my love has been consumed,
Caught up in Your contemplation,
Dancing round Your rosy feet,
In the cosmic beat.

আজি ভুবন-ভরা আনন্দে
তোমারে চেয়েছি তোমারে পেয়েছি
আছি তব সান্নিধ্যে (আমি)

তোমার হাসিতে হিয়া ভরে যায়
তোমারই দ্যুতিতে আঁখি ঝলকায়
তোমারই রণনে নিভৃত ভুবনে
আশা নাচে নব ছন্দে (মোর)

তব দ্যোতনার মধু নিক্কনে
স্পন্দিত প্রাণ মানা নাহি মানে
উজাড় হইয়া সব ভালবাসা
বিজড়িত তব স্মরণে
নাচে ঘিরিয়া রাতুল চরণে
মহাজাগতিক ছন্দে

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**Já tumi cáo go prabhu
Sabi dite ráji áchi
Dáo shudhu o ráuṋá carań
Tomári bháver májhe
Tomári sakala káje
Tomárei karite smarań
Dáo shudhu o ráuṋá carań

Tomár virát́ sáje
Graha tárá sabe náce
Kare kot́i bhánudyuti vikirań
Dáo shudhu o ráuṋá carań

Mamatá bhará nayane
Bhálabásá aiṋjane
Mákháye rekhecho sadá tumi
Madhu jhará vacane
Sudhá kśará ánane
Mátáye rekhecho manobhúmi (tumi)
Tháko mor hrdi májhe
Satata mohana sáje
Niyechi je tomári sharań
Dáo shudhu o ráuṋá carań---------**

Oh Lord, what You desire,
To give it all I agree;
Just grant to me those rosy feet.
Amid naught but Your designs,
Enmeshed in all Your deeds,
Only You in my mind will I keep...
Just grant to me those rosy feet.

In Your vast, cosmic attire,
All the stars and planets dance;
They cast a billion rays of light...
Just grant to me those rosy feet.

On eyes full of affection,
Devotion's collyrium
You've constantly been smearing.
With words that trickle honey,
Emitting nectar from Your face,
You've gone on stirring mind's domain.
Please remain inside my heart,
Forever dressed in charming garb;
I've taken refuge of You only...
Just grant to me those rosy feet.---------

যা তুমি চাও গো প্রভু
সবই দিতে রাজি আছি
দাও শুধু ও রাঙা চরণ
তোমারই ভাবের মাঝে
তোমারই সকল কাজে
তোমারেই করিতে স্মরণ
দাও শুধু ও রাঙা চরণ

তোমার বিরাট সাজে
গ্রহ-তারা সবে নাচে
করে কোটি ভানুদ্যুতি বিকিরণ
দাও শুধু ও রাঙা চরণ

মমতা-ভরা নয়নে
ভালবাসা-অঞ্জনে
মাখায়ে রেখেছো সদা তুমি
মধু-ঝরা বচনে
সুধা ক্ষরা আননে
মাতায়ে রেখেছো মনোভূমি (তুমি)
থাকো মোর হৃদি মাঝে
সতত মোহন সাজে
নিয়েছি যে তোমারই শরণ
দাও শুধু ও রাঙা চরণ

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**Toke parábo bale cáṋpá baul phule
Málá ámi geṋthe rekhechi
Sei sauṋge man mor beṋdhechi

Nanad bágŕá dey phul ánte náhi dey
Tabu phul vanke giye enechi

Ákásh bháuṋá jal joŕete haŕká d́hal
Bhije bhije pathe ámi calechi
Mahul kacŕá bece tor chavi kinechi---------**As I would adorn You with champa and bakul blooms,
I have kept a garland threaded;
And I've tied my mind to it.

My husband's sister was a hitch, not permitting flower-picking.
Still then, to forest I went; and there I gathered blossoms.

A cloudburst came and made the slopes slippery;
Yet, soaking wet, I've kept moving on my way.
Selling fruit of mahuwa, Your portrait I've acquired.-------

তোকে পরাবো বলে চাঁপা-বউল ফুলে
মালা আমি গেঁথে রেখেছি
সেই সঙ্গে মন মোর বেঁধেছি

ননদ বাগড়া দেয় ফুল আনতে নাহি দেয়
তবু ফুল বনকে গিয়ে এনেছি

আকাশ-ভাঙা জল জোড়েতে হড়কা-ঢল
ভিজে ভিজে পথে আমি চলেছি
মহুল কচড়া বেচে তোর ছবি কিনেছি

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**Álor dháráy tumi bháso
Miśt́i mohan tumi háso
Madhur bháve bhálobáso
Tomár kathá ná bhávileo
Sabár tumi tamah násho

Chile ácho thákbe tumi
Nityakáler tumi prabhu
Asiim apár liilá tomár
Anta habe ná kabhu
Tomár káje ná ásileo
Tumi sabár káje áso

Diner sheśe jabe sandhyá náme
Sauṋgiirá cale jáy ghare
Tumii shudhu sauṋge tháko
Ghire ghire cári dháre
D́ák shuńe ár keu sáŕá ná dileo
Tumi sadá madhu bháśo**On a stream of light You arise,
And with kindly charm You smile;
You give love in the sweetest style.
Not omitting those who don't think of You,
For everyone You remove the gloom.

You were, You are, You will abide;
You reign as Lord of eternal time.
Boundless and profound is Your game;
And it won't ever terminate.
Even those who aren't of help to You,
For everyone You are of use.

At end of day when dusk descends,
Companions go home to their residence.
Just You alone remain behind,
All around, on every side.
Even if one hears Your call but does not respond,
You speak sweetly ever and anon.

আলোর ধারায় তুমি ভাসো
মিষ্টি মোহন তুমি হাসো
মধুর ভাবে ভালোবাসো
তোমার কথা না ভাবিলেও
সবার তুমি তমঃ নাশো

ছিলে আছো থাকবে তুমি
নিত্যকালের তুমি প্রভু
অসীম অপার লীলা তোমার
অন্ত হবে না কভু
তোমার কাজে না আসিলেও
তুমি সবার কাজে আসো

দিনের শেষে যবে সন্ধ্যা নামে
সঙ্গীরা চলে যায় ঘরে
তুমিই শুধু সঙ্গে থাকো
ঘিরে ঘিরে চারি ধারে
ডাক শুণে আর কেউ সাড়া না দিলেও
তুমি সদা মধু ভাষো

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**Ámi tomáre bhulite pári ná
Bhulibár kathá bhávi ná
Duhkher áṋdhár ráte tumi je sáthii
Mamatár náhi tulaná

Vyákulatá bhará tumi háráno hiyá
Madhuratá mákhá tumi he maramiyá
Keha moher kuhake vipathe calileo
Táhákeo tumi bhola ná

Mánav maner tumi madhurimá
Hrdayer niśpáp tumi suśamá
Keha ahamiká madiráy matta haleo
Niitipathe báre báre dáo deshańá--------**I cannot forget Thee;
About forgetting I don't think.
On sad dark nights, You're my companion;
Nothing's like Your affection.

You are filled with apprehension of losing a heart;
So with sweetness You are coated, hey the Mystic One.
Even one who went astray under spell of delusion,
You do not neglect such a person.

You are the kindness of human psyche;
You are beauty of a heart sin-free.
Even if one becomes drunk, besotted with vanity,
Repeatedly You guide unto the path of morality.---------

আমি তোমারে ভুলিতে পারি না
ভুলিবার কথা ভাবি না
দুঃখের আঁধার রাতে তুমি যে সাথী
মমতার নাহি তুলনা

ব্যাকুলতা-ভরা তুমি হারানো হিয়া
মধুরতা মাখা তুমি হে মরমিয়া
কেহ মোহের কুহকে বিপথে চলিলেও
তাহাকেও তুমি ভোল না

মানব মনের তুমি মধুরিমা
হৃদয়ের নিষ্পাপ তুমি সুষমা
কেহ অহমিকা মদিরায় মত্ত হলেও
নীতিপথে বারে বারে দাও দেশনা

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**Tumi je ámár nayanera mańi
Áge cinite párini
Mor májhe chile more ghire chile
Tákiye dekhini

Jhaiṋjhá eseche jhápt́á eseche
Ati varśańe sab bhese geche
Tabu tumi kách cheŕe jáo niko
Sáthe chile divasa jáminii
Jánite párini

Anádare kśate pralep diyecho
Hatamáne hrta mán phiráyecho
Kona kichukei ghrńá karo niko
Avahelá kare dúre rákhoni
Mánite párini--------**You are the apple of my eye;
Ere now, that I could not recognize.
You were within and all around me,
Though looking about, I did not see.

Hurricanes came, then too came gales;
In the heavy rain, everything floated away.
Yet, from me You did not separate...
By my side You stayed, night and day,
Yet I was not aware.

You dressed my unattended wounds;
Stripped of respect, honor You returned.
You don't despise anything...
Out of disgust, no distance do You keep;
But I could not pay heed.------------

তুমি যে আমার নয়নের মণি
আগে চিনিতে পারিনি
মোর মাঝে ছিলে মোরে ঘিরে ছিলে
তাকিয়ে দেখিনি

ঝঞ্ঝা এসেছে ঝাপ্টা এসেছে
অতি বর্ষণে সব ভেসে গেছে
তবু তুমি কাছ ছেড়ে যাও নিকো
সাথে ছিলে দিবস যামিনী
জানিতে পারিনি

অনাদরে ক্ষতে প্রলেপ দিয়েছো
হতমানে হৃত মান ফিরায়েছো
কোন কিছুকেই ঘৃণা করো নিকো
অবহেলা করে দূরে রাখোনি
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**Dhará dite cáo ná jakhan
Tabe kena liilá karo
Je tomáre bhálobáse
Tár áṋkhi jalete bharo

Aruńodaye je bá kare
Púrvákáshe tomár stuti
Sáṋjhe kare tomár tare
Raktaráge sandhyárati
Táre kena carańe t́hele
Dúrer theke dúre saro

Páoyár ásháy beṋce áchi
Áṋdhár sáthe jujhe calechi
Mor e áshá nahe duráshá
Ket́e jábe e áṋdháro---------**

When You don't hanker to get caught,
Why then make this divine sport?
Those who are in love with Thee,
You fill their eyes with tears.

Those who may, at break of day,
Sing Your praise 'neath eastern sky...
And those who light lamps for Your sake
In evening's crimson twilight,
Why do You kick them away,
Keeping afar, drawing aside?

I carry on in hope of getting Thee,
Dejected, I've kept up the fight.
This hope of mine is not futile;
Even this gloom, pierced will it be.---------

ধরা দিতে চাও না যখন
তবে কেন লীলা করো
যে তোমারে ভালোবাসে
তার আঁখি জলেতে ভরো

অরুণোদয়ে যে বা করে
পূর্বাকাশে তোমার স্তুতি
সাঁঝে করে তোমার তরে
রক্তরাগে সন্ধ্যারতি
তারে কেন চরণে ঠেলে
দূরের থেকে দূরে সরো

পাওয়ার আশায় বেঁচে আছি
আঁধার সাথে যুঝে চলেছি
মোর এ আশা নহে দুরাশা
কেটে যাবে এ আঁধারও

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**Mańira dyutite phulera hásite
Esechile mor madhuvane
Bhule jáoyá kon phálgune
Juga juga dhare sab kichu cheŕe
Chinu tomá tare kál guńe (ámi)

Malaya vátása kata bahe geche
Candanamadhu kata ná jhareche
Shuktárá kata khasiyá paŕeche
Kata tithi geche ánmane

Manera mádhurii háráiyá geche
Mánasa tat́inii shukáiyá geche
Manobhúme viińá káṋdiyá kahiche
Eso prabhu punah nija guńe-----------**With the laughter of flowers and luster of gems,
You had entered my delightful garden
In a month of Phalgun, long ago forgotten.
For many an age, everything forsaken,
Awaiting Your return, I've counted the days.

How many southern winds have blown and gone;
How many fragrant sandal trees have fallen.
How many evening stars have vanished;
How many days have passed unnoticed.

My mental sweetness has been lost;
Dried up is my stream of thought.
A lute is wailing in my mind:
Come back, Lord, due to Your own virtues and not mine.--------

মণির দ্যুতিতে ফুলের হাসিতে
এসেছিলে মোর মধুবনে
ভুলে যাওয়া কোন ফাল্গুনে
যুগ যুগ ধরে সব কিছু ছেড়ে
ছিনু তোমা তরে কাল গুণে (আমি)

মলয় বাতাস কত বহে গেছে
চন্দনমধু কত না ঝরেছে
শুকতারা কত খসিয়া পড়েছে
কত তিথি গেছে আনমনে

মনের মাধুরী হারাইয়া গেছে
মানস-তটিনী শুকাইয়া গেছে
মনোভূমে বীণা কাঁদিয়া কহিছে
এসো প্রভু পুনঃ নিজ গুণে

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**Nám ná jáná ke tumi ele
Sudúr dyuloker d́ák diye
Máná ná máná bhávjaŕatá
Báṋdhan chiṋŕivár gán geye

Kálo kuheli sariye dile
Diipávaliir álo dile jvele
Jáná ajánár bhed mit́iye
Rámdhanu rúpe ráge dile bhariye

Manda bhálo shádá o kálo
Bhálabásár álo sabáre d́hálo
Cená ná cenár gańd́ii bheuṋge
Ekákár kare dile sabe ráuṋáye**Who are You that came, oh Nameless One,
Giving the call of distant heaven,
Irrespective of any dogma,
Singing songs that shatter bondage?[nb 2]

Banishing the pitch-dark fog,
You set ablaze a string of lamps.
Ending distinction twixt the known and foreign,
A rainbow You filled with beauty and love.

Good or evil, black or white,
On everyone You lavish love's light.
Breaking bounds of friend and alien,
You treated all alike, making everybody flush.

নাম-না-জানা কে তুমি এলে
সুদূর দ্যুলোকের ডাক দিয়ে
মানা-না-মানা ভাবজড়তা
বাঁধন ছিঁড়িবার গান গেয়ে

কালো কুহেলি সরিয়ে দিলে
দীপাবলীর আলো দিলে জ্বেলে
জানা-অজানার ভেদ মিটিয়ে
রামধনু রূপে রাগে দিলে ভরিয়ে

মন্দ-ভালো শাদা ও কালো
ভালবাসার আলো সবারে ঢালো
চেনা-না-চেনার গণ্ডী ভেঙ্গে
একাকার করে দিলে সবে রাঙায়ে

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**Tumi dúr ákásher dhruvatárá
Path khuṋje páy tomár krpáy
Jiivane je jan pathahárá

Arańya giri jhaŕe káṋpá tarii
Mahákáshe oŕá bhiiru khaiṋjarii
Tomár krpáy path peye jáy
Sab pariveshe sabe tárá

Shoke duhkhe man hale je vyákul
Akúla pátháre peye jáy kúl
Komal parashe madhura suháse
Káche ese násho klesh tvará**You are the polestar of the distant sky.
Through Your mercy the path is traced
By those who have gone astray in life.

In cyclone a trembling ship o'er forest and mountain,
A timid wagtail soaring in the heavens,
She proceeds, wending her way by Your grace,
In all cases, her prompt salvation.

If a heart be anxious from pain or grief,
In every misfortune, it always finds shelter.
With a tender touch and a smile that's sweet,
Rapidly, having neared, You remove the trouble.

তুমি দূর আকাশের ধ্রুবতারা
পথ খুঁজে পায় তোমার কৃপায়
জীবনে যে জন পথহারা

অরণ্য গিরি ঝড়ে কাঁপা তরী
মহাকাশে ওড়া ভীরু খঞ্জরী
তোমার কৃপায় পথ পেয়ে যায়
সব পরিবেশে সবে তারা

শোকে দুঃখে মন হলে যে ব্যাকুল
অকূল পাথারে পেয়ে যায় কূল
কোমল পরশে মধুর সুহাসে
কাছে এসে নাশো ক্লেশ ত্বরা

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**Nrtyera tále bhuvana mátále
Sauṋgiiter sure bhásáile
Cittera końe mana upavane
Spandana baháiyá dile

Eso go áro káche dharáchoṋyár májhe
Rúpe ráge jabe ráuṋáile

Alakh niraiṋjan tháko anukśań
Mor májhe madhuratá d́hele**You thrilled the globe with a dance beat;
You set afloat on music's melody.
In mental grove at edge of psyche,
You dispatched a quivering.

Oh come still closer within reach;
You brightened through color and beauty.

Ever You remain unseen and unstained;
Sweetness You did pour into me.

নৃত্যের তালে ভুবন মাতালে
সঙ্গীতের সুরে ভাসাইলে
চিত্তের কোণে মন-উপবনে
স্পন্দন বহাইয়া দিলে

এসো গো আরো কাছে ধরাছোঁয়ার মাঝে
রূপে রাগে যবে রাঙাইলে

অলখ নিরঞ্জন থাকো অনুক্ষণ
মোর মাঝে মধুরতা ঢেলে

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**Pasará bhariyá práńer parash
Spandita nava rúpe ráge
Tumi enechile bhará anuráge
Snigdha sajala sumada samiire
Surer saritá saorabhe
Tumi enechile bhará anuráge

Maner mayúr nece chut́e geche
Se parashe práń bhariyá tulite
Karuńákomal meghakajjala
Tithir atithike bholáte
Tumi hesechile adhareri ráge

Madhumáse mete madhura máyáy
Man bhese jáy dúr niilimáy
Udagra tava úśasii ábháy
Ucát́ana man pichu ná cáy
Tumi besechile bhálo kii soháge**Brimming with wares is Your vital touch,
Throbbing with new beauty and melody;
You had brought profusion of love.
With a cool and damp, most pleasing breeze,
And with the sweet scent of melodic stream,
You had brought profusion of love.

The psychic peacock broke out dancing,
Energized by that touch of life.
Dark clouds were prone hospitably
To overlook guest[nb 2] of the day;
You had smiled with music on Your lips.

In Spring, beguiled by magic sweet,
The heart drifts far into the blue.
On Your strong light of the morning,
Restless mind looks not behind;
With what tender caress had You blessed!

পসরা ভরিয়া প্রাণের পরশ
স্পন্দিত নব রূপে রাগে
তুমি এনেছিলে ভরা অনুরাগে
স্নিগ্ধ সজল সুমদ সমীরে
সুরের সরিতা সৌরভে
তুমি এনেছিলে ভরা অনুরাগে

মনের ময়ূর নেচে ছুটে গেছে
সে পরশে প্রাণ ভরিয়া তুলিতে
করুণাকোমল মেঘকজ্জল
তিথির অতিথিকে ভোলাতে
তুমি হেসেছিলে অধরেরই রাগে

মধুমাসে মেতে মধুর মায়ায়
মন ভেসে যায় দূর নীলিমায়
উদগ্র তব ঊষসী আভায়
উচাটন মন পিছু না চায়
তুমি বেসেছিলে ভালো কী সোহাগে

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**Madhura hásite phul phot́áyecho
Ali jot́áyecho cáridike
Dhrtimay tava dhará buke
Ráge anuráge práń jágáyecho
Cetaná enecho rúpaloke

Mamatá mákháno mohana cáhani
Amarár sudhá diyeche je dánii
Manera mukure madhurimá áni
Meghera mandre sabe d́eke

Tamasár májhe tomár máyáy
Jyotir lekháy álo jhalakáy
Randhre randhre rúpera rekháy
Rupátiita ele bhávaloke**

With a sweet smile You've made flowers blossom,
Made bees assemble in every direction,
On the bosom of Your all-embracing world.
With love and affection, life You've awakened;
In the realm of form, You fetched consciousness.

With Your charming glance, spattering affection,
Celestial ambrosia was profusely given.
Bringing to psyche's mirror a pleasant emotion,
By the rumbling of clouds everyone was summoned.

Amid the darkness, by Your cosmic conjuration,
Light sparkles in a star-studded composition.
Inside every pore, with streaks of form,
The formless came into the field of thought.

মধুর হাসিতে ফুল ফোটায়েছো
অলি জোটায়েছো চারিদিকে
ধৃতিময় তব ধরা বুকে
রাগে অনুরাগে প্রাণ জাগায়েছো
চেতনা এনেছো রূপলোকে

মমতা-মাখানো মোহন চাহনি
অমরার সুধা দিয়েছে যে দানী
মনের মুকুরে মধুরিমা আনি
মেঘের মন্দ্রে সবে ডেকে

তমসার মাঝে তোমার মায়ায়
জ্যোতির লেখায় আলো ঝলকায়
রন্ধ্রে রন্ধ্রে রূপের রেখায়
রূপাতীত এলে ভাবলোকে

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**Patha bhule jabe caliyá esecho
Tháko mor ghare kśańa tare
Bhuliyá jakhan tákáye phelecho
Cáho mor páne bhálo kare

Jug ket́e geche janama ket́eche
Tava niiravatá utalá kareche
Tabu áshár kusume jharite dii ni
Basiyá chilám kara joŕe (ámi)

Rúpera sáyare joyár eseche
Maner kalite máliká sejeche
Koraker madhu saphal hayeche
Priyatama chuṋye tava kare**

When You've gotten lost and strayed,
Then kindly stay awhile at my place.
And if by chance You glance at me,
Then look my way meticulously.

Ages have elapsed and lifetimes passed;
Your silence, it has made me anxious.
Still, I've not let hope's flower wither;
Faithfully I've waited with palms folded.

In the sea of form, a flood has come;
A garland was adorned with mental buds.
The nectar in those buds, fruit it has borne
By Your holy touch, my dear, dear Lord.

পথ ভুলে যবে চলিয়া এসেছো
থাকো মোর ঘরে ক্ষণ তরে
ভুলিয়া যখন তাকায়ে ফেলেছো
চাহো মোর পানে ভালো করে

যুগ কেটে গেছে জনম কেটেছে
তব নীরবতা উতলা করেছে
তবু আশার কুসুমে ঝরিতে দিই নি
বাসিয়া ছিলাম কর জোড়ে (আমি)

রূপের সায়রে জোয়ার এসেছে
মনের কলিতে মালিকা সেজেছে
কোরকের মধু সফল হয়েছে
প্রিয়তম ছুঁয়ে তব করে

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**Eso eso priyatama
Kat́hor hiyá mama karo kusumasama
Jválo álo násho tamah
Eso eso priyatama

Je phul phot́e niko kat́hin shilá pare
Phut́uk áji se komala dharádháre
Je phal phalila ná maruhrdayamájhe
Táháre sájáo shobhana shyáma sáje
Lágáo ámáre manomata káje
Vinati jánái namo namah

Lágini etadin tomár kona káje
Sájini tomár manomata sáje
Bujhini taphát káje o akáje
Ámár sei trut́i ájike kśamo kśamo**Come, please come, my Most Beloved;
Make my hard heart like a flower.
Shine Your light, and dispel darkness;
Come, please come, my Most Beloved.

Flowers that do not bloom on solid stone,
Let them blossom now within soft loam.
Fruits that grow not inside arid heart,
Array them in a comely, verdant garb.
Set me to tasks of Your preference;
Humbly this I beseech in reverence.

For long, I don't do any of Your duties,
And I don't wear clothing to Your liking.
I know not which deeds are wrong or right;
Today please pardon this flaw of mine.

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**E kii tomári liilá tomári khelá
Virát́ hayeo ańumájhe tháko
Rúpátiita rúpe bhásáo bhela

Manera gahane snigdha vátáse
Phulera reńute suniila ákáshe
Kotháy tumi nái bheve ná dishá pái
Je bháve táre karo utalá

Bhálabásár náhi siimá-parisiimá
Kśudra-brhate dáo go mahimá
Náo kole tuli bhedábheda bhuli
Tava komala karakamal krpá d́hálá**Oh what is this, Your divine sport, Your game!
Despite Your being great, inside each atom You reside;
Even as a raft of form You sail, formless You remain.

In refreshing winds or in the depths of mind,
In flower pollen or in deep-blue sky...
On reflection, I find nowhere that You're absent;
You confound anyone engaging in such speculation.

Your love is limitless and perpetual;
Both big and small You exalt.
So don't discriminate; onto Your lap please take,
Your gentle lotus-hand dispensing grace.

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**Mukhar práte niirav kena
Maner kathá kao ná more
Je tomáre sabi dilo
Táreo kena rákho dúre

Jyotsná ráte niilákáshe
Práńer sudhá d́hele diyechi
Krśńá tithir andhakáre
Nikaś kálo haye giyechi
Nindá stutir úrdhve giye
Miliyechi sur tomár sure

Tumi ámár phuler hási
Sukher diner mohan báṋshii
Duhkher nisháy diipávalii
Sab kichu mor tomáy ghire**
On a boisterous morn, why be still;
Won't You speak Your mind to me?
One who gave to You his everything,
Why keep aloof even from him?

On the blue sky of a moonlit night
I've diffused the nectar of my life;
And with the gloom of a new moon,
That pitch-black have I assumed.
Transcending blame and accolade,
In Your melody was the tune I made.

You are the smile upon my bloom...
On happy days, a charming flute,
On troubled nights, a fest of lights.
Everything of mine You circumscribe.

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**Bandhu tomár rúpera chat́áy
Dhará kariyáche álokasnán
Supta hrdaye jágáye diyecho
Jaŕere karecho cetaná dán

Sambodhir oi padmavediite
Tritápa játaná ceyecho harite
Práńer shońite ceyecho bharite
Avaheliter hrta mán

Pralayauṋkar agni jváláo
Bhayauṋkar bhúkampe náŕáo
Niiti bhule hay jakhan mánav
Dhvaḿsajajiṋe jatamán**Abiding Friend, by Your radiant beauty,
The world was bathed in light.
Hearts aslumber You inspired;
To the crass You gave feeling.

Upon yon lotus dais, with Your perfect knowledge,
The threefold[nb 2] torment You would swipe.
With Your lifeblood, You would furnish
Honor to the despised and deprived.

Ignite Your all-consuming fire,
And unleash an earthquake fearsome,
When human beings forget what's right,
Striving for destruction.

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**Káhára lágiyá ucát́ana mana
Udvela halo kena hiyá
Dekhi ni jáháre cini ná jáháre
Ke se go ajáná maramiyá

Manera gahane lúkáye base se je
Manera khabar sab rákhe
Práńera paráge paricaya d́heke
Parágera madhu sab mákhe
Ná jániyá bhálobesechi jáháre
Se nilo mor sudhá mathiyá

Prajiṋá diip niye áṋdhar sariye
Satyake dilo dekháye
Mohera masiidhárá jyotite halo hárá
Bodhidhárá gelo chaŕáye
Sab cáoyá páoyá sab neoyá deoyá
Ek haye gelo mishiyá**For what Person was my mind unsettled?
For what Reason did my heart surge?
I don't see Him, I don't recognize Him;
Oh, Who is He, unknown and inscrutable?

In a cavern of the mind He lies hidden;
Hence He's privy to all psychic information.
His acquaintance covered by life's pollen,
He gets smeared with all the powder's sweetness.
Unknown to me, He's the one that I've loved;
By dint of churning, my nectar He carried off.

With His torch of wisdom ousting gloom,
To me did He reveal the Truth.
Lost in light was blind attachment's inkstream,
And so the flow of intuition has increased.
All ask-and-get, all give-and-take,
Blended and become one are they.

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**(Ámi) Dúr niilimár baláká
Sudúrer váńii jata
Mor májhe otaprota
Pátáy pátáy lekhá

Svapnila nishiithe cáṋder álor sáthe
Niilákáshe uŕiyá beŕái
Mandrila vátáse phúlerá jakhan háse
Se hásite jog dite jái (ámi)
Hárái ná path kabhu
Sáthe tháke mor prabhu
Áṋdhi tupháneri sakhá

Maiṋjula mahákáshe álor lávańi bháse
Tári srote ámi bhese jái
Aiṋjula áṋkhipáte niṋd náhi nabhopathe
Niiŕ páne satata tákái
Jáke niye mátámáti
Se je sadá mor sáthii
Kakhano tháki ná eká**I am a goose of yon azure.
All of the news from very far,
Through me is it coursing;
It's inscribed on my feathers.

On a dreamy night by the moon's light,
I ascend into a blue sky.
When flowers laugh in heavy winds,
It's with their grin I make connection.
At no time I lose my way,
For with me my Lord, He remains,
A bosom friend in storms of dust and rain.

Across the heavens drifts a brilliant beauty;
Upon only His stream do I go sailing.
Eyelids dark, but on flightpath there is no sleep;
Toward nest I gaze continuously.
The One with Whom I am enamored,
It is He, Who's my co-traveler;
Unaccompanied am I never.

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**Álo jhará kon sudúr prabháte
Dekhá hayechilo tava sáthe
Jeneo sedin jánite pári ni
Bujhite pári ni kona mate

Ahaḿkárete chilám uddhata
Jiṋáner cápete buddhite kśata
Natajánu haye jánite bujhite
Pári niko lája-bhayete

Pelám ná kichu darshane khuṋje
Vijiṋáne gelo mánavatá ghuce
Rágátmiká e bhaktite dekhi
Ese gecho dharáchoṋyáte**On what morn, ancient and effulgent,
Had the meeting with You been?
Though it's known I could not know the day;
I could not discern it in any way.

Overcome by ego I was conceited,
Judgment marred by scarred intelligence.
I fell to my knees; but to know and to see,
Still I could not out of shame, out of fear.

I got but little in quest of philosophy;
With science, demolished was humanity.
Through pure devotion[nb 2] I have come to see
You had arrived within my reach.

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**Taruńa tapana tandrá tyajiyá
Uttál halo tava tále
E kii máyáy
Andhatamisrár búk cire
Álo jágilo náshi jaŕimáy

Phulera kalirá hese phut́e gelo
Kálnidrá kothá t́ut́e gelo
Alasa ávesh sab chut́e gelo
Kavośńa tava snehadháráy

Mumurśu práńii práń phire pelo
Jijiṋásu hiyá trpta hailo
Mumukśu man mokśa labhilo
Prabhu tava ahetukii krpáy**Discarding drowsiness, a new sun
Was aroused by Your cadence.
Such a conjuration!
The heart of pitch-dark night was pierced;
Lethargy demolished, light appeared.

Flowerbuds blossomed with bright laughter;
Where went the time of slumber, shattered?
Washed off were all idle attachments
In the warm tide of Your tenderness.

Dying creatures regained life;
Inquiring minds were satisfied.
Those who chose obtained salvation;
Oh Lord, by Your causeless grace.

তরুণ তপন তন্দ্রা ত্যজিয়া
উত্তাল হলো তব তালে
এ কী মায়ায়
অন্ধতমিস্রার বুক চিরে
আলো জাগিলো নাশি জড়িমায়

ফুলের কলিরা হেসে ফুটে গেলো
কালনিদ্রা কোথা টুটে গেলো
অলস আবেশ সব ছুটে গেলো
কবোষ্ণ তব স্নেহধারায়

মুমূর্ষু প্রাণী প্রাণ ফিরে পেলো
জিজ্ঞাসু হিয়া তৃপ্ত হইলো
মুমুক্ষু মন মোক্ষ লভিলো
প্রভু তব অহেতুকী কৃপায়

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**Tomár tálete tál meláte
Tál ket́e jáy
Báre báre
Kena balo ná
Je tomáre bhálobáse
Táre niye kena chalaná

Tomáre dekhechi manamukure
Susnigdha saritá niire
Snigdha suniila ambare
Bhálobási kabhu bhúli ná

Kusumer madhu paráge
Hiyára ráge anuráge
Citta upavane jáge
Kevali tava bhávaná**For our rhythms to unite,
Cancelled will be mine,
Time after time,
Please tell me why.
Those who love You,
With them, why the ruse?

I see You in my mental mirror
And in the cooling river water.
In a smooth and deep-blue heaven,
I'm in love; I forget You never.

You're in the flower's honeyed pollen
And with heart's love and devotion.
Wakened in my psychic garden
Constant is Your ideation.

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**Ámár e bhálabásá tomári lági
Ogo prabhu tomári lági
Dhúpe diipe sájáye áshá
Base áchi nishiitha jági

Kata jug ket́e geche nirásháy
Kata tárá khase geche hatásháy
Tabu ámi jege áchi durásháy
Mor vyathá bujhibe ná ki

Áṋdhár nishár par álo je háse
Bádal megher par cáṋd je bháse
Háráno hiyár hási phire je áse
E liilá bujhite ná bákii**This my love is for You only,
Oh Lord, it is just for Thee.
With candles and incense is my hope attired;
I am waiting, awake through the night.

So many ages have passed in despair;
Many fallen stars did frustrate.
Still, with but remote hope, I have kept alert;
My anguish, that won't You ever discern?

After darkest night, the light does shine;
After rain-filled clouds, the moon does rise.
Laughter comes back to a heart downcast;
About this liila there is nothing more to grasp.

আমার এ ভালবাসা তোমারই লাগি
ওগো প্রভু তোমারই লাগি
ধূপে দীপে সাজায়ে আশা
বসে আছি নিশীথ জাগি

কত যুগ কেটে গেছে নিরাশায়
কত তারা খসে গেছে হতাশায়
তবু আমি জেগে আছি দুরাশায়
মোর ব্যথা বুঝিবে না কি

আঁধার নিশার পর আলো যে হাসে
বাদল মেঘের পর চাঁদ যে ভাসে
হারানো হিয়ার হাসি ফিরে যে আসে
এ লীলা বুঝিতে না বাকী

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**Sakala maner tumi je rájá
Sabe tomári tumi sabári
Ráuṋá prabháter álo tomári
Tumi sabári

Kálátiita ogo kii liilá jáno
Kálera búke áloka áno
Tomári rúpe dhará je bhará
Tomáy bujhite nári

Jabe keu chilo ná tumi je chile
Eklá anek haye je gele
Táito tumi nandita go
Vandita sárá saḿsáreri**You are the monarch of all hearts—
All belong to You, and You belong to all.
Yours are the crimson rays at dawn,
And You belong to all.

What games You know, Lord beyond time;
Light You bring into the bosom of the vile.
Earth is filled with just Your beauty;
Yet we cannot comprehend Thee.

When there were none, still You were there;
Alone, You went and became many.
So, because it serves Your pleasure,
You're extolled by the whole world.

সকল মনের তুমি যে রাজা
সবে তোমারই তুমি সবারই
রাঙা প্রভাতের আলো তোমারই
তুমি সবারই

কালাতীত ওগো কী লীলা জানো
কালের বুকে আলোক আনো
তোমারই রূপে ধরা যে ভরা
তোমায় বুঝিতে নারি

যবে কেউ ছিলো না তুমি যে ছিলে
একলা অনেক হয়ে যে গেলে
তাইতো তুমি নন্দিত গো
বন্দিত সারা সংসারেরই

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**Tomáre dekhechi jabe cáṋpára vane
Takhano pápŕi d́háká madhu chilo
Kena je basechile ánamane
Áshá bhará áṋkhi brthá ceye chilo

Jhará pátári pare pá phelechi bhálo kare
Dhvani shuńe játe bhávo e ke go elo
Takhano áshár diip jvalitechilo

Caliyáchi dhiire dhiire salája mádhuri bhare
Áshá chilo jadi bhule tákiye phelo
Takhano phuler dale gandha chilo**When Thee I've seen inside the champak garden,
Until then under the petals nectar was hidden.
Why kept You seated lackadaisically
As hope-filled eyes gazed Your way in vain?

Having stepped on fallen leaves intentionally,
That hearing the sound You'd wonder who had come,
Until that time my lamp of hope was still alight.

Abrim with bashful sweetness, I was striding slowly;
Hope remained, although You failed to look at me.
Up to then, on flower petals a scent was there.

তোমারে দেখেছি যবে চাঁপার বনে
তখনও পাপড়ি ঢাকা মধু ছিলো
কেন যে বসেছিলে আনমনে
আশা ভরা আঁখি বৃথা চেয়ে ছিলো

ঝরা পাতারই পরে পা ফেলেছি ভালো করে
ধ্বনি শুণে যাতে ভাবো এ কে গো এলো
তখনও আশার দীপ জ্বলিতেছিলো

চলিয়াছি ধীরে ধীরে সলাজ মাধুরী ভরে
আশা ছিলো যদি ভুলে তাকিয়ে ফেলো
তখনও ফুলের দলে গন্ধ ছিলো

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**Marmaramukhara mádhavii máyáte
Manera mayúr náce
Caiṋcala pavane liiláyita cháyáte
Hrday kii jena jáce

Katabár esechi kata bhálobesechi
Tabu dhará dáo ni mor ásane baso ni
(Áj) Megher kolete raodrera kheláte
Niirave d́ákiyá jái hrdi májhe

Sahe ná játaná ár
Khoṋjákhuṋji bár bár
Áj d́hele kańá karuńár
Eso káche tumi eso káche**Madhavii is murmuring affectionately,
And so the peacock of my mind is prancing.
In a fickle wind flirting with the shade,
My heart, what does it crave?

Many times I've come, and much I've loved;
Still You won't be held by me nor take my proffered seat.
Today, in sunlight's play with cloud's embrace,
Silently, I summon Thee inside my heart.

No more can I bear the torment,
Searching constantly, time and again.
Having now dispensed a speck of mercy,
Please come near, You please come near.

মর্মরমুখর মাধবী মায়াতে
মনের ময়ূর নাচে
চঞ্চল পবনে লীলায়িত ছায়াতে
হৃদয় কী যেন যাচে

কতবার এসেছি কত ভালোবেসেছি
তবু ধরা দাও নি মোর আসনে বসো নি
(আজ) মেঘের কোলেতে রৌদ্রের খেলাতে
নীরবে ডাকিয়া যাই হৃদি মাঝে

সহে না যাতনা আর
খোঁজাখুঁজি বার বার
আজ ঢেলে কণা করুণার
এসো কাছে তুমি এসো কাছে

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**(Áji) Shrávań ghana gahan ráte
Niṋd náhi mor áṋkhipáte
Tomár kathá bheve bheve
Hiyá bahe jaladháráte

Niirav tava carańa phele
Gopan bháve jadi ele
Jhaiṋjhá váte vrśt́ipáte
Jánbe ná keu kona mate

Maner kathá sabi jáno
Ei anurodh ámár máno
Keṋde bháse je saritá
Miláo táre ságarasrote**Now, on a cloud-heavy Shravan night,
Sleep comes not to eyelids mine.
Thinking and thinking about You,
My heart rides out this deluge.

Silent are Your holy footsteps;
If You came, it was in secret.
With the sounds of rain and wind,
Nobody would realize it.

Mind's every word is known to You;
So please hearken to this my suit.
The tears I weep form a stream;
Let it mingle with the flow of sea.

(আজি) শ্রাবণ ঘন গহন রাতে
নিঁদ নাহি মোর আঁখিপাতে
তোমার কথা ভেবে ভেবে
হিয়া বহে জলধারাতে

নীরব তব চরণ ফেলে
গোপন ভাবে যদি এলে
ঝঞ্ঝা বাতে বৃষ্টিপাতে
জানবে না কেউ কোন মতে

মনের কথা সবই জানো
এই অনুরোধ আমার মানো
কেঁদে ভাসে যে সরিতা
মিলাও তারে সাগরস্রোতে

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**Mamatár madhurimá mákhiyá
Manera marmamájhe
Tumi esechile tumi esechile
Sakal sudhásáre sájiyá
Surabhisrotera sáṋjhe
Tumi hesechile tumi hesechile

Jhirjhire caetáli váye
Ádar kariyáchile dharára gáye
Shirshire parashete
Sabáre mátáyechile chande náce
Madhu d́helechile madhu d́helechile

D́halad́hala ánane tava
Chilo ucchala cáhani nava
Mohana hásite spandita báṋshiite
Sabáre samán bhálobesechile
Bhálobesechile bhálobesechile**Spraying affection's sweetness
On the core of hearts and minds,
You've arrived, yes, You've arrived.
Donning the essence of all nectar
At dusk of a fragrant stream,
You have beamed, yes, You have beamed.

With the gently blowing vernal breeze,
Earth's body You were caressing.
Atingle from the fondling,
All cut loose in rhythmic dance;
You'd poured ambrosia, yes, You'd poured ambrosia.

On Your lovely countenance
Was a lively new expression.
With Your charming smile and flute vibrant,
Impartial love You gave to all;
You gave love, yes, You gave love.

মমতার মধুরিমা মাখিয়া
মনের মর্মমাঝে
তুমি এসেছিলে তুমি এসেছিলে
সকল সুধাসারে সাজিয়া
সুরভিস্রোতের সাঁঝে
তুমি হেসেছিলে তুমি হেসেছিলে

ঝিরঝিরে চৈতালি বায়ে
আদর করিয়াছিলে ধরার গায়ে
শিরশিরে পরশেতে
সবারে মাতাযেছিলে ছন্দে নাচে
মধু ঢেলেছিলে মধু ঢেলেছিলে

ঢলঢল আননে তব
ছিলো উচ্ছল চাহনি নব
মোহন হাসিতে স্পন্দিত বাঁশীতে
সবারে সমান ভালোবেসেছিলে
ভালোবেসেছিলে ভালোবেসেছিলে

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**Ke go tumi nám ná jáná
Ná jániye ele
Áji ná jániye ele
Phuler suvás gáye mekhe
Nácer laghu tále
Ná jániye ele
Áji ná jániye ele

Mor shuśka marubhúmir anal
Tomáy peye halo shyámal
Niiravatá sare gelo
Tomár madhur jádur bale

Rátri divá jáhár áshe
Ceyechilám nirnimeśe
Se ki go elo áji
Hiyár duyár diye khule**Who are You of unknown name?
Unproclaimed You came;
You came today unproclaimed.
Covered in sweet floral scent,
With a brisk dance rhythm,
Unhailed You came;
You came today unhailed.

The fire of my arid wilderness,
On getting Thee, it became green.
The silence, it was swept away
Under Your darling sway.

In hope of Whom, both night and day
With steadiness I gazed—
Oh, it is He Who came today,
Unlocking my heart's gate.

কে গো তুমি নাম-না-জানা
না জানিয়ে এলে
আজি না জানিয়ে এলে
ফুলের সুবাস গায়ে মেখে
নাচের লঘু তালে
না জানিয়ে এলে
আজি না জানিয়ে এলে

মোর শুষ্ক মরুভূমির অনল
তোমায় পেয়ে হলো শ্যামল
নীরবতা সরে গেলো
তোমার মধুর জাদুর বলে

রাত্রি-দিবা যাহার আশে
চেয়েছিলাম নির্নিমেষে
সে কি গো এলো আজি
হিয়ার দুয়ার দিয়ে খুলে

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**Sabáy niye sabár májhe
Rayecho tumi
Kata karo liilá khelá
Divasa jámii

Khelte baŕa bhálobáso
Juge juge táito áso
Tomár maner mata khelár sáthii
Habo go ámi

Mit́áye dáo sakal khelá
Karo náko avahelá
Sauṋge theko sáṋjher belá
Bhed bhuláye ámi tumi

Bhálabásá ameya apár
Krpádhárá sheś náhi tár
Shudhu carańrajah cái go tomár
Dharáy jakhan esecho námi**With everyone yet amid everybody,
You have persevered.
So much divine sport You devise;
You do it day and night.

You thoroughly like to play;
So You come from age to age.
The playmate whom You fancy,
Oh, that I will be.

If ever all the games You cease,
Please don't neglect me.
Stay with me at that twilight time,
Overlooking distinction twixt "You" and "I".

Love is boundless and perpetual;
The flow of grace, it never fails.
What I desire is just Your footdust
When down to earth You've come.

সবায় নিয়ে সবার মাঝে
রয়েছো তুমি
কত করো লীলা-খেলা
দিবস-যামী

খেলতে বড় ভালোবাসো
যুগে যুগে তাইতো আসো
তোমার মনের মত খেলার সাথী
হবো গো আমি

মিটায়ে দাও সকল খেলা
করো নাকো অবহেলা
সঙ্গে থেকো সাঁঝের বেলা
ভেদ ভুলায়ে আমি-তুমি

ভালবাসা অমেয় অপার
কৃপাধারা শেষ নাহি তার
শুধু চরণরজঃ চাই গো তোমার
ধরায় যখন এসেছো নামি

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**Tumi jeo ná tumi jeo ná
Ámáy cheŕe dúre tumi jeo ná
Man máne ná man máne ná
Eklát́i je ghare man máne ná

Madhupa máte gunguniye
Phuleri bhávaná niye
Jharńá náce tartariye
Ságar cháŕá kichu jáne ná

Vajra ot́he prakampiyá
Cáy se pete dharára hiyá
Dúr ákásher megho jáce
Mát́ir madhu dhúlikańá**Don't You leave, no, don't You leave;
Please don't go far away from me.
My heart won't yield, no, it won't yield;
To be home alone, my heart won't agree.

A honeybee cannot help but hum
On thinking of just a blossom.
A waterfall dances as downward it speeds;
It discerns nothing, nothing but sea.

A thunderbolt descends with a roar;
It wants to penetrate the earth's core.
And even a cloud in distant sky yearns for
A pleasant particle of surface dust.

তুমি যেও না তুমি যেও না
আমায় ছেড়ে দূরে তুমি যেও না
মন মানে না মন মানে না
একলাটি যে ঘরে মন মানে না

মধুপ মাতে গুনগুনিয়ে
ফুলেরই ভাবনা নিয়ে
ঝরণা নাচে তরতরিয়ে
সাগর ছাড়া কিছু জানে না

বজ্র ওঠে প্রকম্পিয়া
চায় সে পেতে ধরায় হিয়া
দূর আকাশের মেঘও যাচে
মাটির মধু ধূলিকণা

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**Dhúpe diipe manera madhute
Vedii raciyáchi tomá tare
Práńera baṋdhu derii kare shudhu
Ámáre bhásáo áṋkhiniire

Málá gáṋthiyáchi jatana kariyá
Phulsáje sájáyechi paráńa bhariyá
Keval mrdu hese kácht́ite baso ese
Sab cáoyá-páoyára páre

Caiṋcala manane tomá páne cáláyechi
Avicala rańane tomárei bháviyáchi
Ráge anuráge sikta paráge
Giiti raciyáchi sudhásáre**With candles, incense, and the honey of my psyche,
I am making an altar for Thee.
My Darling, being late You only
Leave me swimming in tears.

Taking pains, a garland I am stringing;
I've laid out my flower tray sincerely.
With but a tender smile, come sit so near
That all my wanting and receiving is complete.

With restless thoughts, toward You I am moving;
But with steady incantation, of You I am thinking.
With pollen that love and devotion sprinkled,
With nectar's essence, a song I am composing.

ধূপে দীপে মনের মধুতে
বেদী রচিয়াছি তোমা তরে
প্রাণের বঁধু দেরী করে শুধু
আমারে ভাসাও আঁখিনীরে

মালা গাঁথিয়াছি যতন করিয়া
ফুলসাজে সাজায়েছি পরাণ ভরিয়া
কেবল মৃদু হেসে কাছটিতে বসো এসে
সব চাওয়া-পাওয়ার পারে

চঞ্চল মননে তোমা পানে চালায়েছি
অবিচল রণনে তোমারেই ভাবিয়াছি
রাগে অনুরাগে সিক্ত পরাগে
গীতি রচিয়াছি সুধাসারে

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**Maner madhu práńer baṋdhu
Sabár tumi nayanamańi
Tomár sure tomáy ghire
Udgiita hay chandadhvani

Pal vipaler hisáb bhule
Jege tháko sabár múle
Sabáre bhálabese jáo
Sab kichukei ápan máni

Diner álo ráter kálo
Sabár májhe sudhá d́hálo
Sabáre kole t́ene náo
Dekho ná kár kata gláni**Honey of the mind, sweetheart for life,
You are the ruby of every eye.
In the melody surrounding Thee,
Sung loudly is the sound of poetry.

Despite the reckoning of time,
In every soul alert You bide.
You go on loving everybody,
Viewing as Your own everything.

By light of day and dark of night,
You dole out nectar at any time.
Upon Your lap everyone You bring,
Not caring how that makes You weary.

মনের মধু প্রাণের বঁধু
সবার তুমি নয়নমণি
তোমার সুরে তোমায় ঘিরে
উদ্গীত হয় ছন্দধ্বনি

পল-বিপলের হিসাব ভুলে
জেগে থাকো সবার মূলে
সবারে ভালবেসে যাও
সব কিছুকেই আপন মানি

দিনের আলো রাতের কালো
সবার মাঝে সুধা ঢালো
সবারে কোলে টেনে নাও
দেখো না কার কত গ্লানি

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**Ke go ásiyácho
Madhu d́háliyácho
Paráńer kańá kańáte

Mádhurii enecho
Klesh bhuláyecho
Mamatámadhur hásite

Bhúláye diyecho ke ápan par
Ek kare diyecho báhir ghar
Hiyár áveg chaŕáye diyecho
Nikhiler końe końete

Bhedbuddhi o shośań avicár
E jagate erá thákibe ná ár
Jiivanpátra bhariyá diyecho
Sudhárase káná kánáte**Who has arrived?
You've poured honey
On every molecule of life.

You've brought sweetness
And made forget the anguish,
With Your kind and loving smile.

You've made oblivious to who is friend or foe;
You've made one both parts unknown and home.
You have strewn heartfelt affection
In every corner of the universe.

Unfair are exploitation and prejudice;
In this world they'll not persist.
You have filled life's vessel
With a flow of nectar to the very brim.

কে গো আসিয়াছো
মধু ঢালিয়াছো
পরাণের কণা কণাতে

মাধুরী এনেছো
ক্লেশ ভুলায়েছো
মমতামধুর হাসিতে

ভুলায়ে দিয়েছো কে আপন পর
এক করে দিয়েছো বাহির ঘর
হিয়ার আবেগ ছড়ায়ে দিয়েছো
নিখিলের কোণে কোণেতে

ভেদবুদ্ধি ও শোষণ অবিচার
এ জগতে এরা থাকিবে না আর
জীবনপাত্র ভরিয়া দিয়েছো
সুধারসে কানা কানাতে

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**Sájábo bale málá parábo bale
Tor lági phul ámi enechi
Kanakcáṋpá ár jhará baul go
Májhe májhe kadam phul geṋthechi

Nácte nácte gechi vaner bhitar
Binuni geṋthechi máthár upar
Tor kathá bheve bheve utalá je man
Sei man niye d́áláy phul bharechi

Van theke phirechi háste háste
(Tor) Bhálobásár chavi bhálte bhálte
Jakhan keu chilo ná ei dharáte tui je chili
Tái toke dhyáne dharechi**As I will dress You, make You wear my wreath,
I've gone and brought flowers for Thee.
Frangipani and fallen bakul blossoms,
Among them I have strung some kadam.

To dance and dance I've gone into forest;
Hair I have braided atop my head.
Thinking of You, I've grown intent;
With such a mind I have filled a flower basket.

From the forest I came back, chuckling;
Your loving image in my mind, ever it did please.
When no one else was on this earth, I was still with Thee;
So in my meditation it's just to You I cling.

সাজাবো বলে মালা পরাবো বলে
তোর লাগি ফুল আমি এনেছি
কনকচাঁপা আর ঝরা বউল গো
মাঝে মাঝে কদম ফুল গেঁথেছি

নাচতে নাচতে গেছি বনের ভিতর
বিনুনি গেঁথেছি মাথার উপর
তোর কথা ভেবে ভেবে উতলা যে মন
সেই মন নিয়ে ডালায় ফুল ভরেছি

বন থেকে ফিরেছি হাসতে হাসতে
(তোর) ভালোবাসার ছবি ভালতে ভালতে
যখন কেউ ছিলো না এই ধরাতে তুই যে ছিলি
তাই তোকে ধ্যানে ধরেছি

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**Dúre kena ácho prabhu
Eso káche tumi eso káche
Surer máyáy kena báṋdho
Báṋdho chandomay náce

Báṋdho ámáy taŕit kheláy
Púrvákáshe rauṋer meláy
Sukher smrti mohan giiti
Sab kichuri májhe májhe

Chaŕiye deoyá phuler suvás
Mandamadhur malay vátás
Jyotsnáráshi tárár hási
Bhálabásár svapna sáje**Lord, why do You keep afar?
Come closer, please come closer.
Why bind me with melody's trance?
Rather, wrap me in a lilting dance.

Attune me to the play of lightning,
To a pageant of colors on eastern sky.
A charming song, a happy memory,
Is everything occasionally.

Spreading a fragrance of flowers
Is the gentle, southern breeze.
A bundle of moonlight, the star-beam
Is dressed in dreams of love.

দূরে কেন আছো প্রভু
এসো কাছে তুমি এসো কাছে
সুরের মায়ায় কেন বাঁধো
বাঁধো ছন্দোময় নাচে

বাঁধো আমায় তড়িৎ খেলায়
পূর্বাকাশে রঙের মেলায়
সুখের স্মৃতি মোহন গীতি
সব কিছুরই মাঝে মাঝে

ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া ফুলের সুবাস
মন্দমধুর মলয় বাতাস
জ্যোৎস্নারাশি তারার হাসি
ভালবাসার স্বপ্ন-সাজে

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**Ke go palásh vane
Dekhe jena mane hay cini tomáre
Esecho maner końe
Man ráuṋiye kena ácho dúre

Phuler vane áj dakhin háoyá
Mit́e geche mor sakal cáoyá
Khushiir joyáre ekhan egiye jáoyá
Nácte nácte tomáy ghire ghire

Vishvabhuvan tomár rúpe bhará
Sakal hrdaye tumi álo kará
Sakal manane tumi sudhá jhará
(Tomáy) Bhávár ánande bhási áṋkhiniire**Who goes there inside the palash grove?
Catching a glimpse, it seems as if I know Thee.
You've arrived within a niche of my mind;
My mind You have tinted, so why keep Your distance?

Today, in the floral garden, there's a southern wind;
Satisfied are all of my desires.
A tide of delight now gains ground
To dance and dance round about Thee.

Filled with Your beauty is the universe;
You enlighten every mind.
In every thought, ambrosia You exude;
Musing on You, I float in bliss, tearfully.

কে গো পলাশ বনে
দেখে যেন মনে হয় চিনি তোমারে
এসেছো মনের কোণে
মন রাঙিয়ে কেন আছো দূরে

ফুলের বনে আজ দখিন হাওয়া
মিটে গেছে মোর সকল চাওয়া
খুশীর জোয়ারে এখন এগিয়ে যাওয়া
নাচতে নাচতে তোমায় ঘিরে ঘিরে

বিশ্বভুবন তোমার রূপে ভরা
সকল হৃদয়ে তুমি আলো করা
সকল মননে তুমি সুধা ঝরা
(তোমায়) ভাবার আনন্দে ভাসি আঁখিনীরে

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**Ámi diip jvele jái caliyá
Tomári vediira tale
Niipaphule málá geṋthechi
Tomáre parábo bale

Alas prahar cale geche
Maramer májhe druti*[nb 2]* eseche
Práńer ságare báṋdh bheuṋgeche
Eso go nikat́e cale

Maner mukure ámi dekhechi
Tomárei bhálobesechi
Tumi cháŕá sab kichu bhúlechi
Eso madhu shatadale**Lamp lit, I keep on moving
At the foot of Your altar.
I have strung a garland of kadam flowers;
Soon I will make You wear it.

The time for idleness has gone;
In my heart of hearts has come momentum.
A dam has burst in the sea of life;
Lord, You arrive, having drawn nigh.

In my mental mirror I have seen
That I've been loving You only.
Except for You I've renounced everything;
Into my guru cakra[nb 3] come, my Sweet.

আমি দীপ জ্বেলে যাই চলিয়া
তোমারই বেদীর তলে
নীপফুলে মালা গেঁথেছি
তোমারে পরাবো বলে

অলস প্রহর চলে গেছে
মরমের মাঝে দ্রুতি এসেছে
প্রাণের সাগরে বাঁধ ভেঙ্গেছে
এসো গো নিকটে চলে

মনের মুকুরে আমি দেখেছি
তোমারেই ভালোবেসেছি
তুমি ছাড়া সব কিছু ভুলেছি
এসো মধু শতদলে

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**Páháŕe áj rauṋer melá
Man náce dodul dul
Sabái mile cal go jábo
Ánbo tule phul (morá)

Van kápásir bát́ periye
Monái t́áṋŕer mát́h máŕiye
Ghát́oyáler ghát́ eŕiye
Jábo siháŕshul
Khoṋpáy niye phul (go morá)

Calár náhi sheś go moder
Calái je jiivan
Nece geye cali morá
Khushii bhará man
Phul ná pele
Man ámáder hay go je ákul
Tái jakhan cali
Cali morá sauṋge niye phul**Many are the hues on hills today;
The mind dances, and earrings sway.
Come on, let's all go together;
Let us go and gather flowers.

Crossing cotton-forest trails,
We race over stony fields.
Shunning the wharfinger's mooring,
We'll go for bauhinia,
Bearing flowers on our hairbun.

There's no end to our trek;
Motion is the gist of life.
Dancing, singing, we move ahead,
Happiness filling our mind.
When we don't find flowers,
Our mind, it grows anxious.
And so whenever we go forth,
We carry flowers with us.

পাহাড়ে আজ রঙের মেলা
মন নাচে দোদুল দুল
সবাই মিলে চল গো যাবো
আনবো তুলে ফুল (মোরা)

বন কাপাসির বাট পেরিয়ে
মোনাই টাঁড়ের মাঠ মাড়িয়ে
ঘাটোয়ালের ঘাট এড়িয়ে
যাবো সিহারশুল
খোঁপায় নিয়ে ফুল (গো মোরা)

চলার নাহি শেষ গো মোদের
চলাই যে জীবন
নেচে গেয়ে চলি মোরা
খুশী-ভরা মন
ফুল না পেলে
মন আমাদের হয় গো যে আকুল
তাই যখন চলি
চলি মোরা সঙ্গে নিয়ে ফুল

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**Ámár maner mánuś tui kothá geli
Toke khuṋje khuṋje náhi pai go
Tui dúrke giye ámáy vyathá dili
Ámi ekathá kabhu bhuli nái go

Khuṋji joŕer dháre khuṋji d́ungrir páŕe
Mari van paláshiira cháye máthá khuṋŕe
Tui áy go áy áy go áy gharke phire
Ámi keṋde keṋde mare jái go

Mor náhi karam mor náhi maram
Tái sadá tor páne tákái go**My Beloved, You went where?
Seeking Thee, I don't succeed.
Going away, You gave me pain;
Never I forget that state.

I cast about on river banks and mountain slopes;
In vain I comb the shadows of palash groves.
Darling, please come back, come home to me;
Else I will die, weeping bitterly.

I am not lucky, nor am I deep;
So constantly I gaze toward Thee.

আমার মনের মানুষ তুই কোথা গেলি
তোকে খুঁজে খুঁজে নাহি পাই গো
তুই দূরকে গিয়ে আমায় ব্যথা দিলি
আমি একথা কভু ভুলি নাই গো

খুঁজি জোড়ের ধারে খুঁজি ডুংরির পাড়ে
মরি বন পলাশীর ছায়ে মাথা খুঁড়ে
তুই আয় গো আয় আয় গো আয় ঘরকে ফিরে
আমি কেঁদে কেঁদে মরে যাই গো

মোর নাহি করম মোর নাহি মরম
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**Je tomáre cáy tomá páne cáy
(Tumi kena) Táre náhi cáo
Áṋdhára nishiithe álo jhará práte
Múk haye kena rao

Ákásha pátháre áloke áṋdháre
Caleche phuler dal
Kata jhare jáy shatadal
Sabára lágiyá sabáre cáhiyá
Kena dhará náhi dáo

Niirava carańe varańe varańe
Tákáy áshá mukul
Kata cáoyá haye jáy bhul
Nirvák theke niirava dyuloke
Kon se viińá bájáo**Those who long for You, who look to You,
Them why don't You see?
At darkest night and in bright morning,
Why do You keep mute?

On sky and sea, in light, in gloom,
A band of flowers, they have moved;
But many hundred-petaled loti[nb 2] droop.
For the good of all, to be impartial,
Why not let Yourself be held?

With many hues, approaching silently,
Hope's bloom gazes toward Thee;
Neglected is much yearning.
In a soundless heaven keeping mum,
What is that lute You strum?

যে তোমারে চায় তোমা পানে চায়
(তুমি কেন) তারে নাহি চাও
আঁধার নিশীথে আলো-ঝরা প্রাতে
মূক হয়ে কেন রও

আকাশ-পাথারে আলোকে আঁধারে
চলেছে ফুলের দল
কত ঝরে যায় শতদল
সবার লাগিয়া সবারে চাহিয়া
কেন ধরা নাহি দাও

নীরব চরণে বরণে বরণে
তাকায় আশা-মুকুল
কত চাওয়া হয়ে যায় ভুল
নির্বাক থেকে নীরব দ্যুলোকে
কোন সে বীণা বাজাও

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**Shuktir buke muktár mata
Koraker madhu áche bhará
Jatane táháre d́hákiyá rekhechi
Spandan rúpa rasakśará

Se madhu ámár shukábe ná kabhu
Jale jhaŕe háráibe náko prabhu
Tomár arghya tomá páne jábe
Shata mantre se shatadhárá

Grahań tomáre karitei habe
Tumi cháŕá mor ke bá áche bhave
(Mor) Sakal ákúti sakal prańati
Bhálabásá tava bháve hárá**Like a pearl in the bosom of an oyster
A bud's nectar is tucked in.
I've taken pains to keep it sheltered,
Source emanating form and vibration.

May this honey mine never go dry;
In rainstorm, Lord, may it not be lost.
My worship will proceed in Your direction
With many multifaceted incantations.

Your realization will surely ensue;
In this world, none else is mine but You.
All my salutation and solicitation
Are absorbed in contemplation of Your love.

শুক্তির বুকে মুক্তার মত
কোরকের মধু আছে ভরা
যতনে তাহারে ঢাকিয়া রেখেছি
স্পন্দন রূপ রসক্ষরা

সে মধু আমার শুকাবে না কভু
জলে ঝড়ে হারাইবে নাকো প্রভু
তোমার অর্ঘ্য তোমা পানে যাবে
শত মন্ত্রে সে শতধারা

গ্রহণ তোমারে করিতেই হবে
তুমি ছাড়া মোর কে বা আহে ভবে
(মোর) সকল আকূতি সকল প্রণতি
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**Eso go prabhu eso mor hiyáy
Niirava carańe varańe varańe
Álok sarańe mor abhiipsáy

(Je bá) Dharár dhúlikańay pathahárá bhránta
Moher madiráy diirńa ashánta
Táhári manane tári áváhane
Eso eso ahetukii krpáy

Tomára samán ár keha nái
Manera ákáshe dvitiiya cáṋda nái
Jyotsnáráshite madhura hásite
Mohana báṋshiite násho trśáy**Come, dear Lord, inside my heart appear
With silent feet a welcome to receive
On the route made bright by my yearning.

Those who, path lost for motes of earth-dust,
Bothered and broken by wine of attachment,
Into their minds, into their invocation,
Come, please come, through grace gratuitous.

There's no one else who is Your equal,
No second moon on sky of mind;
In Your ample light and sweet smile,
With magic flute, You quench our thirst.

এসো গো প্রভু এসো মোর হিয়ায়
নীরব চরণে বরণে বরণে
আলোক সরণে মোর অভীপ্সায়

(যে বা) ধরার ধূলিকণায় পথহারা ভ্রান্ত
মোহের মদিরায় দীর্ণ অশান্ত
তাহারই মননে তারই আবাহনে
এসো এসো অহেতুকী কৃপায়

তোমার সমান আর কেহ নাই
মনের আকাশে দ্বিতীয় চাঁদ নাই
জ্যোৎস্নারাশিতে মধুর হাসিতে
মোহন বাঁশীতে নাশো তৃষায়

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Prabhu ámáy krpá karo
(Tumi) Krpá karo
Jiivan ámár áloke bharo

Tava bhávanáy man mete ják
Tomár rúpete áṋkhi bhare ják
Ádarshe more karo go sajág
Divya dyutite tule dharo

Tava dyotanáy spandita karo
Tava naváruńe raiṋjita karo
Tomár parashe pavitra karo
Tamasár masii sab haro

Lord, grant me grace;
Please grant me grace.
Fill my life with light.

May thoughts of You inflame my mind;
May Your beauty fill my eyes.
Stir me with ideology,
Uplift me with divine majesty.

Sway me with Your inspiration,
Paint me with Your newly risen sun.
By Your touch make me pure;
All my dark stains do purge.

প্রভু আমায় কৃপা করো
(তুমি) কৃপা করো
জীবন আমার আলোকে ভরো

তব ভাবনায় মন মেতে যাক
তোমার রূপেতে আঁখি ভরে যাক
আদর্শে মোরে করো গো সজাগ
দিব্য দ্যুতিতে তুলে ধরো

তব দ্যোতনায় স্পন্দিত করো
তব নবারুণে রঞ্জিত করো
তোমার পরশে পবিত্র করো
তমসার মসী সব হরো

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**Nútana rúpete ásiyácho tumi
Nútaner jay gái
Hiyára áṋdhár saráye diyecho
Kaluśer kańá nái

Bhúdhare ságare gahana kánane
Álojhalamala sakala manane
Páoyá ná-páoyár hatáshár vyathá
Hárávár náhi t́háṋi

Já chilo gopane manera áŕále
Sekháneo tumi hátat́i baŕále
Cepe rákhivár bháve d́hákivár
Kona avakásha nái**With novel hue You have come;
I sing the triumph of the new.
Heart's gloom have You removed;
I've not any dark granules.

On mountain and sea, in dense jungle,
You are resplendent in every conception.
Getting or not the pain of frustration,
Nowhere am I dispossessed.

That which was secret, in my mind concealed,
A hand You did reach even to there.
To suppress anything, to screen my feelings,
I've no opportunity.

নূতন রূপেতে আসিয়াছো তুমি
নূতনের জয় গাই
হিয়ার আঁধার সরায়ে দিয়েছো
কলুষের কণা নাই

ভূধরে সাগরে গহন কাননে
আলোঝলমল সকল মননে
পাওয়া না-পাওয়ার হতাশার ব্যথা
হারাবার নাহি ঠাঁই

যা ছিলো গোপনে মনের আড়ালে
সেখানেও তুমি হাতটি বাড়ালে
চেপে রাখিবার ভাবে ঢাকিবার
কোন অবকাশ নাই

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**Súrja ut́heche tamah náshiyáche
Ákásh heseche rúpáloke
Shatek juger láiṋchanábhár
Bhásiyá giyáche se áloke

Álor ságare tuphán eseche
Sakal jaŕatá niirave sareche
Sakal kálimá mukh lukáyeche
Jyotiriish tava liilá dekhe

Kálo javaniká se álote liin
Krśńa ákásh hayeche suniil
Sab avicár sab anácár
Bhaye bhaye dekhe se dyutike**The sun has risen, gloom is disappearing;
Sky has smiled with radiant beauty.
A hundred ages laden with humiliation
They have faded beneath that effulgence.

In the sea of light, a storm has come;
All staticity has quietly withdrawn.
All stigmata have hidden their face,
Lord of Light, on seeing Your play.

By that light the dark shroud is consumed;
Black sky has morphed into a deep blue.
Every injustice and every corruption,
Sheepishly they view that brilliant splendor.

সূর্য উঠেছে তমঃ নাশিয়াছে
আকাশ হেসেছে রূপালোকে
শতেক যুগের লাঞ্ছনাভার
ভাসিয়া গিয়াছে সে আলোকে

আলোর সাগরে তুফান এসেছে
সকল জড়তা নীরবে সরেছে
সকল কালিমা মুখ লুকায়েছে
জ্যোতিরীশ তব লীলা দেখে

কালো যবনিকা সে আলোতে লীন
কৃষ্ণ আকাশ হয়েছে সুনীল
সব অবিচার সব অনাচার
ভয়ে ভয়ে দেখে সে দ্যুতিকে

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**Mor náhi je samay
Mor náhi je samay
Tumi abeláy kena ele
Ogo dayámay ei asamay

Mor maner bakulerá jhariyá geche
Shepháliir phul niice paŕiyá áche
Diipádháre manodiip niviyá geche
Tumi derii kare kena ele
Ogo cinmaya ei asamay

Mor sauṋgiirá sudúre háráyeche
Bhálabásá kothá bhásiyá geche
Mor áshár mukul sab shukáyeche
Tabu mrdu hese kena ese páshe basile
Tumi ogo manomay ei asamay**I am out of time;
No more time is mine.
At close of day, why did You arrive?
Oh, gracious Lord, this was ill-timed.

The bakul blooms of my mind have fallen down;
My jasmine flowers have dropped to the ground.
On the lampstand, my mental candle has gone out.
Having delayed, why did You arrive?
Oh, Consciousness sublime, this was ill-timed.

Lost to the great beyond are my companions;
Love, to what place has it drifted off?
My buds of hope, they have all shriveled up.
Why then, with tender smile, did You come sit by my side?
Hey, Ruler of the heart, this was ill-timed.

মোর নাহি যে সময়
মোর নাহি যে সময়
তুমি অবেলায় কেন এলে
ওগো দয়াময় এই অসময়

মোর মনের বকুলেরা ঝরিয়া গেছে
শেফালীর ফুল নীচে পড়িয়া আছে
দীপাধারে মনোদীপ নিবিয়া গেছে
তুমি দেরী করে কেন এলে
ওগো চিন্ময় এই অসময়

মোর সঙ্গীরা সুদূরে হারায়েছে
ভালবাসা কোথা ভাসিয়া গেছে
মোর আশার মুকুল সব শুকায়েছে
তবু মৃদু হেসে কেন এসে পাশে বসিলে
তুমি ওগো মনোময় এই অসময়

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**Sei háráno diner kathá mane paŕe
Niilákáshe jabe cái
Sei andhatamisráy tumii chile
Ekalá jágiyá sadái

Mor vyathá ár keha náhi jáne
Mor kathá ár keha náhi máne
Tomárei bhálobási ámi je divánishi
Hiyá májhe ár keha nái

(Mor) Sur chilo vedanáte bhará
Gán chilo duhkhasmrti gherá
Se sur se gán háy niirave geche kotháy
Áshá bhará sure áji gái**Tales of days gone by spring to my mind,
As I survey the blue sky.
Amid the utter gloom You stood,
Alone and constantly alert.

No one else knows my sorrow;
No one else heeds my story.
I'm the one who loves You day and night;
Within my heart, no one else abides.

Painful was my melody;
My song was ringed by sad memories.
But whither has that music gone still?
Today I sing with tunes hope-filled.

সেই হারানো দিনের কথা মনে পড়ে
নীলাকাশে যবে চাই
সেই অন্ধতমিস্রায় তুমিই ছিলে
একলা জাগিয়া সদাই

মোর ব্যথা আর কেহ নাহি জানে
মোর কথা আর কেহ নাহি মানে
তোমারেই ভালোবাসি আমি যে দিবানিশি
হিয়া মাঝে আর কেহ নাই

(মোর) সুর ছিলো বেদনাতে ভরা
গান ছিলো দুঃখস্মৃতি-ঘেরা
সে সুর সে গান হায় নীরবে গেছে কোথায়
আশা-ভরা সুরে আজি গাই

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**Diner áloy kena áso ni
Ráter áṋdháre tumi esecho
Sukher dinete dekhá dáo ni
Duhkher ráte bhálobesecho

Ákáshe ujjvala tárá
Parivesh rddhite bhará
Takhan tomár dekhá pái ni
Sab háránor pare sántvaná diyecho

Madhumáse caetáli váy
Pulake shiharań jágáy
Takhan tomáke káche pái ni
Tiivra dáhane sáthe shiitalatá enecho**Why did You not come by daylight;
You've come only at dark of night.
On days of joy, no sighting You bestow;
But on my nights of sorrow, You did dote.

When stars shone bright in the sky,
And fortune thrived on every side,
Then I got no glimpse of Thee;
After all was lost, then You've eased my grief.

When Chaitra's vernal breeze blows in,
With goosebumps, thrills are awakened.
Then, I did not find You near;
Along with heat extreme, You have brought relief.

দিনের আলোয় কেন আসো নি
রাতের আঁধারে তুমি এসেছো
সুখের দিনেতে দেখা দাও নি
দুঃখের রাতে ভালোবেসেছো

আকাশে উজ্জ্বল তারা
পরিবেশ ঋদ্ধিতে ভরা
তখন তোমার দেখা পাই নি
সব হারানোর পরে সান্ত্বনা দিয়েছো

মধুমাসে চৈতালি বায়
পুলকে শিহরণ জাগায়
তখন তোমাকে কাছে পাইনি
তীব্র দাহনে সাথে শীতলতা এনেছো

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**Jhum jhumájhum
Jhum jhumájhum
Jhumur bájiye cal
Torá cal go sabái vanke cal

Vaner bhitare áche kadamer phul
Áche shiuli keyá áche jhará baul
Mátháy báṋdhbo málá háte parbo bálá
Morá nácbo ghire ghire devtári sthal

Nácer tále ár gáner sure
Devtá moder thákbe ná dúre
Morá mánuś pashupákhi sabái mile
Tár carań dhoyábo d́hele áṋkhijal**Jingle, jangle;
Jingle, jangle...
A song of love has rung out; so let's proceed.
All of you, move... to the woods, let's hurry!

Inside the forest, kadam flowers[nb 2] are there;
Night-jasmine[nb 3] and screwpine[nb 4] blossoms are falling.
On arms we'll wear bangles, on hair we'll tie garlands...
Round and around God's land we will dance.

At our rhythmic dance beat and lyric melody,
Far distant our Deity won't keep.
Humans, animals, and birds, we agree;
With the tears we did weep we will wash His holy feet.

ঝুম্ ঝুমাঝুম্
ঝুম্ ঝুমাঝুম্
ঝুমুর বাজিয়ে চল্
তোরা চল্ গো সবাই বনকে চল্

বনের ভিতরে আছে কদমের ফুল
আছে শিউলি-কেয়া আছে ঝরা বউল
মাথায় বাঁধবো মালা হাতে পরবো বালা
মোরা নাচবো ঘিরে ঘিরে দেবতারই স্থল

নাচের তালে আর গানের সুরে
দেবতা মোদের থাকবে না দূরে
মোরা মানুষ পশুপাখী সবাই মিলে
তার চরণ ধোয়াবো ঢেলে আঁখিজল

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**Tomár bhávt́i bheve meteche je man
Kona mánái máne ná máne ná
Calbo ámi tomári pathe

Áṋdhár nishár avasáne
Bhorer gáne práńe práńe
Thákbo ámi sáthe sáthe

Je phul ámár geche jhare
Bhávbo náko se sab kathá kabhu
Smrtir dvárer ágal khule
D́ákbo tomáy niravadhi prabhu
(Ámi) Sakal bhule paráń khule
Dharbo tomáy dhyánete

Mor hiyár madhu práńer baṋdhu
D́hálbo ámi tomár práńete**In thought of You the mind is consumed;
It cares not for, pays no heed to, any taboo.
On just Your path I will move.

At the end of darkest night,
In a song of dawn from life to life,
I will be ever with Thee.

Regarding my blooms that have fallen,
Never will I think of all those tales.
The barred doors of my memory are open;
Master, I'll invoke You always.
At every blunder, with sincerity,
In my meditation I will cling to Thee.

Dearest Friend, my heart's sweetness
I will dispense per Your will.

তোমার ভাবটি ভেবে মেতেছে যে মন
কোন মানাই মানে না মানে না
চলবো আমি তোমারই পথে

আঁধার নিশার অবসানে
ভোরের গানে প্রাণে প্রাণে
থাকবো আমি সাথে সাথে

যে ফুল আমার গেছে ঝরে
ভাববো নাকো সে সব কথা কভু
স্মৃতির দ্বারের আগল খুলে
ডাকবো তোমায় নিরবধি প্রভু
(আমি) সকল ভুলে পরাণ খুলে
ধরবো তোমায় ধ্যানেতে

মোর হিয়ার মধু প্রাণের বঁধু
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**Bandhu tomár lági sájáye rekhechi ghar
Bhuláye diyecho tumi ke ápan ke bá par

Cáṋder álote háse kumuder sab dal
Maner mukure bháse hiyá-bhejá áṋkhijal

Bandhu tomár lági sájáye rekhechi ghar
Shikháye diyecho tumi bhálabásá bhásvar

Malay vátáse bháse káche theke dúre dúr
Sabáre suvás d́hále báche ná sukhii-átur

Bandhu tomár lági sájáye rekhechi ghar
Bujháye diyecho tumi satyai sundar**
Abiding Friend, for You we've arranged an abode;
You have made us blind to who is close and who's remote.

In the moonlight, every lotus petal smiles;
Heartfelt tears appear upon the mirror of the mind.

Abiding Friend, for You we've arranged a residence;
You have made us know that love is always radiant.

With a gentle breeze, the dispossessed approach from afar;
A sweet scent pours on everyone, content or distraught.

Abiding Friend, for You we've arranged a domicile;
You have made us realize that only benign truth is fine.

বন্ধু তোমার লাগি সাজায়ে রেখেছি ঘর
ভুলায়ে দিয়েছো তুমি কে আপন কে বা পর

চাঁদের আলোতে হাসে কুমুদের সব দল
মনের মুকুরে ভাসে হিয়া-ভেজা আঁখিজল

বন্ধু তোমার লাগি সাজায়ে রেখেছি ঘর
শিখায়ে দিয়েছো তুমি ভালবাসা ভাস্বর

মলয় বাতাসে ভাসে কাছে থেকে দূরে দূর
সবারে সুবাস ঢালে বাছে না সুখী-আতুর

বন্ধু তোমার লাগি সাজায়ে রেখেছি ঘর
বুঝায়ে দিয়েছো তুমি সত্যই সুন্দর

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**Manete bhomrá elo
Gunguniye kothá gelo go
Gharete práń juŕáte
Maner mánuś elo go
Ese náhi basilo

Ámi sakál sáṋjhe jalke jete
Tárei shudhu khuṋji go
Se je ámáy kine niyeche
Gharer káje kśeter káje
Tarei shudhu bhávi go
Se je ámár sab niyeche
(Ebár) Basbo dhyáne
Dharbo práńe
Se jadi ná basilo

(Ebár) Duhkher kathá jor kariyá
Tárei ámi shońábo
Jadi shuńte se ná cáhilo**In the mind came a bumblebee;
Humming away, where did he go?
In my home, heart to console,
My Lover did appear.
He came but did not stay.

Every day at dawn, going to the pond,
I keep eyes peeled only for Him,
The one who made me His own.
While at work in house and field,
I think of Him and Him alone,
The One Who took my everything.
Now I'll sit and meditate;
I'll keep Him in my life,
Although He did not stay.

Now, by force, my tale of woe,
I will make Him heed,
Even though He chose not to hear.

মনেতে ভোমরা এলো
গুনগুনিয়ে কোথা গেলো গো
ঘরেতে প্রাণ জুড়াতে
মনের মানুষ এলো গো
এসে নাহি বসিলো

আমি সকাল সাঁঝে জলকে যেতে
তারেই শুধু খুঁজি গো
সে যে আমায় কিনে নিয়েছে
ঘরের কাজে ক্ষেতের কাজে
তারেই শুধু ভাবি গো
সে যে আমার সব নিয়েছে
(এবার) বসবো ধ্যানে
ধরবো প্রাণে
সে যদি না বসিলো

(এবার) দুঃখের কথা জোর করিয়া
তারেই আমি শোণাবো
যদি গুণতে সে না চাহিলো

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**Bhál go
Ajáná pathik ek deshke eseche
O se rúper chat́áy dhará bhare diyeche
T́áṋŕ jamine kamal phul phut́iye diyeche

Gaŕ kar go
Ajáná pathik ek gharke eseche
O se candaner suváse bhare diyeche
Komal háte sabáike parash diyeche

Dhyán dhar go
Ajáná pathik ek manke eseche
O se ánande jagatke bhare diyeche
Sakalke samán bháve bhálobeseche**It's just marvelous!
The Unknown Traveler has come to our locale.
With splendor of form He has filled the earth;
He's made lilies blossom on desolate land.

Kneel down before Him!
The Unknown Traveler has come to our abode.
With fragrance of sandal He has filled the air;
He's touched everyone with a gentle hand.

Concentrate on Him!
The Unknown Traveler has come to our psyche.
With boundless happiness He has filled the world;
He's given love to everyone impartially.

ভাল গো
অজানা পথিক এক দেশকে এসেছে
ও সে রূপের ছটায় ধরা ভরে দিয়েছে
টাঁড় জমিনে কমল ফুল ফুটিয়ে দিয়েছে

গড় কর গো
অজানা পথিক এক ঘরকে এসেছে
ও সে চন্দনের সুবাসে ভরে দিয়েছে
কোমল হাতে সবাইকে পরশ দিয়েছে

ধ্যান ধর গো
অজানা পথিক এক মনকে এসেছে
ও সে আনন্দে জগৎকে ভরে দিয়েছে
সকলকে সমান ভাবে ভালোবেসেছে

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**Joŕete haŕká náme
Námlo práńe d́hal
(Dádá go) Ek sauṋge cal go sabái
Ek sauṋge cal

Ek sauṋge tháki morá
Káuke ná d́ar bási
Ek sauṋge khái go morá
Ek sauṋgei hási
Sukhe duhkhe ek sauṋge
Ádarshe at́al

Bháye bháye bhinna hale
Shakti kame jáy
Bune bune bhed jágile
Ghare ná sukh ray
Ek sauṋge thákbo morá
Ánande ucchal**Into a tiny stream a flood has plunged;
Upon our life a rapid descended.
Oh kinfolk, let's all move together;
Let's go forward as one.

We live collectively;
So no one we fear.
Together we dine,
As only together we shine.
Sharing both joy and grief,
We are steady in our ideal.

When brothers are estranged,
Their strength gets impaired.
When sisters fall into quarrel,
In the home, happiness won't dwell.
United we shall remain,
And bliss will prevail.

জোড়েতে হড়কা নামে
নামলো প্রাণে ঢল
(দাদা গো) এক সঙ্গে চল গো সবাই
এক সঙ্গে চল

এক সঙ্গে থাকি মোরা
কাউকে না ডর বাসি
এক সঙ্গে খাই গো মোরা
এক সঙ্গেই হাসি
সুখে দুঃখে এক সঙ্গে
আদর্শে অটল

ভায়ে ভায়ে ভিন্ন হলে
শক্তি কমে যায়
বুনে বুনে ভেদ জাগিলে
ঘরে না সুখ রয়
এক সঙ্গে থাকবো মোরা
আনন্দে উচ্ছল

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**Ogo prabhu tomár dekhi e kii liilá
Liilár áŕále lukiye ácho ekelá

Dile ráter áṋdhár dile tárár melá
Dile cáṋder hási hiyá kare utalá

Dáruń nidághete dile dahan jválá
Dile belá juṋiyer suvás dile mála

Dile káṋt́á bhará kánan kaśt́e calá
Táte goláp phút́iye dile sakál belá

Tumi eklá kii kare karo eta khelá**Oh Lord, while we observe Your stunning play,
Alone behind its screen, You lie in wait.

You gave the dark of night and its carnival of stars;
You gave the moon's smile that made restive our heart.

You gave severe summers and a heat that burns;
You gave juhi jasmine[nb 2] and its fragrant garlands.

You gave thorn-filled gardens, hard to perambulate;
And, in them, You made the rose blossom at daybreak.

On Your own, how do You create so many games?

ওগো প্রভু তোমার দেখি এ কী লীলা
লীলার আড়ালে লুকিয়ে আছো একেলা

দিলে রাতের আঁধার দিলে তারার মেলা
দিলে চাঁদের হাসি হিয়া করে উতলা

দারুণ নিদাঘেতে দিলে দহন জ্বালা
দিলে বেলা জুঁইয়ের সুবাস দিলে মালা

দিলে কাঁটা ভরা কানন কষ্টে চলা
তাতে গোলাপ ফুটিয়ে দিলে সকাল বেলা

তুমি একলা কী করে করো এত খেলা

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**Tumi sabáre samán bhálabáso
Tumi sabár lágiyá káj karo
Tumi sabár hrdaye udbhása
Tumi sabár jiivane madhu bharo

Áṋdhár nishiithe tumi diipávalii
Nidághete ása jal chalachali
Vyathita hiyáy mádhurii d́hálo
Tumi ahetukii krpá kare aneke táro

Tumi sabár manete pashi manke dekho
Tumi kona bádhátei kabhu tháma náko
Tumi uttál sindhute tariit́i áno
Tumi jiṋáner kájale cokh kholáte páro**For all You have equal love;
You do service to everyone.
In every heart You manifest;
You fill each life with sweetness.

You are a festival of light in darkest night;
In summer heat, like running water You arrive.
On distressed hearts You pour honey;
Granting unearned mercy, You rescue many.

Entering every mind, You tend to heart's desire;
For no impediment do You ever retire.
You ferry us across the billowy sea;
You open eyes with the collyrium of learning.

তুমি সবারে সমান ভালবাস
তুমি সবার লাগিয়া কাজ কর
তুমি সবার হৃদয়ে উদ্ভাস
তুমি সবার জীবনে মধু ভর

আঁধার নিশীথে তুমি দীপাবলী
নিদাঘেতে আস জল ছলছলি
ব্যথিত হিয়ায় মাধুরী ঢাল
তুমি অহেতুকী কৃপা করে অনেকে তারো

তুমি সবার মনেতে পশি মনকে দেখ
তুমি কোন বাধাতেই কভু থাম নাকো
তুমি উত্তাল সিন্ধুতে তরীটি আন
তুমি জ্ঞানের কাজলে চোখ খোলাতে পার

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**Marmaviińáy eki sur áji báje
Divánishi mor virahii hiyára májhe
Eso eso ogo eso

Maner gahane dolá dey eki sur
Naha dúr tumi ár naha beshii dúr
Karmajajiṋe jekháne tákái sekháne
Nihita rayecho tumi mor sab káje

Práńer ávege jakhan jedike cái
Tava rúp cháŕá ár kona rúp nái
Rúpátiita prabhu dáo go rúpete dhará
Nrtye o giite nitya nútana sáje**Soul's violin now plays a single melody,
Day and night, in my lovesick heart:
Come, please come, oh, come to me.

From this tune's impact on my heart of hearts,
You are never far away, no longer very far.
In selfless service, there I peer within;
You lie hidden in my every action.

With heart's fervor, when I look along that line,
There I find no other form but Thine.
Transcendental Lord, let me embrace Your form,
In ever-new dance and song adorned.

মর্মবীণায় একই সুর আজি বাজে
দিবানিশি মোর বিরহী হিয়ার মাঝে
এসো এসো ওগো এসো

মনের গহনে দোলা দেয় একই সুর
নহ দূর তুমি আর নহ বেশী দূর
কর্মযজ্ঞে যেখানে তাকাই সেখানে
নিহিত রয়েছো তুমি মোর সব কাজে

প্রাণের আবেগে যখন যেদিকে চাই
তব রূপ ছাড়া আর কোন রূপ নাই
রূপাতীত প্রভু দাও গো রূপেতে ধরা
নৃত্যে ও গীতে নিত্য নূতন সাজে

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**Milaner dine prabháta kirańe
Maner kálimá chilo ná ár
Phuler suváse práńer suháse
Sare giyechilo jata vyathábhár

Shata janamer jame ásá bhár
Chilo jata shubháshubha saḿskár
Ek lahamáy kothá bhese jáy
Sab bhule giye hayechi tomár

Tumi ácho ár ámi shudhu áchi
Sab vinimaye tomáre peyechi
Tomár krpáy moha muche jáy
Cáoyá páoyá saba hay ekákár**On our wedding day, with dawn's sunrays,
The psyche's darkness no longer stayed.
With floral fragrance and sweet smile of life,
Everything painful was swept aside.

Countless past lives have come to fruition;
Requited were all good and bad actions.
In a split second where does it drift away;
All was forgotten when become Yours have I.

You exist, whereas I just persist;
In every exchange, it is You I've obtained.
By Your grace, attachments are erased;
All desires and acquires become alike.

মিলনের দিনে প্রভাত কিরণে
মনের কালিমা ছিলো না আর
ফুলের সুবাসে প্রাণের সুহাসে
সরে গিয়েছিলো যত ব্যথাভার

শত জনমের জমে আসা ভার
ছিলো যত শুভাশুভ সংস্কার
এক লহমায় কোথা ভেসে যায়
সব ভুলে গিয়ে হয়েছি তোমার

তুমি আহো আর আমি শুধু আছি
সব বিনিময়ে তোমারে পেয়েছি
তোমার কৃপায় মোহ মুছে যায়
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Esecho paráń bhariyá esecho

Janama janama dhare ceyechi tomáre
Kata nishi ket́e geche vinidra áṋkhidháre
Avasheśe krpá halo tava ágaman halo
(Tumi) Nija háte diip mor jvelecho

Vishuśka marubhúmi sabujete phire elo
Vishiirńa srotadhárá joyárete bhare gelo
Vidiirńa hiyá mama náce gáne rúp pelo
(Tumi) Pelava parash diyecho

You have come; fulfilling my life, You have come.

I have pined for You, taking birth after birth;
Many nights passed, sleepless and tearful.
Then at long last, grace befell with Your arrival;
By Your own hand, my lamp was kindled.

Verdure returned to an arid wilderness;
A trickling stream was brought to spate.
Through song and dance, my broken heart found shape;
You've applied a light caress.


এসেছো পরাণ ভরিয়া এসেছো

জনম জনম ধরে চেয়েছি তোমারে
কত নিশি কেটে গেছে বিনিদ্র আঁখিধারে
অবশেষে কৃপা হলো তব আগমন হলো
(তুমি) নিজ হাতে দীপ মোর জ্বেলেছো

বিশুষ্ক মরুভূমি সবুজেতে ফিরে এলো
বিশীর্ণ স্রোতধারা জোয়ারেতে ভরে গেলো
বিদীর্ণ হিয়া মম নাচে গানে রূপ পেলো
(তুমি) পেলব পরশ দিয়েছো

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**Vihán kále tále tále
Vanke jábár kále eli go
Tui eli ámár calár pathe
Shauṋkhaciler mata humŕe paŕe go
Dhare nili ámár háte

Ámár khoṋpár málá takhan gela khúle
Kadam phuler d́álá chit́ke dile
Tui balá nái kaoyá nái kena eli
Ámár jáná cená kulite path dekháte

Tor surer máyájále man majeche
Tor nácer chande tále man meteche
Tui eman bháve bháv karis kena
Ámi cái nái toke tabu eli bhuláte**In harmony with a morning melody,
On my way to the forest, You came.
You came to me along the footpath;
Swooping down like a kite,
You caught hold of my hand.

At that time, my bun ring came undone,
Making my crown of kadam[nb 2] fly off.
Unbidden, why did You come
To show me a familiar path?

With the magic of Your melodies, my heart was won;
With the rhythms of Your dance, my mind got lost.
For what purpose do You cultivate such friendship?
I don't ask for You; but, ignoring that, You come.

বিহান কালে তালে তালে
বনকে যাবার কালে এলি গো
তুই এলি আমার চলার পথে
শঙ্খচিলের মত হুমড়ে পড়ে গো
ধরে নিলি আমার হাতে

আমার খোঁপার মালা তখন গেল খুলে
কদম ফুলের ডালা ছিটকে দিলে
তুই বলা নাই কওয়া নাই কেন এলি
আমার জানা চেনা কুলিতে পথ দেখাতে

তোর সুরের মায়াজালে মন মজেছে
তোর নাচের ছন্দে তালে মন মেতেছে
তুই এমন ভাবে ভাব করিস কেন
আমি চাই নাই তোকে তবু এলি ভুলাতে

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Toke gar kari nanad tui mor kathá rákh
Toke geṋthe doba ámi málá
Halde kalke phul ráuṋá shimul phul
Phut́eche go lákhe lákh
Ghare thákte nári ei avelá

Ámár man je náce oi vanke jete
Tui sauṋge cal jábo ná ekalá

Ke se bájikar d́áke vane páháŕe
Ár ki ghare man thákte páre
Toke gaŕ kari nanad tui ei krpá kar
Morá nece jábo tui ámár hát dhar

Respectfully, sister, mark my words;
I will give you a garland that I weave.
Yellow kolke and red shimul,
They've blossomed aplenty;
This is no time to stay indoors.

My jubilant mind to yon forest would go;
Please come with, as I won't go alone.

When the Wizard calls from forests and hills,
In what close abode can mind reside any longer?
Respectfully, sister, do me this mercy;
Take my hand, and let's go forth triumphantly.

তোকে গড় করি ননদ তুই মোর কথা রাখ
তোকে গেঁথে দোব আমি মালা
হলদে কল্কে ফুল রাঙা শিমুল ফুল
ফুটেছে গো লাখে লাখ
ঘরে থাকতে নারি এই অবেলা

আমার মন যে নাচে ওই বনকে যেতে
তুই সঙ্গে চল যাবো না একলা

কে সে বাজিকর ডাকে বনে পাহাড়ে
আর কি ঘরে মন থাকতে পারে
তোকে গড় করি ননদ তুই এই কৃপা কর
মোরা নেচে যাবো তুই আমার হাত ধর

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**Halud gáṋdár phul kanak cáṋpár phul
Ene de ene de go
Naile káṋdbo dine ráte báṋdhbo ná cúl

Ámár sauṋgii sáthiirá sab geche hát́e
Tárá nácte nácte geche bát́e bát́e
Ámáy jete náhi dili tui anli ná phul
Ámi ákhá náhi choṋba káńe parbo ná dul

Er vicár karbe moder devtá atul
Ámáy duhkh dili nárili ánte go phul**Yellow marigold and gold magnolia,
Bring them, oh bring them to me;
Else, hair untied, day and night I'll weep.

My companions are all at the fair;
They went skipping along the way.
You neither let me go nor brought me flowers–
I won't touch your stove; on my ear I won't wear a ring.

For this, verdict will be rendered by our peerless God;
You gave me pain, and you did not bring a single flower.

হলুদ গাঁদার ফুল কনক চাঁপার ফুল
এনে দে এনে দে গো
নইলে কাঁদবো দিনে রাতে বাঁধবো না চুল

আমার সঙ্গী সাথীরা সব গেছে হাটে
তারা নাচতে নাচতে গেছে বাটে বাটে
আমায় যেতে নাহি দিলি তুই আনলি না ফুল
আমি আখা নাহি ছোঁব কাণে পরবো না দুল

এর বিচার করবে মোদের দেবতা অতুল
আমায় দুঃখ দিলই নারিলি আনতে গো ফুল

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**Ákáshe cumki gáṋthá
Tárá háse oi
Oi tárári sauṋge ámi
Ráti jege rai go
Ráti jege rai

Damká háoyá dey je dolá
D́hale paŕi palásh vaner gáy
Uŕte giye pái je vyathá
Sabái takhan ámáy cheŕe jáy
(Ábár) Tárár oi jhalmaláni
Dey go áni notun kare rauṋer roshanái

Caodikete mádal báje
Sabái sáje nácer sáje go
Tor cho dekhe ár báṋci ná
Ei kathá tui bhulli kena go
More ná gharke nili ghát́ke dili
Ekhan ámi kotháy jábo bal
Áj devatá ámár gati go
Jáge bhorer ráte
Púv ákáshe oi**In the heavens, foil is entwined;
There, the stars do shine.
In company of yon stars am I,
Awake throughout the night.
Awake at night I bide.

Due to gusts of wind that blow,
I fall to ground inside a palash grove.
Having gone soaring, I am stricken with grief;
At that time all are spurning me.
Again, that splendor of the stars,
From it I fetch anew a motley luster and hue.

Kettle drums resound all around,
And everyone's festooned in dance costume.
Having seen your Cho, I escape no more.
Why oh why did you neglect my plight?
You neither brought me home nor sent me away;
So tell me where I'll go today.
Now the Lord's my one refuge.
He's vigilant in these last hours of night,
Yonder on the eastern sky.

আকাশে চুমকি গাঁথা
তারা হাসে ওই
ওই তারারই সঙ্গে আমি
রাতি জেগে রই গো
রাতি জেগে রই

দমকা হাওয়া দেয় যে দোলা
ঢলে পড়ি পলাশ বনের গায়
উড়তে গিয়ে পাই যে ব্যথা
সবাই তখন আমায় ছেড়ে যায়
(আবার) তারার ওই ঝলমলানি
দেয় গো আনি নোতুন করে রঙের রোশনাই

চৌদিকেতে মাদল বাজে
সবাই সাজে নাচের সাজে গো
তোর ছো দেখে আর বাঁচি না
এই কথা তুই ভুললি কেন গো
মোরে না ঘরকে নিলি ঘাটকে দিলি
এখন আমি কোথায় যাব বল
আজ দেবতা আমার গতি গো
জাগে ভোরের রাতে
পূব আকাশে ওই

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**(Tumi) Ámáre cáo ná ihá jáni
(Tabu) Tomá lági pal guńi ámi
Pátá áche ásanakháni
Jadi bhul kare ese jáo tumi

Manod́ore gáṋthá áche málá
Cuyá candane madhu d́hálá
Arghye sájáno áche thálá
Jege áchi divasa jámii

Tomár guńer kathá satata smari go
Tomár gaorave garvita ámi go
Tomár carań tale sab kichu doba bale
Ásiyáchi patha páshe námi**You don't require me, that I know;
But, for You, I count the time.
Ready and waiting is a throne,
If, by mistake, You do arrive.

Wove on heartstring is my garland,
Exuding sweet scent of sandalwood.
My tray is arrayed with items of homage;
Both night and day, I remain alert.

Ever I remember Your righteous decrees;
With Your glory I feel so proud.
As I would offer my all at Your feet,
Beside Your path I've come, bowed.

(তুমি) আমারে চাও না ইহা জানি
(তবু) তোমা লাগি পল গুণি আমি
পাতা আছে আসনখানি
যদি ভুল করে এসে যাও তুমি

মনোডোরে গাঁথা আছে মালা
চুয়া চন্দনে মধু ঢালা
অর্ঘ্যে সাজানো আছে থালা
জেগে আছি দিবস যামী

তোমার গুণের কথা সতত স্মরি গো
তোমার গৌরবে গর্বিত আমি গো
তোমার চরণ তলে সব কিছু দোব বলে
আসিয়াছি পথ পাশে নামি

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**(Morá) Mukta bhúmir meye
D́uḿri páháŕe jharńá dháre
Joŕer kináre ghúri nece geye

Kadam palásh niye kari go khelá
Sárá diner belá
Mahul kuliri shiitala cháye

Báṋká vanapathe jete jete
Khoṋpáy nite gáṋthi málá
Moder chande gáne
Maner khushiira sane
Vaner hariń dekhe ceye
Morá param puruśeri meye**We are women of a land unprejudiced;
On mountains and hills, beside rapids
And rills, in song and dance we whirl.

With kadam and palash we play,
All the livelong day...
Neath the canopy of mahuwa's cooling shade.

We travel winding, woodland trails;
We weave garlands into our braids.
At our rhythm and our song,
With mental satisfaction
The forest deer gaze on.
We are God's daughters.

(মোরা) মুক্ত ভূমির মেয়ে
ডুংরি পাহাড়ে ঝর্ণা ধারে
জোড়ের কিনারে ঘূরি নেচে গেয়ে

কদম পলাশ নিয়ে করি গো খেলা
সারা দিনের বেলা
মহুল কুলিরই শীতল ছায়ে

বাঁকা বনপথে যেতে যেতে
খোঁপায় নিতে গাঁথি মালা
মোদের ছন্দে গানে
মনের খুশীর সনে
বনের হরিণ দেখে চেয়ে
মোরা পরম পুরুষেরই মেয়ে

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**Tumi krpá karo more
Ámi bhálabási tomáre

Áloy álo dishá
Tomári madhunishá
Andha tamasár parapáre
Tumi eso hrdi álo kare

Sure tálete bhará
Chande álo jhará
Upce jáoyá práń d́háliváre
Tumi eso dhará gáne bhare**
Lord, be merciful to me;
I love You dearly.

With the last vestige of light;
This is Your sweet and gentle night.
In the pitch dark on the other side,
Enter my heart, making it bright.

Replete with the beat of Your melody
And inclined toward illumination,
My overflowing life has been emptied.
Come, You Who filled my world with song.

তুমি কৃপা করো মোরে
আমি ভালবাসি তোমারে

আলোয় আলো দিশা
তোমারই মধুনিশা
অন্ধ তমসার পরপারে
তুমি এসো হৃদি আলো করে

সুরে তালেতে ভরা
ছন্দে আলো ঝরা
উপচে যাওয়া প্রাণ ঢালিবারে
তুমি এসো ধরা গানে ভরে

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Mor phulera vanete tumi esecho
Gunguniye madhupa samán
Mor hiyára duyáre karághát henecho
Jágáite cetanári mán

Tava raktima adharera ábhá
Aruń rágete manolobhá
Tava caiṋcala chándasikatá
Smrtipat́e áne je tuphán

Tava smita hási madhura parash
Shuśka hrdaye kare saras
Tava nayana bholáno cáhani
Rúpe rase bhare dey práń

Into my flower garden You have come,
Humming like a honeybee.
You knocked on the door of my heart
To awaken reception of consciousness.

The beauty of Your ruby lips,
Alluring with hue of the morning sun,
And Your stirring lyric craftsmanship
Raise a storm on recall's painted canvas.

Your broad smile and tender touch
Bring moisture to a heart that's dry.
Your eye-bewitching glance,
Packed with charm and grace, it's the breath of life.

মোর ফুলের বনেতে তুমি এসেছো
গুনগুনিয়ে মধুপ সমান
মোর হিয়ার দুয়ারে করাঘাত হেনেছো
জাগাইতে চেতনারই মান

তব রক্তিম অধরের আভা
অরুণ রাগেতে মনোলোভা
তব চঞ্চল ছান্দসিকতা
স্মৃতিপটে আনে যে তুফান

তব স্মিত হাসি মধুর পরশ
শুষ্ক হৃদয়ে করে সরস
তব নয়ন ভোলানো চাহনি
রূপে রসে ভরে দেয় প্রাণ

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**Diner pare rátri áse
Sukher páshe duhkher mata
Viraha milan niye
Liilákhelá tomár jata

Egiye cali náce gáne
Tomár tále tál rekhe go
Sahasá tál ket́e jáy
Pichiye paŕi he drutaga
Punah prerańá peye
Caláy ábár hai je rata

Hási khushiir ámej bhará
Din ket́e jáy áloy jhará
Sahasá áṋdhár náve
Keṋde keṋde hai je sárá
Ádare áṋkhi muche dáo
Jiivan karo álokita**After day comes the night,
Just as woe attends delight.
Union entails separation
Insofar as Your liila.

I proceed in dance and song,
Keeping time with Your rhythm.
Suddenly, I miss a beat;
I lag behind, oh Speedy One.
Having regained inspiration,
Moved again, I am addicted.

Tinged with merry laughter,
Days pass by, illuminated.
Suddenly, darkness descends;
Wailing, I am ruined.
Tenderly, You wipe my eyes;
You make my life bright.

দিনের পরে রাত্রি আসে
সুখের পাশে দুঃখের মত
বিরহ মিলন নিয়ে
লীলাখেলা তোমার যত

এগিয়ে চলি নাচে গানে
তোমার তালে তাল রেখে গো
সহসা তাল কেটে যায়
পিছিয়ে পড়ি হে দ্রুতগ
পুনঃ প্রেরণা পেয়ে
চলায় আবার হই যে রত

হাসি খুশীর আমেজ ভরা
দিন কেটে যায় আলোয় ঝরা
সহসা আঁধার নাবে
কেঁদে কেঁদে হই যে সারা
আদরে আঁখি মুছে দাও
জীবন করো আলোকিত

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**Varaśár ráte tumi esechile
Vajrakant́he dhvaniyá
Ashaninipáte múśaladháráte
Hunkáre dhará bhariyá

Parvatasama ávilatá bhár
Jaler toŕete rahilo ná ár
(Járá) Dharár áloke kálo karechilo
Tárá gelo kothá bhásiyá

Mánave mánave bhed jágáiyá
Jiirńa kareche sukomal hiyá
Madhura vátáse pápe viśáiche
Tárá gelo dúre sariyá**On a stormy night You came,
Amid the sound of thunder.
Lightning falling with pouring rain,
Your war cry spread around the world.

Weighty mountains of corruption,
Stood not the impact of Your stream.
Those who blacked out earth's effulgence,
They were washed away somewhere.

Rousing differences among human beings,
Tender hearts they did wither.
Friendly winds they poisoned with their sins,
But they were banished afar.

বরষার রাতে তুমি এসেছিলে
বজ্রকন্ঠে ধ্বনিয়া
অশনিনিপাতে মুষলধারাতে
হুঙ্কারে ধরা ভরিয়া

পর্বতসম আবিলতা ভার
জলের তোড়েতে রহিলো না আর
(যারা) ধরার আলোকে কালো করেছিলো
তারা গেলো কোথা ভাসিয়া

মানবে মানবে ভেদ জাগাইয়া
জীর্ণ করেছে সুকোমল হিয়া
মধুর বাতাসে পাপে বিষাইছে
তারা গেলো দূরে সরিয়া

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Arupa ságare snán kariyácho
Rúpera pasará enecho
Bhálabásá bhará manana mathiyá
Aiṋjane áṋkhi eṋkecho

Candanasár cayana kariyá
Bhariyá diyecho sabákár hiyá
Mamatámadir áṋkhi prasáriyá
Amrter svád diyecho

Jáhá bhálo nay tá niye niyecho
Jáhá kichu bhálo táhá dániyácho
Madhupera mane madhura mantre
Shántira sudhá d́helecho

You took a dip in the formless sea
And brought back articles of beauty.
You stirred up love-filled rumination
And painted eyes with collyrium.

Extracting the essence of sandal,
You gladdened the hearts of all.
Casting eyes full of affection,
You gave the taste of ambrosia.

Anything not good You've removed,
And everything good You've endued.
With a sweet chant in the mind of bees,
You have strewn the nectar of peace.

অরুপ সাগরে স্নান করিয়াছো
রূপের পসরা এনেছো
ভালবাসা ভরা মনন মথিয়া
অঞ্জনে আঁখি এঁকেছো

চন্দনসার চয়ন করিয়া
ভরিয়া দিয়েছো সবাকার হিয়া
মমতামদির আঁখি প্রসারিয়া
অমৃতের স্বাদ দিয়েছো

যাহা ভালো নয় তা নিয়ে নিয়েছো
যাহা কিছু ভালো তাহা দানিয়াছো
মধুপের মনে মধুর মন্ত্রে
শান্তির সুধা ঢেলেছো

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**Púrvákáshe rauṋiin ráge
Bhálobese tumi esechile
Cidákáshe álor meláy
Bhariye diye hesechile

Ápan parer prabhed bhule
Siimár báṋdhan sariye dile
Trśńákátar kant́ha bhare
Práńer sudhá d́helechile

Niirav nithar áṋdhár májhe
Dyutir doláy arúpa sáje
Áṋkhir páter ápan háte
Bháver kájal eṋkechile**
With crimson color on the eastern sky,
Lovingly, You have arrived.
With gala of light on the sky of mind,[nb 2]
Bestowing fulfillment, You have smiled.

Dismissing distinction twixt ones near and far,
The bounds of limitation You've swept aside.
Quenching throats that were sorely parched,
You've dispensed the nectar of life.

Amid a hushed and static darkness
The Formless is graced with radiant vibration.
With Your very own hand upon our eyelids,
You've painted the salve of blissful ideation.

পূর্বাকাশে রঙীন রাগে
ভালোবেসে তুমি এসেছিলে
চিদাকাশে আলোর মেলায়
ভরিয়ে দিয়ে হেসেছিলে

আপন পরের প্রভেদ ভুলে
সীমার বাঁধন সরিয়ে দিলে
তৃষ্ণাকাতর কণ্ঠ ভরে
প্রাণের সুধা ঢেলেছিলে

নীরব নিথর আঁধার মাঝে
দ্যুতির দোলায় অরূপ সাজে
আঁখির পাতে আপন হাতে
ভাবের কাজল এঁকেছিলে

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**Tomárei ámi bhálabásiyáchi
Juge juge katabár kata rúpe katabár
Bhúliyá gecho ki se sakal kathá
Se bháśá bhálabásár

Biijete já chilo ankur halo
Sahakár phule phale bhare gelo
Amiya ságar uthali ut́hilo
Elo je bhará joyár

Jáhá d́háká chilo maneri gahane
Chaŕáye paŕilo vane upavane
Maner mukul smita kánane
Phul haye phot́e suśamár**I am loving only Thee
Time and again, age after age in many forms.
Have You forgotten that whole history,
Those declarations of love?

What was once a seed became a sprout;
A mango tree teemed with fruit and flower.
The billowing sea of nectar climbed;
Then there came about high tide.

What was hidden in psychic caverns,
Got dispersed in woods and gardens.
In flourishing groves, the mental buds
Blossomed with exquisite looks.

তোমারেই আমি ভালবাসিয়াছি
যুগে যুগে কতবার কত রূপে কতবার
ভুলিয়া গেছো কি সে সকল কথা
সে ভাষা ভালবাসার

বীজেতে যা ছিলো অঙ্কুর হলো
সহকার ফুলে ফলে ভরে গেলো
অমিয় সাগর উথলি উঠিলো
এলো যে ভরা জোয়ার

যাহা ঢাকা ছিলো মনেরই গহনে
ছড়ায়ে পড়িলো বনে উপবনে
মনের মুকুল স্মিত কাননে
ফুল হয়ে ফোটে সুষমার

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**(Prabhu) Tomáy kii kahibo ár
Arúparatan peye gechi e jiivane
Jiivan hayeche sudhásár

Andha amánishá cale geche bahu dúre
Áloker lok utariyáche sure sure
Náciche ánanda apár

Vibhrántir sheś resho cale geche
Sampráptir sukhe tanu man shihariche
Spandita pulake tomár**Lord, what will I tell You further?
In this life I've found the Unbodied Gem;
Existence has become the essence of ambrosia.

Utter darkness has gone very far away.
The realm of light's descended with many melodies;
Unbounded happiness is dancing.

Even the last trace of confusion has gone.
Body and mind are thrilling with arrived delight;
They throb with the ecstasy of Thee.

(প্রভু) তোমায় কী কহিব আর
অরূপরতন পেয়ে গেছি এ জীবনে
জীবন হয়েছে সুধাসার

অন্ধ অমানিশা চলে গেছে বহু দূরে
আলোকের লোক উতরিয়াছে সুরে সুরে
নাচিছে আনন্দ অপার

বিভ্রান্তির শেষ রেশও চলে গেছে
সম্প্রাপ্তির সুখে তনু মন শিহরিছে
স্পন্দিত পুলকে তোমার

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**Mańidiip jvele rekhechi
Hrdayer nibhrta końe
Jakhan ásibe tumi ámára ghare
Basábo sajatane

Hrdayer mádhuriite jválá
Práńer parág áche d́hálá
Vaner kusum mane cayan kariyá ene
Sájáyechi madhura sane

Mor gán eki sure sádhá
Eki táre lay áche báṋdhá
Gán shonábár lági divánishi áchi jági
Shravańe manane dhyáne**

A jeweled lamp I've kept lit
In a private corner of my heart.
When You come into my home,
I will seat You most cordially.

Kindled with heart's compassion,
My lamp decants vital pollen.
The forest flowers gathered in my mind,
I have covered them with kindness.

My songs are performed in just one melody,
And attuned to just one lute string.
Due to singing, day and night I am attentive,
In hearing, thought, and meditation.

মণিদীপ জ্বেলে রেখেছি
হৃদয়ের নিভৃত কোণে
যখন আসিবে তুমি আমার ঘরে
বসাবো সযতনে

হৃদয়ের মাধুরীতে জ্বালা
প্রাণের পরাগ আছে ঢালা
বনের কুসুম মনে চয়ন করিয়া এনে
সাজায়েছি মধুর সনে

মোর গান একই সুরে সাধা
একই তারে লয় আছে বাঁধা
গান শোনাবার লাগি দিবানিশি আছি জাগি
শ্রবণে মননে ধ্যানে

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**Ámi cáridike dekhi notun háoyá
Notun rauṋe notun parash páoyá
O se eseche ki áse nái go
Torá bale de bale de bale de go

Vane páháŕe áj phuler melá
Nácte giye gelo gaŕiye belá
Áj gharke jete man cáy ná je go
Ke se bájikar eseche eseche go

Ámi kadam phule khoṋpá beṋdhechi go
Kalke phuler dul duliyechi go
Táke sauṋge niyei áj gharke jábo
Tár áge jábo ná jábo ná jábo ná go**On all sides I sense a new atmosphere,
Having new color and a new feel.
Oh, has He appeared; is He not here?
Tell me, tell me, tell me please.

Now, in forests and hills, a host of flowers
Was moved to dance, whiling away the time.
Today, my mind wants not to go indoors...
Oh, who is this magician that has arrived?

I've braided my hair with kadamba blossoms;
Yellow oleander I dangle on my ears.
Today, only alongside Him will I go home;
Before that, I won't leave; no, I won't leave.

আমি চারিদিকে দেখি নোতুন হাওয়া
নোতুন রঙে নোতুন পরশ পাওয়া
ও সে এসেছে কি আসে নাই গো
তোরা বলে দে বলে দে বলে দে গো

বনে পাহাড়ে আজ ফুলের মেলা
নাচতে গিয়ে গেলো গড়িয়ে বেলা
আজ ঘরকে যেতে মন চায় না যে গো
কে সে বাজিকর এসেছে এসেছে গো

আমি কদম ফুলে খোঁপা বেঁধেছি গো
কলকে ফুলের দুল দুলিয়েছি গো
তাকে সঙ্গে নিয়েই আজ ঘরকে যাবো
তার আগে যাবো না যাবো না যাবো না গো

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**Mane ásiyácho práńe ásiyácho
Esecho jiivaner pratit́i chande
Dharár dhúlire dhanya kariyácho
Ráge ásiyácho varńe gandhe

Shyámalimá mákhá tarura rúpete
Gandhamadhu bhará phulera búkete
Hiyára surabhite marmagiitite
Dharára rasajhará sudhániśyande

Gánera surete tomár liilá khelá
Nácera tálete tomár madhu d́hálá
Amiya ságare bhálobásáy bhare
Baháye diyecho arúperi srote**
You appear in the mind, you appear in the heart;
You've arrived in each and every penchant of life.
The very dust of this earth You sanctify;
With loving-kindness You come in scent and hue.

Coated with greenery are the plants embellished;
Filled with honeyscent are the blooms encouraged.
With heartfragrance and with spiritsong,
Joy rains down on earth in a shower of nectar.

With the melody of songs is Your liila played out;
With the rhythm of dance does Your sweetness spout.
In the ocean of ambrosia, brimming with love,
You've let loose the unbodied stream.

মনে আসিয়াছো প্রাণে আসিয়াছো
এসেছো জীবনের প্রতিটি ছন্দে
ধরার ধূলিরে ধন্য করিয়াছো
রাগে আসিয়াছো বর্ণে গন্ধে

শ্যামলিমা মাখা তরুর রূপেতে
গন্ধমধু ভরা ফুলের বুকেতে
হিয়ার সুরভিতে মর্মগীতিতে
ধরার রসঝরা সুধানিষ্যন্দে

গানের সুরেতে তোমার লীলা খেলা
নাচের তালেতে তোমার মধু ঢালা
অমিয় সাগরে ভালবাসায় ভরে
বহায়ে দিয়েছো অরূপেরই স্রোতে

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**Se ámár ápanár
Jánitám ná áge jánitám ná
Se ámár sur chilo jatane sádhá
Bhávitám ná áge bhávitám ná

Chilo jabe káche káche
Chande o gáne náce
Maner mádhurii mor
Mánitám ná áge mánitám ná

Dúre jabe gelo cale ámáre ekelá phele
Ámáre rákhiyá diye virahera dávánale
Chilo kata bhálabásá
Kata rauṋe ráuṋá áshá
(Ekhan bujhechi) Áge bujhitám ná**He is my very own–
That I did not know; ere now, I did not know.
He was my melody, rehearsed meticulously,
But that I did not think; ere now I did not think.

When He kept near,
Dancing to lyric and beat,
He was the sweetness of my psyche,
But I did not pay heed; ere now I did not heed.

At present He has gone away, casting me aside,
Thrusting me into estrangement's fire;
But once there was so much love,
So much splendid aspiration.
At last I've understood; ere now I did not see.

সে আমার আপনার
জানিতাম না আগে জানিতাম না
সে আমার সুর ছিলো যতনে সাধা
ভাবিতাম না আগে ভাবিতাম না

ছিলো যবে কাছে কাছে
ছন্দে ও গানে নাচে
মনের মাধুরী মোর
মানিতাম না আগে মানিতাম না

দূরে যবে গেলো চলে আমারে একেলা ফেলে
আমারে রাখিয়া দিয়ে বিরহের দাবানলে
ছিলো কত ভালবাসা
কত রঙে রাঙা আশা
(এখন বুঝেছি) আগে বুঝিতাম না

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**Maner vyathá mani jáne
Cápá áche gopane
Geye jadi shońáte cái
Shońábo tá vijane

Sabhá májhe já kichu gái
Maner kathá táháte nái
Ekánte tá jáy go gáoyá
Shuńibo tá dújane

Hiyár bháśá pashe hiyáy
Báhire tá shońá ná jáy
Tumi ácho ámi áchi
Ár keha nái bhuvane**My mind's pain only my mind knows;
Intimate, it's concealed.
Should I ever want to sing it,
I'd open up alone.

In public, anything I sing,
It's not my secret thought.
In private, everything that's sung,
Only we two will hear.

The heart can apprehend heart's words;
They don't get heard outside.
You are present, and so am I–
There's no one else on earth.

মনের ব্যথা মনই জানে
চাপা আছে গোপনে
গেয়ে যদি শোণাতে চাই
শোণাবো তা বিজনে

সভা মাঝে যা কিছু গাই
মনের কথা তাহাতে নাই
একান্তে তা যায় গো গাওয়া
শুণিবো তা দুজনে

হিয়ার ভাষা পশে হিয়ায়
বাহিরে তা শোণা না যায়
তুমি আছো আমি আছি
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**(Tumi) Káhár tare ácho base
Vijan upakúle
Ámáy bolo ná
Ámi beye cali rúper tarii
Arúpaságare
Ámi kákeo bhuli ná

Tarii báoyá káler srote
Anádi ár anantate
Kakhan shuru kakhan sárá
Neiko darshan vijiṋánete
Egiye calái ámár dhárá
Theme tháki ná

Diner sheśe klánti áse
Sabái phere nijer deshe
Shránta pathik tariir áshe
Upakúler páshe áse
(Ámi) Tarii niye taerii tháki
Derii kari ná**For whom are you waiting
On a lonesome shore,
Please do tell Me?
I ply a boat of form,
In the formless sea;
I don't neglect anyone.

Steering a ship in the stream of time
Has no start and has no end.
When it was begun, when it will be done–
Neither is known to science.
Only going forward is My wont;
I never stop.

At day's end fatigue sets in;
All return to their home.
Travelers, weary and hoping for a ferry,
Arrive beside the coast.
With My boat I'm always prepared;
I am never late.

(তুমি) কাহার তরে আছো বসে
বিজন উপকূলে
আমায় বলো না
আমি বেয়ে চলি রূপের তরী
অরূপসাগরে
আমি কাকেও ভুলি না

তরী বাওয়া কালের স্রোতে
অনাদি আর অনন্ততে
কখন শুরু কখন সারা
নেইকো দর্শন বিজ্ঞানেতে
এগিয়ে চলাই আমার ধারা
থেমে থাকি না

দিনের শেষে ক্লান্তি আসে
সবাই ফেরে নিজের দেশে
শ্রান্ত পথিক তরীর আশে
উপকূলের পাশে আসে
(আমি) তরী নিয়ে তৈরী থাকি
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**Álo álo álo ámár
Áloy bhuvan bhará
Álor jharńá shatadháre chot́e
Sudhá jhará ogo sudhá jhará

Tat́iniir jal álojhalamale
Ságarer páne se je nece cale
Úrmimáláy álokojjval
Ságarer jal bádháhárá
Bádháhárá ogo bádháhárá

Álor páshete bádala meghere
Dekhe náciteche manera mayúre
Nácer tálete jhaḿkár dite
Druta laye báje ektárá
Mor ek mane sádhá ektárá
Ektárá ogo ektárá**Light, light, light of mine;
By that light the world is pleased.
My fount of light flows in hundred streams,
Exuding nectar, oh, exuding nectar.

River water made to glitter,
Ripples down toward the sea.
By rows of illumined waves
Ocean water is unhindered,
It is not hindered, no, not hindered.

Beside the light there are rain clouds,
On seeing that, mind's peacock prances.
Twanging in cadence of dance,
Allegro sounds my ektara.
With one mind drones my one-stringed lute,
My monochord, oh, my ektara.

আলো আলো আলো আমার
আলোয় ভুবন ভরা
আলোর ঝর্ণা শতধারে ছোটে
সুধা ঝরা ওগো সুধা ঝরা

তটিনীর জল আলোঝলমলে
সাগরের পানে সে যে নেচে চলে
ঊর্মিমালায় আলোকোজ্জ্বল
সাগরের জল বাধাহারা
বাধাহারা ওগো বাধাহারা

আলোর পাশেতে বাদল মেঘেরে
দেখে নাচিতেছে মনের ময়ূরে
নাচের তালেতে ঝংকার দিতে
দ্রুত লয়ে বাজে একতারা
মোর এক মনে সাধা একতারা
একতারা ওগো একতারা

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**Agatira gati sabára prańati
Náo go karuńá kari
(Sab) Tiirthera pati práńera ákuti
Rákho go carańe dhari

Tomá lági phul surabhi viláy
Tomá tare phule madhu bhare jáy
Tomár parash marme bujhite
Sudhásáre sadá hiyá bhari

Tomá lági mahákáshe sur bháse
Tava mamatáy káche dúr áse
Tava prerańáy mor cidákáshe
Dhyáne dhárańáy tomá smari**Recourse of the weak, everyone's greeting,
Please be merciful to receive.
Lord of all shrines, object of life's yearning,
Keep us clinging to Your lotus feet.

Due to You, flowers scatter fragrance;
Due to You, nectar fills the flowers.
To realize Your touch in our very essence,
Hearts are constantly filled with ambrosial elixir.

Due to You, a melody floats in the heavenly sky;
But, by Your affection, the distant comes near.
By Your inspiration in the sky of my mind,[nb 2]
With right focus in meditation, I reflect on Thee.

অগতির গতি সবার প্রণতি
নাও গো করুণা করি
(সব) তীর্থের পতি প্রাণের আকুতি
রাখো গো চরণে ধরি

তোমা লাগি ফুল সুরভি বিলায়
তোমা তরে ফুলে মধু ভরে যায়
তোমার পরশ মর্মে বুঝিতে
সুধাসারে সদা হিয়া ভরি

তোমা লাগি মহাকাশে সুর ভাসে
তব মমতায় কাছে দূর আসে
তব প্রেরণায় মোর চিদাকাশে
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**Álora melá kare je khelá
Mor jiivane saḿgopane
Dhare phelechi jene niyechi
E tava liilá ámári sane

Chande chande gáṋthi tava jayamálá
Gandheri ucchváse bhare túli d́álá
Háráno sukher smrti ábár phire je áse
Ámár manera końe

Úśár aruń rauṋe ráuṋiye tuli
Sammukhe raye geche je dinguli
Maner mádakatá hiyára ucchalatá
Dolá diye jáy madhuvane**The sport made by a gala of light
Privately in my life...
I have caught it, and I've gleaned
It's Your liila with me personally.

Studiously I weave Your victory wreath,
And fill my tray[nb 2] with scented yearning.
Memories of lost joy are revived
In a corner of my mind.

With dawn's crimson color I paint
The days that yet to me remain.
Mind's ecstasy and heart's gusto
Undulate in this pleasure grove.

আলোর মেলা করে যে খেলা
মোর জীবনে সংগোপনে
ধরে ফেলেছি জেনে নিয়েছি
এ তব লীলা আমারই সনে

ছন্দে ছন্দে গাঁথি তব জয়মালা
গন্ধেরই উচ্ছ্বাসে ভরে তুলি ডালা
হারানো সুখের স্মৃতি আবার ফিরে যে আসে
আমার মনের কোণে

ঊষার অরুণ রঙে রাঙিয়ে তুলি
সম্মুখে রয়ে গেছে যে দিনগুলি
মনের মাদকতা হিয়ার উচ্ছলতা
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**Prabhu mama priyatama
(Chút́i tomáy pete) eklá pathe
Kastúriimrga sama he dúratama

(Álo jhará práte) áṋdhára nisháte
Cená pathe pathe háráno marute
Ácho sáthe sáthe tabu chút́i pete
Áleyári piche e kii bhrama mama
Prabhu mama nikat́atama**Oh Lord, my Dearest,
I run after You down lonesome roads,
Like the musk deer,[nb 2] oh Most Remote.

From dawn's sprinkled light through darkest night,
On paths well-frequented or lost in the wild,
Always with me are You, yet still I pursue,
Chasing ignis fatuus, such a blunder I do,
Oh Lord, my Nearest.

প্রভু মম প্রিয়তম
(ছুটি তোমায় পেতে) একলা পথে
কস্তুরীমৃগ সম হে দূরতম

(আলো ঝরা প্রাতে) আঁধার নিশাতে
চেনা পথে পথে হারানো মরুতে
আছো সাথে সাথে তবু ছুটি পেতে
আলেয়ারই পিছে এ কী ভ্রম মম
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**Paráń bhare barań kari
Eso áji ámár ghare
Nayan bhare dekhbo tomáy
Rákhbo tomáy carań dhare

Phule phale madhuratáy
Bharechi mor barańd́áláy
Hiyár końer sab suśamáy
Pete tomáy ciratare

Shravańe manane nididhyásane
Baso go ájike hrdaya ásane
Je áshá cápá chilo maneri gahane
Táke saphal karo krpá kare**Once I've welcomed You to heart's content,
Please come this day into my home.
Let me view You till my eyes are full;
Let me shelter You, holding Your feet.

With sweetness of fruits and flowers
I have filled my wicker tray.[nb 2]
All heart's corners are arrayed
To receive You now and ever after.

In my hearing, thought, and contemplation,
Please take Your seat today on my heart's throne.
The hope that was restrained in psychic cavern,
Consummate it now by Your sweet grace.

পরাণ ভরে বরণ করি
এসো আজি আমার ঘরে
নয়ন ভরে দেখবো তোমায়
রাখবো তোমায় চরণ ধরে

ফুলে ফলে মধুরতায়
ভরেছি মোর বরণডালায়
হিয়ার কোণের সব সুষমায়
পেতে তোমায় চিরতরে

শ্রবণে মননে নিদিধ্যাসনে
বসো গো আজিকে হৃদয় আসনে
যে আশা চাপা ছিলো মনেরই গহনে
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**Eso káche mama práńera priyatama
Shiitala candanasama go
Dáo parasha tava maiṋju saorabha
Áyata áṋkhite hese go

Dharára końe końe sabára mane mane
Lukáye rayecho kon se gahane
Sammukhe ási áloke udbhási
Ámára hiyá man bharo go

Chile d́háká chile acetana mane
Kakhano kakhano avacetane
Eso neve eso cetana mane
Sakala mánábhimán bhúle go**Love of my life, please come nigh.
Like the soothing paste of sandalwood,
Touch me with Your pleasant scent;
Spread my eyes wide with Your smile.

In every psyche in earth's every niche,
In some deep cavern have You kept hid.
Coming before me with Your radiant light,
Oh Lord, please fill my heart and mind.

You were concealed in the unconscious mind,
And also in the subconscious sometimes.
Please come down and enter the conscious mind;
Oh make me forget all the mind's pride.

এসো কাছে মম প্রাণের প্রিয়তম
শীতল চন্দনসম গো
দাও পরশ তব মঞ্জু সৌরভ
আয়ত আঁখিতে হেসে গো

ধরার কোণে কোণে সবার মনে মনে
লুকায়ে রয়েছো কোন সে গহনে
সম্মুখে আসি আলোকে উদ্ভাসি
আমার হিয়া মন ভরো গো

ছিলে ঢাকা ছিলে অচেতন মনে
কখনো কখনো অবচেতনে
এসো নেবে এসো চেতন মনে
সকল মানাভিমান ভুলে গো

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**(Kon) Sudúrer gáne ke esecho tumi
Amiya ságar uthaliyá
Álor jharńá shatadháre náce
Hiyár gabhire uchaliyá

(Tava) Parashe prańave jáge prakampa
Asiimer páne se je dháy
(Tava) Rabhase rddha rauṋiin vasudhá
Rauṋe rúpe náce rtatáy
(Bheuṋge) Sab argal mohashrnkhal
Bháváveg chot́e mandriyá

Áj phulera kánete bhramará kii kathá kay
Nikhila práńete surabhita váyu bay
(Ei) Surabhi cetaná madhura dyotaná
Smita niilákáshe paŕe upaciyá**Who are You that's come with far-flung song,
Creating billows in the sea of nectar?
Light's fountain capers in a hundred flows,
Engulfing the inmost core of my heart.

At Your mystic touch, a vibration rises;
It proceeds toward the infinite.
At Your delight, a vibrant and thriving earth,
Dances in step with grace and splendor.
Shattered are all binding chains of illusion;
A glow emanates, bearing resonance.

Today, to flowers what whisper the bees?
In all of life, blows a delicious breeze;
This fragrant consciousness, a sweet light,
Is a smile pouring down from the blue sky.

(কোন) সুদূরের গানে কে এসেছো তুমি
অমিয়া সাগর উথলিয়া
আলোর ঝর্ণা শতধারে নাচে
হিয়ার গভীরে উছলিয়া

(তব) পরশে প্রণবে জাগে প্রকম্প
অসীমের পানে সে যে ধায়
(তব) রভসে ঋদ্ধ রঙীন বসুধা
রঙে রূপে নাচে ঋতটায়
(ভেঙ্গে) সব অর্গল মোহশৃঙ্খল
ভাবাবেগ ছোটে মন্দ্রিয়া

আজ ফুলের কাণেতে ভ্রমরা কী কথা কয়
নিখিল প্রাণেতে সুরভিত বায়ু বয়
(এই) সুরাভি চেতনা মধুর দ্যোতনা
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**Tumi álo cháyá khelá khelite jáno
Kheyál khushiite sabe nácáte jáno

Tumi áṋdhár nishiithe álo jharáte páro
(Tumi) Diner áloy kálo d́hálite páro
Tumi múk mukhe bháśá diye hásáte jáno
(Tumi) Práńer tárete viińá bájáte jáno

Tomár krpáte dhará hayeche rauṋiin
Tomár liiláte sabe máyári adhiin
Tumi máyápásh saráiyá mukti áno
Mukti áno prabhu mukti áno**You know how to play the game of chiaroscuro;
How to pull the strings of all at whim You know.

You can bring down light in darkest night;
You can discharge darkness over daylight.
To please the dumb by granting tongue... You know how;
And You know how to make harpstrings of heart resound.

By Your grace, the world is made colorful;
But, in Your liila, everyone is subjected to maya.
Casting off maya's noose, You bring liberation;
You bring liberation, Lord, You bring liberation.

তুমি আলো-ছায়া খেলা খেলিতে জানো
খেয়াল খুশীতে সবে নাচাতে জানো

তুমি আঁধার নিশীথে আলো ঝরাতে পারো
(তুমি) দিনের আলোয় কালো ঢালিতে পারো
তুমি মূক মুখে ভাষা দিয়ে হাসাতে জানো
(তুমি) প্রাণের তারেতে বীণা বাজাতে জানো

তোমার কৃপাতে ধরা হয়েছে রঙীন
তোমার লীলাতে সবে মায়ারই অধীন
তুমি মায়াপাশ সরাইয়া মুক্তি আনো
মুক্তি আনো প্রভু মুক্তি আনো

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**Rúpkathár ek rájá chilo
Háste se je jánto ná to
Hátete bhar diye jeto
Páye kare muŕi kheto

Májh ráteri miśt́i rode
Pit́h rekhe se pit́he kheto
Jibher jore ákh cibota
Dáṋte kare ras cúśita

T́enis khelár mát́her májhe
Jál phele se mách dharita
Bhardupure bhúter bhaye
Jaler niice lukiye jeto

Báic khelár naoko caŕe
Dúr ákáshe háoyá kheto
Kájer samay cokht́i buje
Mat́ká mere nák d́ákáto**In legend, there was a king;
Alas, he knew not how to laugh.
With his hands he would walk;
Puffed rice he ate with his feet.

In the cool sunshine at midnight,
He dined on pie off a row of backs.
With strength of tongue he chewed sugarcane;
Its juice he sucked with his teeth.

In the middle of the tennis court,
He spread a net to catch fish.
Fearing ghosts in the afternoon,
Underneath the river he hid.

Soaring upward with his racing sailboat,
He fanned himself in the distant sky.
During work hours his eyes were closed;
Feigning sleep, he snored.

রূপকথার এক রাজা ছিলো
হাসতে সে যে জানতো না তো
হাতেতে ভর দিয়ে যেতো
পায়ে করে মুড়ি খেতো

মাঝ রাতেরই মিষ্টি রোদে
পিঠ রেখে সে পিঠে খেতো
জিভের জোরে আখ চিবোত
দাঁতে করে রস চূষিত

টেনিস খেলার মাঠের মাঝে
জাল ফেলে সে মাছ ধরিত
ভরদুপুরে ভূতের ভয়ে
জলের নীচে লুকিয়ে যেতো

বাইচ খেলার নৌকো চড়ে
দূর আকাশে হাওয়া খেতো
কাজের সময় চোখটি বুজে
মটকা মেরে নাক ডাকাতো

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**Águn jváláte ási niko ámi
(Ámi) Diipávalii jváli mana májhe
Rukśa marute mádhurii d́háli go
(Ámi) Taruke sájái phulasáje

Shuśka hrdaye práńadhárá áni
Asiime calite preśańá je dáni
Hiyár końete niirave nibhrte
(Ámi) Bhálabásá bhari gáne náce

Here jáoyá mane prerańá jogái
Bhúle jete shoke sab nái nái
Sabár sauṋge áchi je sadái
(Ámi) Ekathá jánái sab káje**
I came not to start a fire;
I light candles within the mind.
In wastelands, I exude sweetness;
I decorate the plants with flowers.

To arid bosoms I bring the stream of life;
Marching toward infinity is what I inspire.
Stealthily, in heart's every alcove,
With song and dance, I infuse love.

I provide inspiration to the desperate;
All regret I induce them to forget.
With everyone I constantly remain;
Through all My acts this fact I proclaim.

আগুন জ্বালাতে আসি নিকো আমি
(আমি) দীপাবলী জ্বালি মন মাঝে
রুক্ষ মরুতে মাধুরী ঢালি গো
(আমি) তরুকে সাজাই ফুলসাজে

শুষ্ক হৃদয়ে প্রাণধারা আনি
অসীমে চলিতে প্রেষণা যে দানি
হিয়ার কোণেতে নীরবে নিভৃতে
(আমি) ভালবাসা ভরি গানে নাচে

হেরে যাওয়া মনে প্রেরণা যোগাই
ভুলে যেতে শোকে সব নাই নাই
সবার সঙ্গে আছি যে সদাই
(আমি) একথা জানাই সব কাজে

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**Emana dine tumi kotháy
Phalabháre nata hay je tarurá
Vyathátáre man bháuṋiyá jáy

Balo go balo go ogo priyatama
Kena nile sab bhálabásá mama
Kena bá kat́hor hale páśań sama
Kii doś kariyáchi tomári páy

Bhuli ná bhuli ná kona chale tava
Liilákhelár náme nitya nava nava
Carańa dhariyá sadá paŕe rabo
Ebár ele pare jábe kotháy**On such a day, where are You?
The trees bow low, heavy with fruit;
But I am only feeling blue.

Tell me, my Dear, please tell me,
Why did You accept all my love
Only to become as hard as stone?
In Your service, what crime have I done?

Whatever Your ruse, I don't forget You;
Plunged into divine games, new and strange,
Clinging to Your feet will I always remain.
Having come now, You've nowhere to escape.

এমন দিনে তুমি কোথায়
ফলভারে নত হয় যে তরুরা
ব্যথাতারে মন ভাঙিয়া যায়

বলো গো বলো গো ওগো প্রিয়তম
কেন নিলে সব ঘালবাসা মম
কেন বা কঠোর হলে পাষাণ সম
কী দোষ করিয়াছি তোমারই পায়

ভুলি না ভুলি না কোন ছলে তব
লীলাখেলার নামে নিত্য নব নব
চরণ ধরিয়া সদা পড়ে রবো
এবার এলে পরে যাবে কোথায়

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**Krpá karo prabhu krpá karo (tumi)
Ámáy ándhár gahvar theke tule dharo

Tomár rúper ei dharáke áro sájáo
Tomár chander ei máyáke áro nácáo
Ámár áṋkhi tomár áloy áro bharo

Tomár guńer bhúmámánas áro baŕáo
Tomár surer atimánas áro chaŕáo
Tomár bháve ámár hiyá vibhor karo
Kabhu ámár theke dúre náhi saro**
Be gracious, Lord, be gracious;
Lift me from the dungeon of darkness.

Adorn this world more with Your beauty,
Make phenomena dance more with Your beat,
And fill my eyes more with Your radiant splendor.

Broaden collective mind more with Your virtues;
Embed causal mind more with Your tunes.[nb 2]
In Your ideation, make my mind absorbed;
Far away from me, kindly don't withdraw!

কৃপা করো প্রভু কৃপা করো (তুমি)
আমায় আঁধার গহ্বর থেকে তুলে ধরো

তোমার রূপের এই ধরাকে আরো সাজাও
তোমার ছন্দের এই মায়াকে আরো নাচাও
আমার আঁখি তোমার আলোয় আরো ভরো

তোমার গুণের ভূমামানস আরো বাড়াও
তোমার সুরের অতিমানস আরো ছড়াও
তোমার ভাবে আমার হিয়া বিভোর করো
কভু আমার থেকে দূরে নাহি সরো

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**Keṋde keṋde kata d́áki
Tumi ki shuńite páo ná
Káṋdáte ki bhálobáso
Tái bujhi sáŕá dáo ná

Shrávańeri dhárá jhare
Divánishi aniváre
Dekhe dekhe mrdu háso
E ki kat́hin práń balo ná

Málá geṋthe manaphule
Bhijáibo ashrujale
Se málá tomáke dobo
Dekhi paro ki paro ná**Many a time I call out in tears;
Can it be You are unable to hear?
Or perhaps You like to make me weep;
As You don't reply, that's how it seems.

The Shravan[nb 2] rains, down they shower
Day and night without cease.
Yet, looking on, You smile indulgently;
Why such a hard heart You express?

A garland threaded with mind's flowers
I will drench in tears.
That garland I will give to Thee;
Let me see if it You'll wear.

কেঁদে কেঁদে কত ডাকি
তুমি কি শুণিতে পাও না
কাঁদাতে কি ভালোবাসো
তাই বুঝি সাড়া দাও না

শ্রাবণেরই ধারা ঝরে
দিবানিশি অনিবারে
দেখে দেখে মৃদু হাসো
এ কি কঠিন প্রাণ বলো না

মালা গেঁথে মনফুলে
ভিজাইবো অশ্রুজলে
সে মালা তোমাকে দোব
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**Prabhu tava ásári áshe din cale jáy
Tumi jáno ná ki se kathá
Álor jhilik diye kothá cale jáo
Bojha ná ámári vyathá

Mor hiyá tomáke je cáy
Sakal surabhi mekhe gáy
Sakal mádhurii tár dhulite ekákár
Kena hay more balo tá

Mor gán tava sure gáoyá
Mor áṋkhi tomá páne cáoyá
Ámár sakal gáoyá ámár sakala cáoyá
Jáce tava krpá mamatá**Lord, only awaiting You my days pass by;
Don't You know my plight?
Casting a glint of light, You go away;
Don't You feel my pain?

For You my heart, it yearns;
Coated with every fragrance, it sings.
But into dust all its sweetness turns;
Why that is so, please inform me.

Singing my songs to Your melody,
My eyes gaze in Your direction.
All my singing and all my seeking
Implore Your grace and compassion.

প্রভু তব আসারই আশে দিন চলে যায়
তুমি জানো না কি সে কথা
আলোর ঝিলিক দিয়ে কোথা চলে যাও
বোঝ না আমারই ব্যথা

মোর হিয়া তোমাকে যে চায়
সকল সুরভি মেখে গায়
সকল মাধুরী তার ধূলিতে একাকার
কেন হয় মোরে বলো তা

মোর গান তব সুরে গাওয়া
মোর আঁখি তোমা পানে চাওয়া
আমার সকল গাওয়া আমার সকল চাওয়া
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**Álor devatá elo
(Áji) Elo elo
Kálo kuheliká duháte sariye
Áloy bhariye dilo
Dilo dilo

Baṋdhuyá ámár chilo kon gahane
Dekhá ná diye nilo je jine
Tári bhálabásá bhálabásá
Sab kichu niye nilo
Nilo nilo

E tanmayatá ámi d́hákite nári
Hiyá chot́e báre báre páne tári
Tári gáne tári surabhita táne
Rauṋe rauṋe se je ráuṋálo
Ráuṋálo ráuṋálo**The Lord of Light arrived;
Today, He appeared, He appeared.
Both hands banishing black mist,
He infused light;
He revealed, He revealed.

My beloved, in what far-off land was He;
Keeping hidden, He won me over.
Only His boundless love
Enfolded everyone;
He embraced, He embraced.

My captivation, I cannot conceal
Time and again my heart darts after Him.
In His songs and soothing melodies,
He cast light with many colors,
He brightened, He brightened.

আলোর দেবতা এলো
(আজি) এলো এলো
কালো কুহেলিকা দুহাতে সরিয়ে
আলোয় ভরিয়ে দিলো
দিলো দিলো

বঁধুয়া আমার ছিলো কোন গহনে
দেখা না দিয়ে নিলো যে জিনে
তারই ভালবাসা ভালবাসা
সব কিছু নিয়ে নিলো
নিলো নিলো

এ তন্ময়তা আমি ঢাকিতে নারি
হিয়া ছোটে বারে বারে পানে তারই
তারই গানে তারই সুরভিত তানে
রঙে রঙে সে যে রাঙালো
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**Cáṋderi sáthe madhunisháte
Mankumudiir kathá
(Ámi) Rát jege jege shońábo go
Hálká háoyáte surelá giite
Svapner rúpkathá
(Ámi) Práń bhare áji shunibo go

Alakár dút chút́e ese bale
Kumudiir kathá bháse nabhoniile
Chaŕáye paŕeche vishvanikhile
Ár tá cápá náhi thákibe go

Svapner srot bhese cale jáy
Rúpkathá arúpete je miláy
Madhunikuiṋje háráno hiyáy
Prasupta kali phut́ibe go**On a spring night in company with the moon,
The account of a lily stem's wishes
I will tell, unsleeping all the night.
In sweet lullaby on a gentle breeze,
To a fairy tale of dream
I'll now pay heed with all my heart.

Dreamland's messenger flew down and said:
"The lily stem's words float in the blue sky.
Scattered and told across the universe,
No longer can they stay unheard."

Ever afloat is the stream of dream,
A saga that mingles with formlessness.
In an arbor honeyed by lost minds,
A soundly sleeping bud will blossom.

চাঁদেরই সাথে মধুনিশাতে
মনকুমুদীর কথা
(আমি) রাত জেগে জেগে শোণাবো গো
হাল্কা হাওয়াতে সুরেলা গীতে
স্বপ্নের রূপকথা
(আমি) প্রাণ ভরে আজি শুনিবো গো

অলকার দূত ছুটে এসে বলে
কুমুদীর কথা ভাসে নভোনীলে
ছড়ায়ে পড়েছে বিশ্বনিখিলে
আর তা চাপা নাহি থাকিবে গো

স্বপ্নের স্রোত ভেসে চলে যায়
রূপকথা অরূপেতে যে মিলায়
মধুনিকুঞ্জে হারানো হিয়ায়
প্রসুপ্ত কলি ফুটিবে গো

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**Hrday uchaliyá upaciyá paŕe go
Já ceyechi tár ceye d́her beshii dile go

Jemant́i man cáy temni kare náo
Ámáke tomár jantra kare gaŕe dáo
Já bhevechi tár ceye d́her kam nile go

Baŕa káj chot́a káj kichui bujhi ná ámi
Jemant́i cáhibe tá kariyá jáibo ámi
Já balechi tár ceye d́her beshii bojho go**Lord, my surging heart, it overflows;
Far more than I was wanting You did bestow.

Per Your whim, You make things happen;
So kindly mold me as Your instrument—
Far less than I would have it, You accepted.

Of big and small works, little do I fathom;
Whatever You desire, that I'll perform—
Far more than I have spoken, You may discern.

হৃদয় উছলিয়া উপচিয়া পড়ে গো
যা চেয়েছি তার চেয়ে ঢের বেশী দিলে গো

যেমনটি মন চায় তেমনি করে নাও
আমাকে তোমার যন্ত্র করে গড়ে দাও
যা ভেবেছি তার চেয়ে ঢের কম নিলে গো

বড় কাজ ছোট কাজ কিছুই বুঝি না আমি
যেমনটি চাহিবে তা করিয়া যাইবো আমি
যা বলেছি তার চেয়ে ঢের বেশী বোঝ গো

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**(Prabhu) Kii ár balibo ámi
Jiivane jiivane janame marańe
Mor sáthe theko tumi

Srśt́ir sei ádi uśákále
Chile mor sáthe pale anupale
Egiye calár mantra je gái
Táo shikhiyáchi tava krpábale

Tava gán ámi geye cale jábo
Kona bádhátei kichute ná thámi*[nb 2]* Ulká jhaiṋjhá katai eseche
Mor calá tabu sheś ná hayeche
Ananta pather pathik je ámi
Tava krpá jáci tava pade nami**Lord, what more is there to say?
Life after life, from cradle to grave,
With me You remain.

From the very dawn of creation
You were with me every instant.
The mantra for progress that I chant,
I have learned it by Your grace.

Your song will I go on singing;
By no means and for no hurdle will I cease.

However many storms of meteors appear,
Even then, my movement will not end.
A traveler on the highway to infinity,[nb 3]
I crave Your grace and prostrate at Your feet.

(প্রভু) কী আর বলিবো আমি
জীবনে জীবনে জনমে মরণে
মোর সাথে থেকো তুমি

সৃষ্টির সেই আদি ঊষাকালে
ছিলে মোর সাথে পলে অনুপলে
এগিয়ে চলার মন্ত্র যে গাই
তাও শিখিয়াছি তব কৃপাবলে

তব গান আমি গেয়ে চলে যাবো
কোন বাধাতেই কিছুতে না থামি

উল্কা ঝঞ্ঝা কতই এসেছে
মোর চলা তবু শেষ না হয়েছে
অনন্ত পথের পথিক যে আমি
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**(Áy) Rtur rájá vasanta
Dolá diye ámár mane
D́hele de tor cáṋder hási
Nácan jágá phuler vane

Ámi bhará ucchalatáy
Rauṋiin phuler sabuj pátáy
Shiráy shiráy unmádanáy
Citta corer ágamane

Aiṋjane mor áṋká áṋkhi
Jáhá priya táhái dekhi
Elo cul uŕiye rákhi
Abádhya malay pavane

Hiyáy ámár bhará madhu
D́háliyá dii táhái shudhu
Eseche áj práńer baṋdhu
Diirgha káṋdár avasáne**Coming in is spring, king of seasons...
Having rocked my mind,
Cast your bright moonlight,
And make the flower garden dance.

I brim with zeal
Mid colored blooms and their green leaves.
Every fiber of my being thrills
With the advent of mind's thief.

With kohl I paint my eyes
And see only the love that is.
I keep unkempt hair flying free,
Unruly in the southern breeze.

My heart brims with sweetness;
That alone I dispense.
Today has come life's steadfast friend
And prolonged weeping's end.

(আয়) ঋতুর রাজা বসন্ত
দোলা দিয়ে আমার মনে
ঢেলে দে তোর চাঁদের হাসি
নাচন জাগা ফুলের বনে

আমি ভরা উচ্ছলতায়
রঙীন ফুলের সবুজ পাতায়
শিরায় শিরায় উন্মাদনায়
চিত্ত চোরের আগমনে

অঞ্জনে মোর আঁকা আঁখি
যাহা প্রিয় তাহাই দেখি
এলো চুল উড়িয়ে রাখি
অবাধ্য মলয় পবনে

হিয়ায় আমার ভরা মধু
ঢালিয়া দিই তাহাই শুধু
এসেছে আজ প্রাণের বঁধু
দীর্ঘ কাঁদার অবসানে

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Karuńá kare go krpá karo sabe
Nija guńe dayá karo bhagaván
Álojhará tava jharńádháráy
Sabáre karáo muktisnán

Jale sthale ár bhúdhare gahane
Nandita tumi cira áváhane
Sab cetanáy amara ásan
Sabáre karo go abhaya dán

Jáhá kichu jáni jáhá náhi jáni
Sab kichu tava liilá ihá máni
Tava spandane sabe spandita
Vishvavibhu tumi amlán

Kindly, bestow grace on all;
God, per Your nature, please show mercy.
Your effulgence is a waterfall,
Decontaminating everybody.[nb 2]

In water or on land, in caves or on mountains,
Ever You are pleased by our supplication.
All cognition is Your everlasting seat;
Lord, give us all the gift of fearlessness.

Whatever we perceive or do not perceive,
Everything is Your liila– that we concede.
With Your pulse, everyone is vibrated;
You are the undiminished Master of the Universe.

করুণা করে গো কৃপা করো সবে
নিজ গুণে দয়া করো ভগবান
আলোঝরা তব ঝর্ণাধারায়
সবারে করাও মুক্তিস্নান

জলে স্থলে আর ভূধরে গহনে
নন্দিত তুমি চির আবাহনে
সব চেতনায় অমর আসন
সবারে করো গো অভয় দান

যাহা কিছু জানি যাহা নাহি জানি
সব কিছু তব লীলা ইহা মানি
তব স্পন্দনে সবে স্পন্দিত
বিশ্ববিভু তুমি অম্লান

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**Ke go tumi ele
Man mátáte manorathe
Ke go dolá dile
Mor cetanáy áji práte

Áloker path dhare tumi esecho
Sabár mádhurii sab keŕe niyecho
Nijer mádhurii sab d́hele diyecho
Ásiyácho sabákár práńa bharite

Surera path dhare tumi esecho
Sabár chanda sab keŕe niyecho
Nijer chanda sab d́hele diyecho
Ásiyácho sakalke gán shońáte**Oh, Who are You that arrived
On mental chariot to thrill my psyche?
Oh, Who are You that gave a jolt
To my consciousness this very morning.

Along the path of effulgence You have come,
Absorbing all our common kindness.
Your own perfect kindness You've conferred;
You have come to fill the lives of all.

Along the path of melody You have come,
Absorbing all our common cadence.
Your own perfect cadence You've conferred;
You have come to sing a song to all.

কে গো তুমি এলে
মন মাতাতে মনোরথে
কে গো দোলা দিলে
মোর চেতনায় আজি প্রাতে

আলোকের পথ ধরে তুমি এসেছো
সবার মাধুরী সব কেড়ে নিয়েছো
নিজের মাধুরী সব ঢেলে দিয়েছো
আসিয়াছো সবাকার প্রাণ ভরিতে

সুরের পথ ধরে তুমি এসেছো
সবার ছন্দ সব কেড়ে নিয়েছো
নিজের ছন্দ সব ঢেলে দিয়েছো
আসিয়াছো সকলকে গান শোণাতে

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**Háráno diner sur bhese áse
Dúr ákáshe májhe májhe
Háráno máńik dekhi mrdu háse
Maneri gahane nava sáje

Áṋdhára nisháy diipávalii se go
Tári álo sabe bhálabáse
Maru pather svádu jharańá je se go
Tári vári sab trśá náshe
Ekelá e kii dáy rahite nári háy
Mana sadá cáhe tháki káche

Bádala ráter calár sáthii se go
Dishehárá sabe táke bhálabáse
Rúpera chat́áy dhará álo kare
Tári dyuti sab tamah náshe
Jatat́á káche cái tatat́á náhi jái
Hiyá tharothara madhura láje**Melodies of days gone by come floating
From time to time in the distant sky.
I see the long-lost ruby beaming gently,
Newly arrayed in a recess of my mind.

He is a festival of light at darkest night;
His effulgence everyone esteems.
A sapid waterfall on an arid path is He;
His water quenches every desire.
Remaining apart from Him is futile;
My heart always wants to keep near.

On rainy nights, our companion is He;
By all who've gone astray is He admired.
His stream of lustrous beauty brightly shines;
His holy splendor consumes all that is bleak.
Much as I want, I don't go near;
My trembling heart feels sweetly shy.

হারানো দিনের সুর ভেসে আসে
দূর আকাশে মাঝে মাঝে
হারানো মাণিক দেখি মৃদু হাসে
মনেরই গহনে নব সাজে

আঁধার মিশায় দীপাবলী সে গো
তারই আলো সবে ভালবাসে
মরু পথের স্বাদু ঝরণা যে সে গো
তারই বারি সব তৃষা নাশে
একেলা এ কী দায় রহিতে নারি হায়
মন সদা চাহে থাকি কাছে

বাদল রাতের চলার সাথী সে গো
দিশেহারা সবে তাকে ভালবাসে
রূপের ছটায় ধরা আলো করে
তারই দ্যুতি সব তমঃ নাশে
যতটা কাছে চাই ততটা নাহি যাই
হিয়া থরোথর মধুর লাজে

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**Ogo sámne calá pathik
Bárek cáo phire
Cáo phire bárek cáo phire
Tomár sauṋge paricay nei
Tabu d́áki áṋkhiniire

Háráye giyeche ámár saritá
Marura bálira májhe
Búk bheuṋge jáy dáruń vyatháy
Man chot́e tári khoṋje
Se dáruń vyathá maramera kathá
Jáge mane báre báre

Háráye giyeche manera kusum
Vanera káṋt́ára májhe
Moheri kájal paráte nayan
Khuṋje mari kálo sáṋjhe
Háránor vyathá káṋt́ára játaná
Man ki bhulite páre**Oh, Traveler in the lead,
Just once, please look back at me.
Look back just once, look back at me.
Without our ever being introduced,
Still I call You tearfully.

My stream has gotten lost
Amid the desert sands.
Heart breaking in anguish,
Mind races in search of Him.
That anguish is the story of my life;
It springs to mind, time after time.

Mind's bloom has gotten lost
Amid the forest thorns.
Eyes painted black with but illusion,
I languish in my quest at dark of dusk.
The pain of defeat is thorns' torture;
Can mind ever be relieved?

ওগো সামনে চলা পথিক
বারেক চাও ফিরে
চাও ফিরে বারেক চাও ফিরে
তোমার সঙ্গে পরিচয় নেই
তবু ডাকি আঁখিনীরে

হারায়ে গিয়েছে আমার সরিতা
মরুর বালির মাঝে
বুক ভেঙ্গে যায় দারুণ ব্যথায়
মন ছোটে তারই খোঁজে
সে দারুণ ব্যথা মরমের কথা
জাগে মনে বারে বারে

হারায়ে গিয়েছে মনের কুসুম
বনের কাঁটার মাঝে
মোহেরই কাজল পরাতে নয়ন
খুঁজে মরি কালো সাঁঝে
হারানোর ব্যথা কাঁটার যাতনা
মন কি ভুলিতে পারে

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**Phulera vanete parii esechilo
Phuleri madhu pán karite
Matta pavane madira gagane
Sońálii d́áná melite melite

Phulerá sakale mukh báŕiye bale
Ámár e madhu mukharocaka hay
(Tárá) Keu bá tikta keu bá kaśáy
Keu bá amla keu ná jibhe say
Báchite báchite samajhdár parii
Miśt́imadhu phul tulilo sájite

Parii kona phule kare ni anádar
Sabáre samán kareche se ádar
Je madhu nilo ná se se phulkeo búke
Dhare se chuṋye geche dúr ákáshete

Into the garden a fairy had come
To drink ambrosia of the flowers.
In the heady air and thrilling sky,
Her golden wings were outspread.

Peeking out, all the flowers say:
"My nectar, it is so tasty;
From others, some is bitter, some is pungent;
Some is sour, some is foul on the tongue."
Choosing carefully the fairy is a connoisseur;
For her tray, she plucked the sweetest flowers.

No flower does the fairy treat with neglect;
Equally to all she has given respect.
Even those flowers whose nectar she did not take,
She embraced as she left for the distant heavens.

ফুলের বনেতে পরী এসেছিলো
ফুলেরই মধু পান করিতে
মত্ত পবনে মদির গগনে
সোণালী ডানা মেলিতে মেলিতে

ফুলেরা সকলে মুখ বাড়িয়ে বলে
আমার এ মধু মুখরোচক হয়
(তারা) কেউ বা তিক্ত কেউ বা কষায়
কেউ বা অম্ল কেউ না জিভে সয়
বাছিতে বাছিতে সমঝদার পরী
মিষ্টিমধু ফুল তুলিলো সাজিতে

পরী কোন ফুলে করে নি অনাদর
সবারে সমান করেছে সে আদর
যে মধু নিলো না সে সে ফুলকেও বুকে
ধরে সে ছুঁয়ে গেছে দূর আকাশেতে**

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**Álor oi jharńádháráy
Eso prabhu ámár mane tumi eso
Gáner oi svarńajharáy
Baso prabhu ámár marme tumi baso

Áṋdháreri maháságare
Pár karo go hátt́i dhare
Dio viśáderi ashruniire
Bhálabásár áveshe bhare
Snigdha muktádháráy
Heso prabhu ámár hiyáy tumi heso

Káche káche more rekho
Bhúleo bhúle náhi theko
Rtambhará varńadháráy
Dio ná moher avakásho

With that surging stream of effulgence,
Come, Lord, into my mind; please come.
By that golden downpour of song,
Lord, please be seated in my inner self.

In an ocean of utter darkness—
Clasping my hand, oh, take me beyond.
Let my tears of nothing but sorrow
Be infused with profound love.
With a compassionate flood of pearls,
Smile, Lord, smile inside my heart.

Hold me close and still closer;
Even by mistake, never let me forget.
Through Your astounding flow of colors,
Give me no scope for delusion.

আলোর ওই ঝরনাধারায়
এসো প্রভু আমার মনে তুমি এসো
গানের ওই স্বর্ণঝরায়
বসো প্রভু আমার মর্মে তুমি বসো

আঁধারেরই মহাসাগরে
পার করো গো হাতটি ধরে
দিও বিষাদেরই অশ্রুনীরে
ভালবাসার আবেশে ভরে
স্নিগ্ধ মুক্তাধারায়
হেসো প্রভু আমার হিয়ায় তুমি হেসো

কাছে কাছে মোরে রেখো
ভুলেও ভুলে নাহি থেকো
ঋতম্ভরা বর্ণধারায়
দিও না মোহের অবকাশও**

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**Nácera tále chande gáne
Ucchal halo áji dhará
Háráno diner háráno sure
Sabái halo mátoyárá

Aiṋjana eṋke cokhe geṋthe náo málá
Puśpera saorabhe bhare náo d́álá
Paráńer ráuṋá rauṋe sabáre ráuṋiye diye
Cáṋpár gandhe karo bhará

Áloker samárohe áj
Citta sabár halo svayambará
Citta core káche peye áj
Maner parág halo ápanhárá

In the rhythm of song and the cadence of dance,
Today, the world became comprehensive.
With lost melodies from days of yore,
Everyone was ecstatic.

With eyes painted, bring your thread for garland;
Bring your basket full of fragrant flowers.
Dyeing everyone with life's crimson color,
Imbue with magnolia scent.

Now, with splendor of effulgence,
The joint mind was taken as partner.
Finding near at present the Thief of Hearts,
Mental pollen was entranced.

নাচের তালে ছন্দে গানে
উচ্ছল হলো আজি ধরা
হারানো দিনের হারানো সুরে
সবাই হলো মাতোয়ারা

অঞ্জন এঁকে চোখে গেঁথে নাও মালা
পুষ্পের সৌরভে ভরে নাও ডালা
পরাণের রাঙা রঙে সবারে রাঙিয়ে দিয়ে
চাঁপার গন্ধে করো ভরা

আলোকের সমারোহে আজ
চিত্ত সবার হলো স্বয়ম্বরা
চিত্ত চোরে কাছে পেয়ে আজ
মনের পরাগ হলো আপনহারা**

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**Sádhutá saralatá tejasvitá guńe
Sámánya loko asádhárań hay
Rájár chot́a chele e guńe guńii chilo
Parii dhariváre se egiye jáy

Niil sarovare
Niil sarovare kamalakuiṋje
Atandra prahará basálo se
Anidra ráte prati praharete
Phuler nishánáte tákiye chilo se
Niil sarovare
Nishiithera sheśe bhaye bhaye ese
Phul niye uŕe parii páláy

Pakśiiráj cái parii dharite gele
Kumár sei khoṋje trilok caśe phele
Avasheśe ek dánavera deshe
Ghoŕár khoṋj peye hájir halo se
Sabár bhálabásá nijer shubha áshá
Shubha cetanáy ghoŕá se háte páy

Asádhu dánav mánilo mánav
Shaktite rańe kakhano khát́o nay

By virtue of honesty, simplicity, and spiritedness,
Even an ordinary person becomes extraordinary.
In the king's youngest son were these graces;
And so he too sets forth to apprehend the fairy.

At the Blue Sea,
In the lotus grove at the Blue Sea,
Sleepless, he sat watching.
Vigilant every hour throughout the night,
With eyes fixed on the flower was he,
At the Blue Sea.
At night's end, fearfully she came.
Taking the flower and flying away, the fairy, she flees.

To pursue a fairy, a winged horse is required;
The prince scoured the three worlds far and wide.
At last, in the kingdom of one demon,
There he found the horse was present.
Loved by all for his benevolence,
The prince acquires the horse, using good sense.

The evil demon conceded that a human being,
In strength at combat, is not always weak.

সাধুতা সরলতা তেজস্বিতা গুণে
সামান্য লোকও অসাধারণ হয়
রাজার ছোট ছেলে এ গুণে গুণী ছিলো
পরী ধরিবারে সে এগিয়ে যায়

নীল সরোবরে
নীল সরোবরে কমলকুঞ্জে
অতন্দ্র প্রহরা বসালো সে
অনিদ্র রাতে প্রতি প্রহরেতে
ফুলের নিশানাতে তাকিয়ে ছিলো সে
নীল সরোবরে
নিশীথের শেষে ভয়ে ভয়ে এসে
ফুল নিয়ে উড়ে পরী পালায়

পক্ষীরাজ চাই পরী ধরিতে গেলে
কুমার সেই খোঁজে ত্রিলোক চষে ফেলে
অবশেষে এক দানবের দেশে
ঘোড়ার খোঁজ পেয়ে হাজির হলো সে
সবার ভালবাসা নিজের শুভ আশা
শুভ চেতনায় ঘোড়া সে হাতে পায়

অসাধু দানব মানিল মানব
শক্তিতে রণে কখনো খাটো নয়**

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(Sei) Svapnera deshe se niilsáyare
Ábár phut́eche svarńakamala
Madhura hásite máyámaya cite
Spandita halo niilodadhi jala

Rákára álote tári suvásete
Haoyá bhese cale kon ajánáte
Manera randhre sei surabhite
Háráno hiyár sandhán dite
Parii uŕe jáy cakradháráy
Liilá lálasáy nite shatadal

Kumár pakśiiráje basechilo
Parii phul nite uŕe cale elo
Parii uŕe cale kumáro je cale
Uŕe uŕe parii halo je vikala

Dhará paŕe parii bhaye káṋpiteche
Tharathara pákhá kśamá cáhiteche
E páper kona kśamá náhi áche
Kumár kahiche drŕha avicala

Devatára pújá curite habe ná
Sat karmete satpathe calo

In the blue sea at that dreamland,
A gold lotus has blossomed again.
With dulcet, spellbinding laughter,
It sends ripples across the blue waters.

In the late moonlight, with only its fragrance,
To parts unknown a breeze drifts off.
It pierces minds with that sweet scent
To pass the news on to hearts that are lost.
A fairy goes flying and circles around,
With covetous plot the lotus to abduct.

A prince had sat upon a winged horse
When the fairy flew in to take the flower.
The fairy flies away, and the prince does follow;
Flying and flying, the fairy was worn out.

On getting caught, the fairy was trembling in fear;
Wings flapping furiously, she implored pardon.
"For this sin there is no leniency,"
Replied the prince with firm resolution.

"Theft won't be condoned for worship of a deity;
Move on the path of righteousness with noble deeds."

(সেই) স্বপ্নের দেশে সে নীলসায়রে
আবার ফুটেছে স্বর্ণকমল
মধুর হাসিতে মায়াময় চিতে
স্পন্দিত হলো নীলোদধি জল

রাকার আলোতে তারই সুবাসেতে
হাওয়া ভেসে চলে কোন অজানাতে
মনের রন্ধ্রে সেই সুরভিতে
হারানো হিয়ার সন্ধান দিতে
পরী উড়ে যায় চক্রধারায়
লীলা লালসায় নিতে শতদল

কুমার পক্ষীরাজে বসেছিলো
পরী ফুল নিতে উড়ে চলে এলো
পরী উড়ে চলে কুমারও যে চলে
উড়ে উড়ে পরী হলো যে বিকল

ধরা পড়ে পরী ভয়ে কাঁপিতেছে
থরথর পাখা ক্ষমা চাহিতেছে
এ পাপের কোন ক্ষমা নাহি আছে
কুমার কহিছে দৃঢ় অবিচল

দেবতার পূজা চুরিতে হবে না
সৎ কর্মেতে সৎপথে চলো

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**Nidrá tandrá krodh álasya
Diirghasútratá bhay e dośe chay
Mahán vyaktio adhahpáte jáy
Adhamera kathá balári nay

Pariir nikat́e rańe hárár pare
Rájkumárerá gelo tepántare
Pakśiráj ghoŕá jot́ávára tare
Ná hale parii dhará viśama dáy

Rájakiiya royávete tárá mete
Mánuśe mánuś máne ni kona mate
Káro bhálabásá pelo ná táhárá
Demákeri dápe bodh háráy

Buddhi háriye rańe here giye
Dánavera páshe bandii hay
Tárá andha kárágáre kál kát́áy**Sleep, stupor, anger, sloth,
Procrastination, and fear– with these six flaws
Even the great are undone,
Not to speak of lesser ones.

After being vanquished by the fairy,
The princes went unto the back country.
A winged horse they sought to procure;
Without it, hard indeed would be a fairy's capture.

With royal heritage they were besotted,
To views of commoners they gave no respect.
So no one's love they did win;
In arrogant pride, lost is acumen.

Defeated in battle and bereft of intellect,
By an evil demon they were confined;
In a dark prison cell they now pass time.

নিদ্রা তন্দ্রা ক্রোধ আলস্য
দীর্ঘসূত্রতা ভয় এ দোষে ছয়
মহান ব্যক্তিও অধঃপাতে যায়
অধমের কথা বলারই নয়

পরীর নিকটে রণে হারার পরে
রাজকুমারেরা গেলো তেপান্তরে
পক্ষইরাজ ঘোড়া জোটাবার তরে
না হলে পরী ধরা বিষম দায়

রাজকীয় রোয়াবেতে তারা মেতে
মানুষে মানুষ মানে নি কোন মতে
কারো ভালবাসা পেলো না তাহারা
দেমাকেরই দাপে বোধ হারায়

বুদ্ধি হারিয়ে রণে হেরে গিয়ে
দানবের পাশে বন্দী হয়
তারা অন্ধ কারাগারে কাল কাটায়

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**Phulera vanete bhramará eseche
Gunguniye kii kathá kayeche
Se je cáhe shudhu phulera sab madhu
Báki jáhá kichu phele rekheche

Jáhá chilo d́háká kuṋŕira gahane
Ati sajatane ati gopane
Nimeśe sei madhu niyeche nihsheśe
Niye nevár kathá jániye diyeche

Suvás chilo mákhá reńute reńute
Madhu nite giye suvás geche sáthe
Phuler sab reńu mekheche gáyete
Mekhe nevár kathá káńe shuniyeche**In the flower grove, a bumblebee has entered;
Humming, what does she mean to say?
She simply wants all the floral nectar,
Every bit that has been retained.

It was hard to get, concealed by the blossom
So very carefully, so very stealthily.
With one mind, she carried the nectar off;
And with the taking, that fact she revealed.

Sweet fragrance there was and smeared with pollen;
With the removal of nectar also went the scent.
All the flower pollen covered her as she went;
Thus coated from the theft, she reported the event.

ফুলের বনেতে ভ্রমরা এসেছে
গুনগুনিয়ে কী কথা কয়েছে
সে যে চাহে শুধু ফুলের সব মধু
বাকি যাহা কিছু ফেলে রেখেছে

যাহা ছিলো ঢাকা কুঁড়ির গহনে
অতি সযতনে অতি গোপনে
নিমেষে সেই মধু নিয়েছে নিঃশেষে
নিয়ে নেবার কথা জানিয়ে দিয়েছে

সুবাস ছিলো মাখা রেণুতে রেণুতে
মধু নিতে গিয়ে সুবাস গেছে সাথে
ফুলের সব রেণু মেখেছে গায়েতে
মেখে নেবার কথা কাণে শুণিয়েছে

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**Rauṋiin parii áj caleche kotháy
Sońár kamal buke niye se uŕiche
Niilákáshe bahu dúre jáy

Haoyár starerá halká haye jáiteche
Megher rájya kramashah laghu haiteche
Parii uŕiteche uŕiteche
Druta vege áro vege dháy

Pariirájyer siimáná ese paŕeche
Tárárá áro beshii jhalamal kariteche
Cáṋd áro beshii hásiteche
E phul parii debe tár devatáy**Now where has the colorful fairy gone?
Gold lotus at her breast, she has flown away.
In the blue sky she travels to a far-distant place.

The layers of atmosphere get lighter,
And steadily the clouds grow thinner.
But the fairy goes on flying...
Faster and faster, she hies.

She crosses the fairyland border;
And the stars, they sparkle much more.
The moon beams extra brightly...
The fairy will offer this flower to her deity.

রঙীন পরী আজ চলেছে কোথায়
সোণার কমল বুকে নিয়ে সে উড়িছে
নীলাকাশে বহু দূরে যায়

হাওয়ার স্তরেরা হালকা হয়ে যাইতেছে
মেঘের রাজ্য ক্রমশঃ লঘু হইতেছে
পরী উড়িতেছে উড়িতেছে
দ্রুত বেগে আরো বেগে ধায়

পরীরাজ্যের সীমানা এসে পড়েছে
তারারা আরো বেশী ঝলমল করিতেছে
চাঁদ আরো বেশী হাসিতেছে
এ ফুল পরী দেবে তার দেবতায়

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**Darpahárii prabhu darpa ná sahe kabhu
Darpa thákilei habei parájay
Du rájputture sońár phulacore
Dharite giyechilo bháviyá habe jay

Pánsi sháltite sampáner bhiiŕe
Báchárii gahanár naokáte ghire
Bhevechilo dhare nebe phulacore
Pariir kársáji sheś habe nishcay

Darpe bhará chilo táder mana práń
Bháveni mrdu hásitechen bhagaván
Parii enechilo sáthe máyáváń
Phul niye gelo káre ná kari bhay**The Lord humbles pride; He never suffers conceit.
Where vanity abides, there must be defeat.
Two crown princes, the robber of the golden lily
They set out to seize, resolving to succeed.

With pinnace and canoe and many a sampan,
With yachts and ferries and ships all around,
They planned to capture the flower thief—
The fairy's trickery would surely cease.

Their hearts and minds were full of pride;
That God was gently smiling, they did not realize.
The fairy carried arrows of illusion;
With lily she slipped away, in fear of no one.

দর্পহারী প্রভু দর্প না সহে কভু
দর্প থাকিলেই হবেই পরাজয়
দু রাজপুত্তুরে সোণার ফুলচোরে
ধরিতে গিয়েছিলো ভাবিয়া হবে জয়

পানসি শালতিতে সাম্পানের ভীড়ে
বাছারী গহনার নৌকাতে ঘিরে
ভেবেছিলো ধরে নেবে ফুলচোরে
পরীর কারসাজি শেষ হবে নিশ্চয়

দর্পে ভরা ছিলো তাদের মন প্রাণ
ভাবেনি মৃদু হাসিতেছেন ভগবান
পরী এনেছিলো সাথে মায়াবাণ
ফুল নিয়ে গেলো কারে না করি ভয়

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**Cokhera jale bhijiyá giyáche
Málákháni já chilo gáṋthá
Súrja d́ubeche sandhyá nebeche
Mane háriyeche maneri kathá

Ásibe baliyá giyáche caliyá
Kata jug cale geche phereni baṋdhuyá
Tandrá eseche rátri nemeche
Se ki bujhilo ná ámára vyathá

Járá áse tárá áse jábára lágiyá
Járá jáy cale jáy ásibe baliyá
Lukáye baṋdhuyá sab kháne sab kále
Sakal katháte tár kán áche pátá**Tears have moistened
The garland that was woven.
My sun has set and evening fallen;
In the mind get lost my words unspoken.

Saying He would return, my Love went away;
Many ages passed, but He's not come back.
Sleep has arrived, my night descended;
Could it be He did not sense my pain?

Those who come, they come to leave;
Those who leave go saying they'll return.
Hidden is my Love everywhere and forever;
Every single word His ears do hear.

চোখের জলে ভিজিয়া গিয়াছে
মালাখানি যা ছিলো গাঁথা
সূর্য ডুবেছে সন্ধ্যা নেবেছে
মনে হারিয়েছে মনেরই কথা

আসিবে বলিয়া গিয়াছে চলিয়া
কত যুগ চলে গেছে ফেরেনি বঁধুয়া
তন্দ্রা এসেছে রাত্রি নেমেছে
সে কি বুঝিলো না আমার ব্যথা

যারা আসে তারা আসে যাবার লাগিয়া
যারা যায় চলে যায় আসিবে বলিয়া
লুকায়ে বঁধুয়া সব খানে সব কালে
সকল কথাতে তার কাণ আছে পাতা

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**Niilsáyare sońár kamal
Phút́echilo keu shoneni
Keu shońeni keu shońeni
Álatá ráuṋá pápaŕiguli
Keu dhareni keu dhareni

Sońár parág práńe mákhá
Jhakjhake práń madhu d́háká
Álgoche sei madhu khete
Bhramará kakhano áseni

Megher desher rauṋiin parii
Mugdha halo rúpe tári
Svarńakamal buke dhari
Uŕe gelo keu jáneni**A gold lotus in a blue sea—
It had blossomed, but no one paid heed...
No one paid heed, no one paid heed.
Its petals, the color of scarlet,
No one did touch, no one did touch.

Smeared with vitality was the gold pollen,
Glistening life, enfolding nectar.
But that nectar was remote;
So the bumblebees did not approach.

From the land of clouds, a colorful fairy
Was mesmerized by its sublime beauty.
Clasping to her bosom the lotus of gold,
She flew off; and none did know.

নীলসায়রে সোণার কমল
ফুটেছিলো কেউ শোনেনি
কেউ শোণেনি কেউ শোণেনি
আলতা রাঙা পাপড়িগুলি
কেউ ধরেনই কেউ ধরেনই

সোণার পরাগ প্রাণে মাখা
ঝকঝকে প্রাণ মধু ঢাকা
আলগোছে সেই মধু খেতে
ভ্রমরা কখনও আসেনি

মেঘের দেশের রঙীন পরী
মুগ্ধ হলো রূপে তারই
স্বর্ণকমল বুকে ধরি
উড়ে গেলো কেউ জানেনি

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**Tomári surete tava karuńáte
Tomári álote sabe d́háká
Tomári dhvanite marmagiitite
Tomári rauṋe ráge sabe mákhá

Krśńa kúhelir parapáre tháke
Sudhájhará álo jhalake jhalake
Liilákhelá tava e kii abhinava
Álo áṋdhárite chavi áṋká

Niiravatá naehshabderi páre
Jhaḿkrta sur báje bárebáre
Bhuvana bhulano manke mátáno
Se sure cale tava rátha cáká**
In Your melody and Your mercy...
In Your divine light, everything is swathed.
With the sound of Your heartsong
And Your rainbow colors, everything is glazed.

Krsna, from the far side of a dark fog,
Your light sparkles, Your nectar pours forth.
How novel and amazing is Your divine sport
To paint pictures in chiaroscuro.

On the shore of silent serenity,
A clarion tune resounds repetitively.
World obliviating, mind intoxicating,
On that melody traverse Your chariot wheels.

তোমারই সুরেতে তব করুণাতে
তোমারই আলোতে সবে ঢাকা
তোমারই ধ্বনিতে মর্মগীতিতে
তোমারই রঙে রাগে সবে মাখা

কৃষ্ণ কুহেলির পরপারে থাকে
সুধাঝরা আলো ঝলকে ঝলকে
লীলাখেলা তব এ কী অভিনব
আলো আঁধারিতে ছবি আঁকা

নীরবতা নৈঃশব্দেরই পারে
ঝংকৃত সুর বাজে বারেবারে
ভুবন ভুলানো মনকে মাতানো
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**Álokeri ván náviye
Nebe esechilo nadii
Bháuṋgá gaŕár khelá khele
Sámne cale niravadhi

Shudhu calá egiye calá
Kalatáne kathá balá
Kona bádháy náhi theme
Náhi mene diváráti

Calá táhár nácer tále
Kathá balá gáner chale
Mahápráńer urmimáláy
Mile hate mahodadhi**
Descending in a downpour of effulgence,
A river first appeared.
In the game of making and unmaking,
Forward, it wends its way eternally.

Flowing onward, ever onward only,
A babbling tune is its story.
Halting its advance for no impediment,
For day or night it makes no concession.

Its movement is to the rhythm of dance;
Its speech is in the guise of song.
Through a magnanimous series of waves,
It converges with its fount, the great sea.

আলোকেরই বান নাবিয়ে
নেবে এসেছিলো নদী
ভাঙ্গা গড়ার খেলা খেলে
সামনে চলে নিরবধি

শুধু চলা এগিয়ে চলা
কলতানে কথা বলা
কোন বাধায় নাহি থেমে
নাহি মেনে দিবারাতি

চলা তাহার নাচের তালে
কথা বলা গানের ছলে
মহাপ্রাণের ঊর্মিমালায়
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**Etadin pare baṋdhuyá eseche
Áṋdhár gharete álo jharáte
Álápe áveshe náce ucchváse
Sabár hrday jiniyá nite

Tár rúp uchaliyá paŕe go
Rúpátiita baṋdhu rúperi ságare
Uchaliyá paŕe go
Bujhite ná pári shudhu náme tári
Kata madhu d́hele dile dharáte

Tár práń upaciyá paŕe go
Vishvapráńer ádhár baṋdhuyá
Upaciyá paŕe go
Gáner devatá práńer surete
Tále laye elo púrńa karite**After so long, the Beloved has come,
Casting light in this house of darkness.
With ecstatic music and rapturous dance,
He captured the heart of everyone.

Oh, His forms inundate;
In a sea of form, the formless friend,
Oh, He overflows.
With only His name, I cannot comprehend
So much nectar he poured out upon this earth.

Oh, His spirit inundates;
The wellspring of universal life, the Beloved,
Oh, He overflows.
The Lord of songs, in the melody of life,
Its cadence and tempo, came to fulfill.

এতদিন পরে বঁধুয়া এসেছে
আঁধার ঘরেতে আলো ঝরাতে
আলাপে আবেশে নাচে উচ্ছ্বাসে
সবার হৃদয় জিনিয়া নিতে

তার রূপ উছলিয়া পড়ে গো
রূপাতীত বঁধু রূপেরই সাগরে
উছলিয়া পড়ে গো
বুঝিতে না পারি শুদু নামে তারই
কত মধু ঢেলে দিলে ধরাতে

তার প্রাণ উপচিয়া পড়ে গো
বিশ্বপ্রাণের আধার বঁধুয়া
উপচিয়া পড়ে গো
গানের দেবতা প্রাণের সুরেতে
তালে লয়ে এলো পূর্ণ করিতে

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**(Prabhu) Dhará ki kabhu debe ná
Bhávite bhávite kata jug jábe
Bháváro ki náhi siimáná

Máyá mohágháte haye jarjarita
Háráyechi reńu surabhita cita
Jhará phulsama paŕe áchi niice
Ebe kii bá habe jáni ná

Jáhá thákibe ná táhá niye miche
Ghúriyá marechi áleyár piche
Tumi hát dhare phiráo ámáre
Moha ghore jete dio ná**Lord, won't You ever let me touch You?
How many ages will pass imagining Thee,
And is there no end to the reverie?

Worn down by blows from illusion and delusion,
I have lost my stored-up fragrance and pollen.
Like a fallen flower I lie at my nadir;
And now I know not what the future brings.

To no avail the transitory was pursued,
I'm bone-weary from chasing ignis fatuus.
Clasp my hand, and take me back;
Don't let me succumb to ignorance.

(প্রভু) ধরা কি কভু দেবে না
ভাবিতে ভাবিতে কত যুগ যাবে
ভাবারও কি নাহি সীমানা

মায়া মোহাঘাতে হয়ে জর্জরিত
হারায়েছি রেণু সুরভিত চিত
ঝরা ফুলসম পড়ে আছি নীচে
এবে কী বা হবে জানি না

যাহা থাকিবে না তাহা নিয়ে মিছে
ঘুরিয়া মরেছি আলেয়ার পিছে
তুমি হাত ধরে ফিরাও আমারে
মোহ ঘোরে যেতে দিও না

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**Tumi ámár sonári kamal
Phot́o bhálo kare tháko hiyá pare
Sab kichu kare jhalamal

Theko ná theko ná ár dúre dúre
Tháko hrdi májhe chande o sure
Udbhásita hao go suváse
Mádhurje bhará shatadal (tumi)

Cineo tomáre cini ni go ami
Káche theke lukocuri khelo tumi
Dhareo tomáre dharite pári ni
Liilácaiṋcal suvimal**You are my golden lotus.
Pleased to flourish, in my heart reside,
Having made all things bright.

Don't stay, don't stay very far away;
Dwell inside my heart with rhythm and melody.
Be radiant and fragrant, my sweet Lord,
Full of allure are Your hundred petals.

Having recognized You, still I do not know You;
Having remained close, You play peekaboo.
Though having held You, I cannot hang on to You,
You Who are ever sporting and pristine.

তুমি আমার সোণারই কমল
ফোটো ভালো করে' থাকো হিয়া 'পরে
সব কিছু করে' ঝলমল

থেকো না থেকো না আর দূরে দূরে
থাকো হৃদি মাঝে ছন্দে ও সুরে
উদ্ভাসিত হও গো সুবাসে
মাধুর্যে ভরা শতদল (তুমি)

চিনেও তোমারে চিনি নি গো আমি
কাছে থেকে' লুকোচুরি খেলো তুমি
ধরেও তোমারে ধরিতে পারি নি
লীলাচঞ্চল সুবিমল

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**Páoyá ná páoyáy sukhe duhkhe háy
Din cale jáy akáje
Phulera cáripáshe bhramará kii je áshe
Gunguniye áse kii láje

Sabára priyatama sabáre bhuláye
Marmamájháre tháko je lukáye
Bhitare náhi cái báhire tákái
Kasturiimrga sama je

Jáhárá thákibe ná táder áshepáshe
Ghúre mari miche kena je kii áshe
Moha bheuṋge dáo more t́ene náo
Ámáre rákho tava sakáshe**Alas, in getting or not getting pain or ease,
Days pass by with useless deeds.
All around flowers, with what hope do bees
Come and hum so bashfully?

Most beloved of all, duping everybody,
You remain hidden in the core of our being.
We look not internally but rather externally,
In the same manner as the musk deer.

Amid that which won't endure, here and there,
Expecting what, why do people roam uselessly?
Shatter my illusion, and draw me near;
Keep me in Your holy proximity.

পাওয়া না-পাওয়ায় সুখে দুঃখে হায়
দিন চলে যায় অকাজে
ফূলের চারিপাশে ভ্রমরা কী যে আশে
গুনগুনিয়ে আসে কী লাজে

সবার প্রিয়তম সবারে ভুলায়ে
মর্মমাঝারে থাকো যে লুকায়ে
ভিতরে নাহি চাই বাহিরে তাকাই
কস্তুরীমৃগ সম যে

যাহারা থাকিবে না তাদের আশেপাশে
ঘুরে মরি মিছে কেন যে কী আশে
মোহ ভেঙ্গে দাও মোরে টেনে নাও
আমারে রাখো তব সকাশে

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Tomár káche cáiná kichu
Shudhu tomáy bhálobási
Bhálobási ogo bhálobási

Theko ámár káchákáchi
Shudhu heso madhura hási
Madhura hási madhura hási

Phágun máse dakśiń pavan
Baibe jakhan phulasuváse
Tomár páshe base base
Hiyá jábe hiyáte mishe
Dileo kichu noba ná ámi
Práń bharábe práńete pashi
Práńete pashi práńete pashi

Madhu mákhá jyotsná ráte
Dharádhari kare háte
Calbo ámi tomár sáthe
Antavihiin cetanáte
Cái ná kichu noba ná kichu
Theko sáthe tamah náshi
Tamah náshi ogo tamah náshi

In Your presence, I want nothing;
Simply, I'm in love with Thee...
I'm in love, oh, I'm in love.

You remain close-by to me
And put on a sweet smile only...
A sweet smile, a sweet smile.

In spring, the southern wind,
When it will bear the scent of flowers,
Then, sitting by Your side,
My heart with Your heart will entwine.
If offered more, I'll take nothing—
My life will be complete, entering Your being...
Entering Your being, entering Your being.

On a honey-coated moonlit night,
Taking Your hand in mine,
I will walk with Thee
In endless consciousness.
I want nothing; I'll take nothing
You remain with me, dispelling staticity...
Dispelling staticity, Lord, dispelling staticity.

তোমার কাছে চাইনা কিছু
শুধু তোমায় ভালোবাসি
ভালোবাসি ওগো ভালোবাসি

থেকো আমার কাছাকাছি
শুধু হেসো মধুর হাসি
মধুর হাসি মধুর হাসি

ফাগুন মাসে দক্ষিণ পবন
বইবে যখন ফুলসুবাসে
তোমার পাশে বসে' বসে'
হিয়া যাবে হিয়াতে মিশে'
দিলেও কিছু নোব না আমি
প্রাণ ভরাবে প্রাণেতে পশি'
প্রাণেতে পশি' প্রাণেতে পশি'

মধুমাখা জ্যোৎস্না রাতে
ধরাধরি করে' হাতে
চলবো আমি তোমার সাথে
অন্তবিহীন চেতনাতে
চাই না কিছু নোব না কিছু
থেকো সাথে তমঃ নাশি'
তমঃ নাশি' ওগো তমঃ নাশি

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**Jiivanke dolá diye ke go tumi áj ele
Bijalir jhalkáni kot́i kot́i mańi
Sabákár dyuti niye hiyá májhe hásile

Phuler suváse bhare dile vasundhará
Sumadhur sauṋgiite karile átmahárá
Mamatár madhu d́hele sab klesh bhulále

Jharanádhárá sama práńke náciye dile
Varńanátiita rúpe manke mátiye dile
Dekhá nei shońá nei tabu bhálabásile

Pracand́a shaktite amánishá náshile

Bhuvanke dolá diye ke go tumi áj ele**Giving life a stir, Who are You Who came today?
A lightning flash, a million gems—
You smiled in the heart with cosmic splendor.

You filled the earth with fragrance of flowers;
With sweetest music, You enthralled.
Pouring nectar of affection, You washed away all pain.

You made life dance like a water fountain;
You enchanted mind with ineffable elegance.
Unseen and unheard, yet You loved.

With almighty power, You dispelled the dark night.

Giving the world a stir, Who are You Who came today?

জীবনকে দোলা দিয়ে কে গো তুমি আজ এলে
বিজলির ঝলকানি কোটি কোটি মণি
সবাকার দ্যুতি নিয়ে হিয়া মাঝে হাসিলে

ফুলের সুবাসে ভরে দিলে বসুন্ধরা
সুমধুর সঙ্গীতে করিলে আত্মহারা
মমতার মধু ঢেলে সব ক্লেশ ভুলালে

ঝরনাধারা সম প্রাণকে নাচিয়ে দিলে
বর্ণনাতীত রূপে মনকে মাতিয়ে দিলে
দেখা নেই শোণা নেই তবু ভালবাসিলে

প্রচণ্ড শক্তিতে অমানিশা নাশিলে

ভুবনকে দোলা দিয়ে কে গো তুমি আজ এলে

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**Tomá lági kata mor mane vyathá
Tumi ki tá jánite cáo ná
Jáni tumi ságarer mańi ákásher tárá
Dhará dite cáo ná

Rúpera ságare d́ub diye diye
Rúpátiita mańi peye jábo
Manera ákáshe bhese bhese bhese
Sudúrera tárá dhare nobo
Jáni ámi dhará debe more tumi
Saphal habe mama sádhaná

Rúpera ságar diye dey dhará
Cidákáshe tumi haye ácho bhará
Tái náhi jene diyecho go dhará
Ár more bholáno jábe ná**Due to You, so much pain is in my heart;
But You don't like to acknowledge that.
I feel You are ocean's jewel, the sky's star;
And You don't want to let Yourself be caught.

Diving again and again into the sea of forms,
Eventually I'll find the transcendental gem.
Drifting and drifting in the sky of mind,
Eventually I'll touch the far-distant star.
I know You'll let Yourself be held by me;
My spiritual endeavor will succeed.

The sea of forms allows embrace,
And You are filling the sky of mind.[nb 2]
So, unawares, You've given me a hold;
You won't elude me any more.

তোমা লাগি কত মোর মনে ব্যথা
তুমি কি তা জানিতে চাও না
জানি তুমি সাগরের মণি আকাশের তারা
ধরা দিতে চাও না

রূপের সাগরে ডুব দিয়ে দিয়ে
রূপাতীত মণি পেয়ে যাবো
মনের আকাশে ভেসে ভেসে ভেসে
সুদূরের তারা ধরে নোব
জানি আমি ধরা দেবে মোরে তুমি
সফল হবে মম সাধনা

রূপের সাগর দিয়ে দেয় ধরা
চিদাকাশে তুমি হয়ে আছো ভরা
তাই নাহি জেনে দিয়েছো গো ধরা
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**Rauniin meghe hátcháni dey
Ghare tháká ár ki jáy
Maner mayúr kaláp mele
Niilákáshe nácte cáy

Báṋdhanbháuṋár gán áji gái
Siimár rekhá rákhte ná cái
Sasiim cheŕe asiim páne
Kon sudúre man je dháy

Se je ámáy sadái d́áke
Rauṋiin megher pháṋke pháṋke
Eŕiye jete pári ná táke
E kii halo viśam dáy**Through colored clouds He beckons;
How long can one stay inside?
Mind's peacock, tail outspread,
Wants to dance neath azure sky.

Now I sing of breaking fetters;
I don't tolerate delimitation.
From finite to infinite,
No matter how far, the mind races.

It is He Who calls me constantly
From above the colored clouds.
I can't go on ignoring Him;
My need was beyond every bound.

রঙীন মেঘে হাতছানি দেয়
ঘরে থাকা আর কি যায়
মনের ময়ূর কলাপ মেলে
নীলাকাশে নাচতে চায়

বাঁধনভাঙার গান আজি গাই
সীমার রেখা রাখতে না চাই
সসীম ছেড়ে অসীম পানে
কোন সুদূরে মন যে ধায়

সে যে আমায় সদাই ডাকে
রঙীন মেঘের ফাঁকে ফাঁকে
এড়িয়ে যেতে পারি না তাকে
এ কী হলো বিষম দায়

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**Stabdha mánavatá jágalo go jágalo
Múk mukhe tái bháśá phut́alo
Áloker hátcháni práńe ese lágalo
Jaŕatár amánishá kát́alo go kát́alo

(Áj) Sabe mile áloker path dhare calo jái
Pichane tákávár avakásh nái nái

Púrvákáshe nava ráuṋá ravi jágalo
Áloker jhalakáni phuleder phot́álo
Cetanár sampát mane ese lágalo
Tandrár mohaghor shúnye milálo**Dormant humanity, oh it awakened, it awakened;
So speech blossomed upon mute lips.
A beacon of light restored life;
The dark night of inertia passed.

All now move as one along the path of light;
For looking back, we simply have no time.

In the eastern sky, a new crimson sun arose;
Its radiance made these flowers bloom.
Descent of consciousness on the mind had impact;
Lethargy and deep delusion disappeared.

স্তব্ধ মানবতা জাগলো গো জাগলো
মূক মুখে তাই ভাষা ফুটলো
আলোকের হাতছানি প্রাণে এসে লাগলো
জড়তার অমানিশা কাটলো গো কাটলো

(আজ) সবে মিলে আলোকের পথ ধরে চলো যাই
পিছনে তাকাবার অবকাশ নাই নাই

পূর্বাকাশে নব রাঙা রবি জাগলো
আলোকের ঝলকানি ফুলেদের ফোটালো
চেতনার সম্পাত মনে এসে লাগলো
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**Prathama jiivane tumi áso niko
Tár lági mane kona klesh nái
(Tomáre khúṋji ni) sei anutápe
Dagdha e hiyá káṋde sadái

(Eta káche chile) tabuo d́ákini
Vrthái ket́eche divasa jáminii
(Ei aveláy) sei kathái
Jata mane jáge tata vyathá pái

Sabái ese tháke báṋdhá mápá kále
Káj kare jete ei dharátale
(Viphale samay) kare apacaya
Vidhátáke doś diye lábh nái**In my early life, You did not appear;
I feel no anguish over that.
I did not seek... with this remorse,
My distressed mind weeps constantly.

You were so close, and yet I did not call;
My days and nights have passed in vain.
At this late stage, that same history–
The more I recollect, the more I feel the pain.

All who have come stay for a fixed duration
To perform some work upon this earth.
But time passes idly, the chance gets wasted;
And blaming God is ineffectual.

প্রথম জীবনে তুমি আসো নিকো
তার লাগি মনে কোন ক্লেশ নাই
(তোমারে কুঁজি নি) সেই অনুতাপে
দগ্ধ এ হিয়া কাঁদে সদাই

(এত কাছে ছিলে) তবুও ডাকিনি
বৃথাই কেটেছে দিবস যামিনী
(এই অবেলায়) সেই কথাই
যত মনে জাগে তত ব্যথা পাই

সবাই এসে থাকে বাঁধা মাপা কালে
কাজ করে যেতে এই ধরাতলে
(বিফলে সময়) করে অপচয়
বিধাতাকে দোষ দিয়ে লাভ নাই

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**Jáhá kichu cáo táhá kare jáo
Tava adhikáre kathá bali ná
Káháke káṋdáo káháke hásáo
Mukh buje dekhi kichu kahi ná

Srśt́ir kii bá prayojan chilo
Kii bá áche táháo bujhite nári
Dhvaḿser rath kena bá cáláo
Táháo bujhite náhi go pári
Áloker par áṋdhár námáye
E kii liilá karo kichu bujhi ná

Múk mukhe kena bháśá jogáyecho
Tarka shikháye vácál karecho
Tomáke laiyá kena darshane
Vijiṋáne mátámáti shikháyecho
Jiivaner kálo rauṋiin álor
Jhalkáni diye bhúláyo ná

Jáhá kichu kálo tomár álote
Nihsheś kena kare dile ná**Whatever You want, You make it happen;
Regarding Your dominion, I don't say a word.
Whom You make cry, whom You make laugh–
Lips sealed, I notice but do not speak.

The purpose of Creation– what it once was,
And what it now is, I fail to see.
Why You ride a chariot of destruction,
That also I just cannot fathom.
Darkness descending after light–
I grasp nothing of a liila You make like that.

Why furnish language to mouths that were mute?
Those instructed in logic, You made garrulous.
Withdrawing from sight, for what reason
Have You instilled overzealousness for science?
The colorful lights of a black life–
By making them glitter, don't mislead me.

Everything dark and dirty, by Your effulgence,
Why did You not get it spent?

যাহা কিছু চাও তাহা করে যাও
তব অধিকারে কথা বলি না
কাহাকে কাঁদাও কাহাকে হাসাও
মুখ বুজে দেখি কিছু কহি না

সৃষ্টির কী বা প্রয়োজন ছিলো
কী বা আছে তাহাও বুঝিতে নারি
ধ্বংসের রথ কেন বা চালাও
তাহাও বুঝিতে নাহি গো পারি
আলোকের পর আঁধার নামায়ে
এ কী লীলা করো কিছু বুঝি না

মূক মুখে কেন ভাষা জোগায়েছো
তর্ক শিখায়ে বাচাল করেছো
তোমাকে লইয়া কেন দর্শনে
বিজ্ঞানে মাতামাতি শিখায়েছো
জীবনের কালো রঙীন আলোর
ঝলকানি দিয়ে ভুলায়ো না

যাহা কিছু কালো তোমার আলোতে
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**Varaśár ráte niirave nibhrte
Baṋdhuyá giyáche more phele
More phele ogo more phele
(Takhan) Jalabhará meghe bijali savege
Kii kahitechilo náná chale
Náná chale ogo náná chale

Giyáche ámár mukutár hár
Baṋdhuyá ámár se je chilo
Giyáche caliyá niuṋáŕiyá hiyá
Marma mathiyá e kii halo
(Áj) Ashani nipáte mor áṋkhipáte
Hatáshá cakite kii je bale
Kii je bale ogo kii je bale

Buk bheuṋge diye giyáche caliyá
Se ki go ábár ásibe phiriyá
Divasa jáminii satata je ámi
Tári kathá bhávi prati pale
Prati pale ogo prati pale**On a silent and lonesome monsoon night,
My beloved left, abandoning me.
He cast me aside, oh, He cast me aside.
Then, in storm clouds the flashing lightning,
What did it tell in many indirect ways?
With so much guile, oh, with so much guile!

Gone is my necklace of pearls.
He, who was my darling–
Wringing my heart, He departed.
Oh, how it stirred me to the core!
Now thunderbolts fall on my eyelids,
Promptly downcast by that which was told.
What was disclosed, oh, what was disclosed!

My heart was broken by His leaving;
Oh, will He ever come back again?
Day and night, continually,
I think only of Him at every moment.
All of the time, oh, all of the time!

বরষার রাতে নীরবে নিভৃতে
বঁধুয়া গিয়াছে মোরে ফেলে
মোরে ফেলে ওগো মোরে ফেলে
(তখন) জলভরা মেঘে বিজলি সবেগে
কী কহিতেছিলো নানা ছলে
নানা ছলে ওগো নানা ছলে

গিয়াছে আমার মুকুতার হার
বঁধুয়া আমার সে যে ছিলো
গিয়াছে চলিয়া নিঙাড়িয়া হিয়া
মর্ম মথিয়া এ কী হলো
(আজ) অশনি নিপাতে মোর আঁখিপাতে
হতাশা চকিতে কী যে বলে
কী যে বলে ওগো কী যে বলে

বুক ভেঙ্গে দিয়ে গিয়াছে চলিয়া
সে কি গো আবার আসিবে ফিরিয়া
দিবস যামিনী সতত যে আমি
তারই কথা ভাবি প্রতি পলে
প্রতি পলে ওগো প্রতি পলে

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**Báccá
Ráter beláy sabái ghumáy
Shiuli kena jáge
Balte habe má go ámáy
Balte habei áge

Ár phulerá dine jáge
Rátrire ghumáy
Diner beláy suvása d́hále
Madhute gán gáy
Táder sáthe mor paricay
Álor anuráge

Ghumáy mayná kukurcháná
Ghumáy je maumáchi
Shiuli taru hese bale
Ámi jege áchi
Balo ná má shiuli jáge
Káhár anuráge

Mátá
Shon re khokan shiuli jáge
Ráter andhakáre
Diner áloy lajjá peye
Mát́ite jáy paŕe
Ráter sheśe shiuli jhare
Hale parei bhor
Sei samaye sońár khokan
Ghumt́i jábe tor**Infant
At nighttime everybody slumbers;
Why do the shiuli stay awake?
Please explain, oh mother mine–
Please tell me ere I sleep.

Other flowers are awake by day;
They slumber in the night.
During the day, fragrance they emanate;
Sweetly they sing.
Their acquaintance I make
Through our mutual love of light.

Asleep are the puppies and the parakeets;
Asleep are the honeybees.
The shiuli shrub smiles and says:
"I am awake."
Mother, please reply, shiuli stay awake
Out of love for whom?

Mother
Darling child, here's why shiuli stay awake
In the dark of night.
By daylight they feel shy;
To the ground they fall.
At end of night, shiuli drop
Shortly after dawn.
At that time, my golden child,
The sleep that's yours will leave.

বাচ্চা
রাতের বেলায় সবাই ঘুমায়
শিউলি কেন জাগে
বলতে হবে মা গো আমায়
বলতে হবেই আগে

আর ফুলেরা দিনে জাগে
রাত্রিরে ঘুমায়
দিনের বেলায় সুবাস ঢালে
মধুতে গান গায়
তাদের সাথে মোর পরিচয়
আলোর অনুরাগে

ঘুমায় ময়না কুকুরছানা
ঘুমায় যে মউমাছি
শিউলি তরু হেসে বলে
আমি জেগে আছি
বলো না মা শিউলি জাগে
কাহার অনুরাগে

মাতা
শোণ রে খোকন শিউলি জাগে
রাতের অন্ধকারে
দিনের আলোয় লজ্জা পেয়ে
মাটিতে যায় পড়ে
রাতের শেষে শিউলি ঝরে
হলে পরেই ভোর
সেই সময়ে সোণার খোকন
ঘুমটি যাবে তোর

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**Nútana prabháte aruńa álote
Mana bárebáre táre cáy
Madhura priitite marmagiitite
Táhári surete geye jáy

Lál rauṋe ráuṋá púrva ákásh
Mandamadhur bahiche vátás
Sakal mádhurii elo sudhá bhari
Rúpátiite smari e úśáy

Hárávár kichu náiko ekhan
Hiyá upaciyá paŕe anukśań
Tári praetite tári sauṋgiite
Tári asiimete mete dháy**On a new dawn with crimson effulgence,
My heart yearns for Him frequently.
With sweet love and soul's lyrics,
It goes on singing His melody.

The red-flushed eastern heavens,
The pleasant, gently flowing breeze–
All sweetness came, infusing nectar;
This morning, I remember One beyond form.

I have nothing left to lose;
Constantly my brimming heart exudes;
At His impulse, in His music,
To His infinitude, it races enraptured.

নূতন প্রভাতে অরুণ আলোতে
মন বারেবারে তারে চায়
মধুর প্রীতিতে মর্মগীতিতে
তাহারই সুরেতে গেয়ে' যায়

লাল রঙে রাঙা পূর্ব আকাশ
মন্দমধুর বহিছে বাতাস
সকল মাধুরী এলো সুধা ভরি'
রূপাতীতে স্মরি এ ঊষায়

হারাবার কিছু নাইকো এখন
হিয়া উপচিয়া পড়ে অনুক্ষণ
তারই প্রৈতিতে তারই সঙ্গীতে
তারই অসীমেতে মেতে' ধায়

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**Kálera háoyáy phul jhare jáy
Man bheuṋge jáy viśáde
Balo go balo go kena e vidhán
Dhará raciyácho kii sádhe

Bhevecho ki mane duhkhera águne
Jvalite jvalite keha náce
Bhávo ki jiivane hiyára dahane
Dhuṋkite dhuṋkite keha báṋce

Tomári upar kariyá nirbhar
Kot́i kot́i jiiv kena káṋde
Duhkhe sariye neoyá sukhe bhariye deoyá
E káj karite kii balo bádhe**With the winds of time a flower falls,
And heart breaks in sorrow.
Do say, Lord, why arrange things so–
On what whim are You creating this world?

Have You ruminated upon misery's fire;
Burning and burning, does anybody dance?
Do You think that in life with heart's anguish,
Throbbing and throbbing, anyone survives?

Depending upon Thee,
Why do billions of people weep?
To remove misery and fill with glee...
For such a task, pray tell me, what is the difficulty?

কালের হাওয়ায় ফুল ঝরে যায়
মন ভেঙ্গে যায় বিষাদে
বল গো বল গো কেন এ বিধান
ধরা রচিয়াছো কী সাধে

ভেবেছো কি মনে দুঃখের আগুনে
জ্বলিতে জ্বলিতে কেহ নাচে
ভাবো কি জীবনে হিয়ার দহনে
ধুঁকিতে ধুঁকিতে কেহ বাঁচে

তোমারই উপর করিয়া নির্ভর
কোটি কোটি জীব কেন কাঁদে
দুঃখে সরিয়ে নেওয়া সুখে ভরিয়ে দেওযা
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**(Áji) Pákhiirá kii gán gáiyá jáy
Phulera vanete bhramará nibhrte
Kii kathá ájike shonáte cáy
Shonáte cáy go shonáte cáy

Bhará bádale jhará bádale
Ashani viśáńe kena mátáy
Káhára pulake jhalake jhalake
Bijaliira kańá chút́iyá jáy

Nava nava sure báṋshii púre púre
Ámára paráńe ke go nácáy

Rúpera devatá hiyára mamatá
Sab madhuratá mekhe dáṋŕáy**What song do the birds keep singing now?
In flower groves, the bees, confidentially–
What would they confide today?
Oh, what do they want to say?

With falling rain on a rainy day,
Why does the shofar of thunder astound?
At Whose thrilling, in flash after flash,
Do lightning particles dash about?

With flute ever playing new, new tunes,
Who sets my nature to dance and let loose?

The Numen of all forms, the Love in all hearts,
Coated with every sweetness, He awaits.

(আজি) পাখীরা কী গান গাইয়া যায়
ফুলের বনেতে ভ্রমরা নিভৃতে
কী কথা আজিকে শোনাতে চায়
শোনাতে চায় গো শোনাতে চায়

ভরা বাদলে ঝরা বাদলে
অশনি বিষাণে কেন মাতায়
কাহার পুলকে ঝলকে ঝলকে
বিজলীর কণা ছুটিয়া যায়

নব নব সুরে বাঁশী পূরে পূরে
আমার পরাণে কে গো নাচায়

রূপের দেবতা হিয়ার মমতা
সব মধুরতা মেখে দাঁড়ায়

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**Arúpa devatá rúpera deule
Kár lági tumi tithi gońo
Jáhá thákibe ná táhá niye kena
Saḿvedane jál bono (tumi)

Rúper ei dhará tava mahimáy
Rúpátiite miliyá mishiyá jáy
Tabe kena liiláy rúpa racanáy
Máto játe náhi lábh kono

Jáni miche nay srśt́i racaná
Stháyiio nahe go ei kalpaná
Cale calá chavi bujhi tárá sabi
Tabu kena mane moha áno**Formless Lord, in a temple of forms,
For whose sake do You count the days?
Why, with respect to ones who won't remain,
Do You weave a cobweb of sensation?

By Your divine power, the forms in this universe
Go on meeting and merging in a state beyond form.
Why then, by creating form, by this cosmic play,
Do You indulge the ephemeral for no net gain at all?

I know that the formation of Creation is not in vain
And that Your mental projections aren't perpetual.
I know that they are all a passing show;
Still, why fascinate the mind with fleeting attractions?

অরূপ দেবতা রূপের দেউলে
কার লাগি তুমি তিথি গোণো
যাহা থাকিবে না তাহা নিয়ে কেন
সংবেদনে জাল বোনো (তুমি)

রূপের এই ধরা তব মহিমায়
রূপাতীতে মিলিয়া মিশিয়া যায়
তবে কেন লীলায় রূপ রচনায়
মাতো যাতে নাহি লাভ কোনো

জানি মিছে নয় সৃষ্টি রচনা
স্থায়ীও নহে গো এই কল্পনা
চলে চলা ছবি বুঝি তারা সবই
তবু কেন মনে মোহ আনো

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**Dakhiná vátáse malaya suváse
Mrdu hese hese esechile
Bhulite náhi pári bhulite náhi cáhi
Jágáye rákhi smrti madhu d́hele

Maneri rájá ogo manete pújá kare
Chaŕáye doba sudhá dhará pare
Manete theke jeo manke mátio
Tomári surabhite liiláchale

Bhávátiiter rájá bhávátiite more
Sadái niye jeo mant́i dhare dhare
Tomári carańe tomári smarańe
Rahiyáchi ámi láj o bhay bhule**
On a southern wind, a fragrant vernal breeze,
You came smiling, smiling tenderly.
I cannot forget, nor do I want to;
I sustain my honey-coated memory of You.

Ruler of my heart, worshiped in the mind,
Across the earth Your nectar I will spread.
Live on in my heart, and my mind delight
With Your sweet-scenting stratagems.

Ineffable Lord, beyond my conception,
Never let my mind slip from Your grip.
At Your feet and in Your recollection,
I remain heedless of shame and fear.

দখিনা বাতাসে মলয় সুবাসে
মৃদু হেসে হেসে এসেছিলে
ভুলিতে নাহি পারি ভুলিতে নাহি চাহি
জাগায়ে রাখি স্মৃতি মধু ঢেলে

মনেরই রাজা ওগো মনেতে পূজা করে
ছড়ায়ে দোব সুধা ধরা পরে
মনেতে থেকে যেও মনকে মাতিও
তোমারই সুরভিতে লীলাছলে

ভাবাতীতের রাজা ভাবাতীতে মোরে
সদাই নিয়ে যেও মনটি ধরে ধরে
তোমারই চরণে তোমারই স্মরণে
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**Bhálobáso shudhui mukhe
D́eke d́eke mari tabu áso ná
Bojho ná tumi ámára duhkhe

Tomári vijiṋáne tomári darshane
Khuṋjiyá beŕái manera gahane
Manke caiṋcal kare diye tumi
Maneri gholá jale lukáo mahásukhe

Sájáye rekhecho rauṋ rúper melá
Kariyá calecho náná liilákhelá
Liilára áŕále mrdu mrdu háso
Krpá biná ke bá tomáre dekhe**You offer only lip service to love.
Desperately I call for You, but You do not come.
Don't You comprehend my affliction?

With science and philosophy only Thine,
I go searching in the caverns of my mind.
But having made mind vacillating,
Right in its muddy stream, gleefully You hide.

You've kept festooned a passing show of color and form;
You've gone on devising multifarious diverting games.
Behind the screen of liila, softly You laugh;
Without divine grace, who can possibly behold You?

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**Ogo ámár ádarer mát́i
Sońár khani hiirá mańir ceyeo cini kháṋt́i
Dharáy ese pratham ámi dekhechi tomáy
Tomár rúpe shyámal shobháy man je bhare jáy
Tomár káche shatek rńe rńii ámi mát́i

Tumi ámáy jogáyecho kśudhár anna jal
Tomár madhu bhese áne práńe parimal

Tomár seváy vishvasevá karbo avical
Tomár mukti sarvabhúme chiṋŕibe shrṋkhal**
Oh my dear mother,[nb 2]
Mine of gold and diamonds, purer than sugar...
On my coming to this world, I've seen you first.
Before your beauty, mind fills with verdant grace;
Mother, by your presence, I'm indebted in many ways.

You've provided me the food and drink I crave;
Your sweetness inundates my life with fragrance.

By serving you, faithfully I'll serve the universe;
Your deliverance will shatter fetters everywhere.

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**Keu tomár lágiyá jáge divá ráti
Keu ásháte búka báṋdhe
Keu duhkha bhulite gáy giiti
Keu shrávańer dhárásama káṋde

Keu bhole ná bhúlite páre ná
Madhumákhá sei smrti
Tomár dolá deoyá tithi

Keu háráno dingulir málá gáṋthe
Keu rauńin kare dey kśiti
Keu álo cháyá khele jáy tomár sáthe
Káro theke jáy hiyábhará priiti**
For You, night and day, some don't sleep;
And others, to hope tether bosom.
To ease their grief, some sing songs;
And others shed an endless stream of tears.[nb 2]

Some do not and cannot forget
Their honey-coated memory
Of the day that You gave impact.[nb 3]

Some thread a wreath of bygone days,
And others make the earth full of color.
Some keep playing with You the game of light and shade,
And others carry on, their heart filled with love.

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**Áṋdhára nisháy diipashikhá tumi
Háráno pather nisháná
Tumi ácho tái sabái áche go
Tumi cháŕá kichu tháke ná

Sabár hrdaye tumi rájádhiráj
Tomára sakáshe náhi bhay láj
Kona saiṋkoc kona santáp
Kona saḿshay tháke ná

Hrdaye udvel kare dáo
Tomári bhávete miláiyá dáo
Tomári námete tomári gánete
Sárthak karo ámáro sádhaná**
At darkest night, You're the flame of the lamp,
The focus for those who have lost their path.
You endure, so everybody lives;
Without You, nothing else exists.

In everybody's heart, You're the King of Kings;
In Your presence, there's no shame or fear.
No compunction and no contrition–
No indecision persists.

Make my heart brim with devotion;
In thought of You, let it be fused.
With Your name and Your song,
Also my sadhana make successful.

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**Prabhu tumi elei jakhan
Kena eta karle derii
Tomár ásá patha ceye
Kata jug je geche ámári

Bhálo jadi báste jáno
Liilákhelá karo kena
Paráń bhare cái tomáre
Jenei dite carańtarii

Tomár áshe dine ráte
Chinu ámi shravań pete
Áshá niráshár doláte
Duliye ele krpá kari**Lord, whilst You even came,
Why'd You make so much delay?
Watching the path where You arrive,
For me, many ages, they went by.

When You know how to love,
Why'd You make a playful sport?
With all my heart I long for Thee,
To receive the ferry of Your feet.[nb 2]

Expecting You day and night,
Ear to the ground was I.
In the cradle of hope and despair
Having swung me, graciously You came.

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**Jhará kusumera vyathá bojho ná
Keṋde keṋde mari shukáiyá paŕi
Tomár nayan bheje ná

Rúp d́háliyáchi suvás diyechi
Madhura rabhase matáye rekhechi
Dehapat́ sane nat́eri matan
More nihsheś karo ná

Kali haye chinu tomár manete
Phút́echinu ámi tava hrdayete
Rikta paráńe vigata paráge
Ámáre bhúliyá jeo ná**Don't You know the sorrow of the falling flower?
I wither in tears and drop as I shrivel–
How do Your eyes remain dry?

I've displayed beauty and bestowed fragrance;
I've mesmerized with sweet surges of emotion.
Now as I decay, like the wicked,
Don't bring me to an end.

In the bloom of youth, I was in Your mind;
I blossomed in Your heart.
As I pass away and when I die,
Please do not forget me.[nb 2]

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**Sumukher páne cale jábo ámi
Tomári námt́i sáthe niye
Carańa t́alibe ná go ámár
Hiyá káṋpibe ná káro bhaye

Bhúdhare ságare ei carácare
Keha ná páribe bádhá dite more
Je káj karite esechi karibo
Sudrŕha átmapratyaye

Je din caliyá giyáche ámár
Táhá niye karibo ná háhákár
Je din ásiche táhára lágiyá
Bhugibo ná kona saḿshaye**Straight ahead I will proceed,
Taking Your name with me.
My feet will not falter;
My heart will not quiver from fear.

In this world, from mountain to sea,
Nothing can prevent me
From doing the work I came for
With steady self-confidence and zeal.

My days, passed and passing,
About them I won't grieve.
For the sake of days to come,
I'll suffer no uncertainty.

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**Tomár lági kata vyathá
Tumi táhár khoṋja rákho ná
Vishva niye vyasta tháko
Baŕa káje vyasta tháko
Chot́or kathá káne tolo ná

Ebár ámi mane mane
Phul tulibo vane vane
Málá geṋthe tomáy dite
Dekhi neve ki neve ná

Tomár sure geye jábo
Hrdaye jhaiṋkár tulibo
Tomáy ghire nece jábo
Dekhi dekho ki dekho ná**Due to You there's so much pain;
You don't keep track of that.
You keep busy with the universe–
With big works You stay engaged,
And trifling matters You don't hear.

At this time, in my mind,
I'll pick flowers from the forest.
My garland strung to offer You,
Let me see if You receive it or not.

I'll go on singing Your tunes,
Rousing a humming in my heart.
I'll go on dancing around You;
Let me see if You notice it or not.

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**Tomáy dhare rákhbo prabhu
Maner końe gahana końe
Hena je t́háṋi náhi khuṋje pái
Ámár mane ámár mane

Jadi ámár dine ráte
Jadi ámár bhávanáte
Dayá kare dáo dhará to
Baso tumi je kon kháne

Jadi tomáy bhálabási
Phut́be mane kusumaráshi
Sájábo tomáy phuler sáje
Ásan páti sajatane**Lord, I would hold You in embrace
At remote niche, the mind inside.
On searching, I don't find such place
In my mind, in my mind.

By my day or by my night,
If in any thoughts of mine,
You kindly tolerate my embrace,
Please take Your seat anyplace.

As I am in love with You,
In my mind many flowers will bloom.
I'll use those flowers for Your finery;
Arranging Your seat conscientiously.

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**Dayál prabhu balo go tomáy
Dayál náme kena d́áká hay
Phule kena káṋt́á tháke go
Jharńá kena upalete bay

Kamal kumud gandhe bhará
Malin jale kena bá phot́e
Jiive bhará khushiir dhará
Vijan pathe kena bá chot́e
Tárár málá pradiip jválá
Amánisháy kena ceye ray

Phuler mata shishu kena
Ghanaghana keṋde tháke
Cáṋder álo kena háse
Kálo megher pháṋke pháṋke
Mandamadhur gandhavaha
Attaháse shilá jhaiṋjháy**Merciful Lord, about Yourself please say...
Why are You named "merciful"?
On flowers, why do thorns stay;
And why do cataracts cross over pebbles?

Full of fragrance, the lotus flower–
Why does it bloom in dirty water?
Teeming with life, this joyful planet–
Why does it traverse a lonesome orbit?
Constellations, blazing starlights—
Why project only on new moon nights?

Like blooms are babies– for what reason
Do they weep so long and often?
The moon's light– why does it shine
Only in gaps when dark clouds hide?
The gentle and pleasant wind
Rains down hail with raucous grin.

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**Tumi kon deshete jáo re bandhu
Kon deshete jáo
Manpavaner náoye base
Uján páne dháo

Chiṋŕe diye tiirer báṋdhan
Chút́e calo jhaŕer matan
(Tumi) Kár surete mátale eman
Ámáy bale dáo

Niviye diye momer váti
Esechilo jhaŕer ráti
(Tumi) Tár sure ki ut́hale máti
Beye gele náo**Oh, to which country do you go, my old friend;
To which country do you go?
Awash with secret inclination,
You run counter to the flow.

Casting aside shore's moorings,
You rush free like a tornado.
What driving tune excites you so—
That, please do tell me.

Candle wax extinguishing,
A stormy night had arose.
To its melody what stirred you so,
Set you off a-sailing?

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**Ámár hiyár vyákulatá
Tomáre cáhi tomári lági
Dúr kare dáo mor malinatá
Krpá mági krpá mági

Jáni tumi ácho sáthe sáthe
Dekhá náhi pái pári ná dharite
Ácho tumi sadá divasa nishiithe
Surera srote sauṋgiite
Ámára manera ańute ańute
Ácho otahprote ogo anurágii

Cáṋdera hásite sáṋjhera kálimáte
Phut́il viháne madhura álote
Taŕita rekhár jhalakánite
Andha tamasár nikaśa kálote
Báhire bhiitare ácho more ghire
Tái to tomá tare áchi jági**The angst of my heart is
Only due to my wanting You.
Take away my gloom;
I beg mercy, I beg mercy.

I know You're always with me;
But I don't see You, can't embrace You.
Day and night You're ever present
With a melodious stream of song.
In each and every cell of my mind,
Joint and several, Lover, You reside.

In bright moonbeams at dusk of night,
In mild sunrays at break of dawn,
In the flash of lightning bolts,
In deepest dark and truest light,
Outside and in, You envelop me;
So due to You, I'm without sleep.

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**Áloker path cháŕibo ná (ámi)
Báhir bhitar ek kare nobo
Pápácáre máthá noyábo ná (ámi)

Sojá pathe jábo sojá kathá kabo
Sojá bhávanáy rata haye rabo
Kona avakáshe káháro sakáshe
Nijere pracár karibo ná (ámi)

Esechi karite tomári karma
Tava váńii mor práńera dharma
Shayane svapane nide jágarańe
Tomá vai kichu smaribo ná (ámi)**I shall not abandon the path of light.
Both outer and inner, they will be consistent;
And I won't bow my head before sin.

A straight road I will travel; straight words will I speak;
With straight thoughts I'll stay engaged.
On any occasion, before anybody,
I will not promote myself!

I have come to do Your work;
My life's virtue is Your message.
Taking rest (in dream or asleep) and dynamic,
Nothing else but You I'll remember.

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**Tomári hásite tomári báṋshiite
Bhuvana bhariyá rekhecho
Tomári álote diipashalákáte
Pradiipa jváláte balecho

Nikat́e vá dúre já kichu dekhe tháki
Tumi cháŕá ár kichu náhi dekhi
Nikat́e vá dúre já kichu bheve tháki
Sab bhávanáy tomári mákhámákhi
Tomári candane nandanavane
Mádhurii chaŕáye diyecho

Rúpera deule arúpa sádhanáte
Shońáo tava dhvani divasa nishiithe
Áṋdhára náshiyá marme pashiyá
Báṋdhana saráye niyecho**With Your smile, with Your flute,
You've kept on filling up the world.
With matchsticks to Your splendor,
You've told us to light a lamp.

Near or far, whatever we perceive,
Other than You, nothing else we see.
Near or far, whatever we imagine,
All thoughts are suffused with Thee.
From Your sandal trees in Eden,
You have let us strip sweetness.

With worship of the formless in a temple of form,
Day and night, You let us hear Your voice.
Dispelling darkness and entering hearts,
You've borne us out of bondage.

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**Labhi jadi punah mánava janama
Karibo go ámi tomári káj
Tomári seváy nijere vilábo
Ogo hrdayera rájádhiráj

Srśt́ir sei ádi vindute
Chilám to ámi tomári májhete
Srśt́ite mor sheś parińati
Haye jena prabhu tomári kolete
Tomári carańdhúlir cihna
Niye ják more lakśye áj

Kata ná patane kata uttháne
Calechi niyata tomári páne
Tomáre bhulini bhulite pári ni
Tarkátiita he nikhilaráj**Should I attain human birth again,
The work of You alone, I'll perform.
In Your service I'll devote myself,
O Supreme Ruler of the heart.

At Creation's very genesis,
Did I not exist within You?
In this cosmos, my final status,
Lord, may it be on Your lap only.
The trail of Your footdust—
To my goal let that now lead me.

Across many a rise and fall,
Ever toward Thee I have journeyed.
I have not forgot nor can forget You,
Lo, the universe's undisputed king.

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**Vrthá janama gamáyaluṋ
Hena prabhu ná bhajalúṋ
Khoyáaluṋ soha guńanidhi
Hamára karama manda
Ná milala eka bunda
Premasindhurasaka avadhi

Janam ámár vrthái gelo
Prabhur seváy náhi elo
Háter káche peyeo táre
Práńer májhe nilám náko
Hiyáy táke nilám náko

Karama dośe e sab halo
Háter nidhi cale gelo
Táhár káje elám ná go
Karama shuci karibo go
Áj theke káje lágibo go**I passed my life for no use:
I did not serve the Lord
And lost the font of all virtue.
Harmful were my actions,
Not anointed by one drop
From the ocean of compassion.

My birth was all for naught;
Serving the Lord never began.
Available was He and close at hand;
But I took Him not inside my life;
I did not hold Him in my heart.

It all happened due to my sin;
The nearby treasure disappeared
When I entered not service of Him.
Righteous deeds will I perform;
Henceforth, I'll do His work.

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**Tomári bhuvane tomári bhavane
Tomári áshe din ket́e jáy
Tomári carańe tomári smarańe
Áṋdhár nisháy álo jhalasáy

Tomári rauṋe rúpe tomári dhúpe diipe
Tomári krpákańá variśańe
Tomári snehad́ore viińára jhaḿkáre
Tomári udgiita madhu gáne
Tomára ráshi ráshi dyutibhará hási
Ásháhárá práńe áshá jágáy

Tomári choṋyá lágá kusuma suváse
Paráń ámár bhare jáy je ucchváse
Álápe áveshe náce o ulláse
Mana bhese jáy sudhádháráy**In Your cosmos, in Your mansion,
Days go by in hope of Thee.
On Your footfall, on Your recall,
A lamp shines at darkest night.

With Your colors and forms, incense and lights,
A speck of Your grace rains down.
With Your ties of love as lutes resound,
With Your sweet song sung out loud,
With Your many, many radiant smiles,
In a forlorn life, hope is revived.

In the fragrance of flowers caressed by You,
My life teems with ecstasy.
Dancing with delight on playing a touching tune,
My mind floats on ambrosial stream.

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**Ámára hiyáy bhul kare háy
Ese gecho prabhu tumi ájike
Rúpera máyáy bhare vasudháy
Náce gáne mátáte sabáke

Tomára vediira pare pradiipa jváli
Práńer sakal sudhá tomáte d́háli
Tomári álo tomári álo
(Álokita kareche) Ámár sakal sattáke

Mánasa jamuná mor ujáne bahe
Bháver sakal dhárá eki praváhe
Tomári d́heuye tomári d́heuye
(Udvela kareche) Ámár sakal cetanáke**Alas, my heart strays...
Lord, You have come this day,
Covering the earth with glamorous display,
Causing everyone to sing and dance.

I light a candle beneath Your altar;
For You I pour out all life's nectar.
Your divine light, Your divine light,
Has brightened my entire existence.

My mental Jamuna flows upstream,
The current of all my thoughts in but one drift.
Your divine wave, Your divine wave,
Has engulfed my entire consciousness.

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**Saomya shánta cetanánanda
Carańáravinda dáo go ámáy
Hatásher tumi áshá vyathiter bhálabásá
Asaháy jiivaner sheś áshray

Ádi hate antime ácho tumi sab bhúme
Saras kariyá sneha phalgu dhárá
Váme hate dakśińe urdhve o adhah páne
Sakal dishái tava karuńábhará
Sakaler ati priya sakaler ádarańiiya
Vidyá o buddhite dhará náhi jáy

Siimár ádhár mama siimá májhe udgama
Siimár báhire kichu bhávite ná pái
Siimár báhire tumi siimátiite utkramii
Tomáke bhávite gele tomáte harái
Manamaiṋjuśá mama ketakii kesharasama
Sab kichu sáthe niye tomá páne dháy**Enlightened Bliss, Tranquil Majesty,
Reveal to me Your lotus feet.
You are hope for the gloomy, love for the woeful,
Life's last refuge for the vulnerable.

From start to finish, You are ubiquitous,
The affectionate undercurrent that sweetens.
From left to right, above and below,
Every direction brims with Your compassion.
Everyone's most beloved, everyone's most respected,
You can never be grasped by erudition or intellect.

My limitation, the boundaries innate to being born,
Beyond that limitation, I cannot think one bit.
Beyond that limitation, You are endless and original;
On contemplating You, in You I get diffused.
The casket of my mind, like the stamen of screwpine,[nb 2]
Rushes toward You, bearing all alongside.

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**Ájike d́ákle more dúrera sure
Kena balo ná
Gharete man t́eke ná bádhá máne ná
Kena bújhi ná

Phulerá pápaŕi buje manete maje
Chilo bágicáy
Tomári sureri doláy tárá je háy
Akúle bhese jáy
Bhomará tomári gáne gunguniye
More shuńiye dey je mantrańá

Súrjamukhii tomári gáne úrdhva páne
Ceye je áche
Shephálii nuye nuye dhúláte shuye
Path je sájáche
Pákhiirá mátoyárá tomári sure
Vishva juŕe dey je cetaná**Today, You summoned me with a melody from afar;
Please tell me why.
My mind won't stay still, it heeds no hindrance;
I don't see why.

My flowers' closed petals, tethered by the mind,
Remained in a tiny garden.
With the impact of Your melody, alas, now they
Are afloat without a shore.
Bumblebees hum Your divine song,
Whispering that instigation.

With Your song, upward the sunflowers,
They are gazing.
The jasmines sway; and, lying in the dust,
They decorate Your path.
Excited by Your tune, the birds,
They convey that sensation around the world.

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**Phulera málát́i
Tomári lágiyá gáṋthá
Tumi parile ná
Ámáre dile kena vyathá

Púrvákásh chilo aruń rauṋete d́háká
Vátás takhan chilo bhálabásáte mákhá
Rauṋ ár bhálabásá ek sáthe misháiyá
Gáṋthá chilo hiyára mamatá

Dekho sei málá mor ashrute bhije geche
Phuler pápŕiguli dhiire dhiire jhare geche
Tumi ásile ná dekhá karile ná
Bujhile ná mor vyákulatá**This garland of flowers
Was strung for You alone.
You did not put it on;
Why have You pained me so?

The eastern sky was wrapped in crimson,
And the wind was smeared with love.
Entwining color and devotion,
Woven was my heart's affection.

Behold, my garland got drenched in tears;
The flower petals, they steadily dropped.
You did not arrive; appear You did not—
Did You forget my yearning?

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**Tomár madhur hási niye eseche
Srśt́ir sab kichu tomári káche

Hrdayer spandan juga parivartan
Sab kichute madhu bhare diyeche
Eso tumi náce tále chande o uttále
Sakal smrtite sudhá d́hele diyeche

Eso tumi bháváveshe mohaner samáveshe
Mamatá mákháno áṋkhi práń bhareche**Your fetching smile has brought
All of Creation close to Thee.

A heart beating, an age changing—
You've imbued everything with sweetness.
You come in cadence and dance, rhythm and undulation;
On every memory[nb 2] You have poured ambrosia.

Come, Lord, in the ecstasy of Krsna's[nb 3] assembly;
Your affectionate eyes have filled us with life.

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**Tumi esechile varaśár ráte
Ketakiigandhe mátáte
Masiimákhá sei krśńatithite
Áloker sudhá d́hálite

(Takhan) Niipamaiṋjari ashaninipáte
Ghanaghana shiharitechilo
Veńukákuiṋja jhaiṋjhár ráte
Ágháter dhvani ditechilo
Jalbhará megh bhese calechilo
Viśáde káṋdite káṋdite

Smitá duhitárá gharer końete
Kabariir veńii báṋdhite báṋdhite
Juthi málatii máláte sájáte
Shikhitechilo je nácite

Tomár ketakiisurabhi ekhano
Gáṋthá áche mor hiyáte**You had come on a rainy night,
Heady with scent of screwpine[nb 2]
On those dark days[nb 3] inkstained,
To pour out the ambrosia of light.

Then, amid deadly thunderbolts, budding kadam[nb 4]
Had shuddered time and again.
On that stormy night, the bamboo grove
Had given off a sound of flogging;
And the rain-filled clouds had gone floating,
To weep and wail in sorrow.

Indoors were the smiling daughters,
Their hair to braid and plait,
To adorn with jasmine sprays
They had pinned to a topknot that dances.

Even now Your screwpine fragrance
Is imprinted upon my heart.

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**Bhálabásiyáchi tomáre
Práńer májhe maner májhe
Báhire bhitare

Dekhe se madhura hási
Shune se mohana báṋshi
Mana kothá jáy bhási
Báṋdhile ámáy e kii d́ore

Balo kemane páshari
E phulad́ore**I am in love with You...
In my life and in my psyche,
Outwardly and inwardly.

Having seen that smile honey-sweet,
Having heard that magic flute,
Somewhere mind goes soaring—
With such ties You bound me.

Tell me, how do I forget
With this bondage of flowers?

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**Moder dhará rúp peyeche
Tomár rúper sáje
Tái to heri tomáy ámi
Sakal kichur májhe

Ácho tumi sakal dháráy
Tái to kichu náhi háráy
Ámio tomár májhe
Cali phiri tomár káje

Ácho tumi sab manane
Sabái áche tomár mane
Bhuleo bhávi náko
Tumi cháŕáo kichu áche**Our earth has taken shape,
By Your beauty draped.
And so I behold Thee
Inside every entity.

You are there in every stream,
So nothing is missing.
Within You I also live;
I come and go in Your service.

In each thought You abide,
And all dwell in Your mind.
Even by mistake I don't believe
That outside You is anything.

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**Sabár májhe háriye gecho
Tumi bujhi tumi bujhi
Tái ki tomáy pái ná ámi
Sakál sáṋjhe khuṋji khuṋji

Jadi ámáy krpá karo
Ámár áṋkhi tule dharo
Tomáy d́ákár mantra balo
Thákbo náko mukhat́i buji
Tomáy ámi páboi khuṋji

Jadi tomáy bhálabási
Tomár t́ánei chut́e ási
Sakal bádhár práciir bháuṋgi
Tomáy ámi noboi jujhi
Tomáy ámi páboi khuṋji**Amid the throng You've gone missing;
Could this be You, could this be You?
So whether I find You or not,
Dawn to dusk, I pursue, I pursue.

If You take pity on me;
To my upraised eyes catch hold.
Tell the mantra to summon You;
My lips will not stay closed.
I will surely find You... I pursue.

As I am in love with You,
I come rushing at Your allure.
All blockading walls I breach;
I will surely get You... I struggle.
I will surely find You... I pursue.

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**Nandanavana manthana kari
Candanamadhu ániyáchi (ámi)
Páriját phulparága mákháno
Paráńer sudhá d́háliyáchi (ámi)

(Takhan) Júthi parimal sajala samiire
Bhese calechilo dúr nabhe
Maner kamal práńe ucchal
Phut́echilo nija vaebhave
(Ámi) Tári májhkháne basiyá vijane
Tomá lági málá gáṋthiyáchi (ámi)

(Takhan) Tamála kuiṋje puiṋje puiṋje
Álo áṋdhárite bhrṋgerá
Cuyá candane aekya táne
Tomáre barite práńbhará
Jut́echilo jata bhrṋgerá
(Ámi) Sei pariveshe basiyá áveshe
Tomá lági gán raciyáchi (ámi)**Churning a pleasure garden;
I bring away sandal and honey.[nb 2]
Spreading the pollen of amaranth,[nb 3]
I dispense the nectar of life.

At that time, on a moist breeze, jasmine fragrance
Had drifted down from the distant heavens.
My mental lotus, its heart swelling,
Had blossomed in self-realization.
Amid that transition, sitting in seclusion,
I am threading a garland for Thee.

At that time, assembling in the tamal grove,[nb 4]
Were bumblebees, both light and dark.
With sandal perfume and tonal accord,
To greet You wholeheartedly,
Those bees had been gathering.
Enraptured by this very atmosphere,
I am composing my songs to Thee.

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**Dúr niilimáy hátcháni dey
Sudúrer kon bandhu ámáy
Bale se je more kena ácho dúre
Eso eso mor áuṋináy

Sájáye rekhechi táráder málá
Kata rauṋe rúpe kata liilákhelá
Áṋkhi mele dekho baddha gharete
Ácho kata kleshe kata játanáy

Nútaner d́ák sadá diye jáy
Cira nútaner shudhu gán gáy
Kán pete shuni bandhu ámáy
Kata ráginiite gán je shonáy**He beckons from blue yonder,
Far away from me, an abiding friend.
He tells me: "Why are you afar...
Come, please come, to My courtyard.

"I've kept it bedecked with strings of stars,
With countless colorful forms and fond games.
Open your eyes and see behind closed doors,
You have so many sorrows and so many pains."

Constantly He gives the call to novelty;
He sings only of new and newer.
When I listen closely to my Friend,
Many a melodious song is heard.

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**Nandanavana manthana kari
Candanamadhu ániyáchi (ámi)
Páriját phulparága mákháno
Paráńer sudhá d́háliyáchi (ámi)

(Takhan) Júthi parimal sajala samiire
Bhese calechilo dúr nabhe
Maner kamal práńe ucchal
Phut́echilo nija vaebhave
(Ámi) Tári májhkháne basiyá vijane
Tomá lági málá gáṋthiyáchi (ámi)

(Takhan) Tamála kuiṋje puiṋje puiṋje
Álo áṋdhárite bhrṋgerá
Cuyá candane aekya táne
Tomáre barite práńbhará
Jut́echilo jata bhrṋgerá
(Ámi) Sei pariveshe basiyá áveshe
Tomá lági gán raciyáchi (ámi)**Churning a pleasure garden;
I bring away sandal and honey.[nb 2]
Spreading the pollen of amaranth,[nb 3]
I dispense the nectar of life.

At that time, on a moist breeze, jasmine fragrance
Had drifted down from the distant heavens.
My mental lotus, its heart swelling,
Had blossomed in self-realization.
Amid that transition, sitting in seclusion,
I am threading a garland for Thee.

At that time, assembling in the tamal grove,[nb 4]
Were bumblebees, both light and dark.
With sandal perfume and tonal accord,
To greet You wholeheartedly,
Those bees had been gathering.
Enraptured by this very atmosphere,
I am composing my songs to Thee.

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**Dúr niilimáy hátcháni dey
Sudúrer kon bandhu ámáy
Bale se je more kena ácho dúre
Eso eso mor áuṋináy

Sájáye rekhechi táráder málá
Kata rauṋe rúpe kata liilákhelá
Áṋkhi mele dekho baddha gharete
Ácho kata kleshe kata játanáy

Nútaner d́ák sadá diye jáy
Cira nútaner shudhu gán gáy
Kán pete shuni bandhu ámáy
Kata ráginiite gán je shonáy**He beckons from blue yonder,
Far away from me, an abiding friend.
He tells me: "Why are you afar...
Come, please come, to My courtyard.

"I've kept it bedecked with strings of stars,
With countless colorful forms and fond games.
Open your eyes and see behind closed doors,
You have so many sorrows and so many pains."

Constantly He gives the call to novelty;
He sings only of new and newer.
When I listen closely to my Friend,
Many a melodious song is heard.

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**Tomár parash chaŕáye rekhecho
Bhúloke dyuloke goloke
Sattár prati palake
Tomár haraś bhariyá diyecho
Udbhásita áloke

Mádhurii tomár nahi máne máná
Jaŕ o cetan jáná ná jáná
Sabete pashiyá sabete mishiyá
Sabete jagáye cetaná
Mádhurii tomár nahi máne máná
Tomár preśańá dyuloker dyuti
Námáye eneche bhúloke

Hásite tomár cáṋdo je háse
Se hásite jale joyár áse
Tomár álote dhará uttál
Tále spandita ákásh vátás
Tomár mamatá alakár sudhá
D́háliya diyeche triloke
Jhalake jhalake jhalake**
You have extended Your divine touch
On earth, sky, and heaven,
To each entity every instant.
Infusing exhilaration, You impart
Manifest splendor.

Your sweetness defies explanation...
Inanimate and animate, known and unknown,
Penetrating all, uniting all,
Consciousness awakens everyone.
Your sweetness defies explanation...
At Your direction, heaven's glow
Is brought down to this earth.

With Your smile, the moon also smiles;
With that smile comes the rising tide.
With Your light, this world is upraised;
With rhythm do the sky and air vibrate.
With Your love, celestial nectar
Inundates the three worlds;[nb 2]
They shine, shine, shine.

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**Ámár jiivane ámár paráńe
(Tumi) Nrtyera tále eso go
Bhuvan bholáno manke mátáno
(Tumi) Madhura hásit́i heso go

Parashpáthar krśńakat́hor
(Tumi) Jiivanke soná karo go

Baddha malin mor jaláshaye
Sudúrer srot dáo go baháye
Ene áloráshi kálo klesh náshi
(Tumi) Aruńe ráuṋiye dio go**
Into my life, into the core of my existence,
Come, Lord, with the rhythm of dance.
To charm the world and delight my mind,
Please put on Your sweet smile.

Krsna severe, the philosopher's stone,
Kindly transmute my life into gold.

In my stagnant, polluted lagoon,
Please let loose the far-flowing stream.
With a flood of light dispelling gloom,
Paint, Lord, in bright colors of dawning.

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**Eso go eso go mor manete
Sab klesh násh kare álo jharáte

Tava núpura dhvanite bhuvan bahiyá jáy
Tava d́ákete shońite bhare unmádanáy
Baso go baso go mor dhyánete

Tava hásite khushite sabái miliyá gáy
Maner mayúr shatadháre nece jáy
Cáho go cáho go mor pánete**Come, please come, into my mind
To emanate light that removes all pain.

The cosmos conveys the sound of Your ankle bells;
With Your jingling appeal, the blood thrills.
Be seated, please be seated, in my dhyán.[nb 2]

At Your sweet pleasure, everyone sings harmoniously;
The peacock of mind dances in a hundred streams.[nb 3]
Look, please look, at me.

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**Rauṋiin svapan maner matan
Rúp nilo áji dharańiite
Nece jáy chut́e sab bádhá t́út́e
Shata dháre shata smarańete

Bhálabási shudhu tomákei ámi
Bhálabási prabhu bhálabási
Maner gopane nibhrta bhuvane
Sadá shuni ámi tava báṋshii
Madira áveshe snigdha ákáshe
Shuńi dúrágata tava giite

Ceye áchi shudhu tomá páne ámi
Ceye áchi prabhu ceye áchi
Ashanikśubdha jhaŕe vikśubdha
Nikaśa nishiithe krpá jáci
Din áse jáy rát áse jáy
Sonálii rekháy tava sáthe**
Per heart's desire, a colorful vision
Took shape today upon this earth.
All barriers broken, dancing, it rushes onward,
In countless flows and supplications.

It is You alone that I love;
I love You, Lord, I love You.
In my hidden mind, in my private world,
I always listen to Your flute.
In rapt attention on a clear sky,
I hear Your songs descending from afar.

In Your direction only do I gaze;
I look to You, Lord, I look to You.
In thunderous, violent storms,
In trying times, Your grace I beseech.
The days and nights pass by
Through a golden tie with Thee.

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**Mukhete hási bale bhálabási
Mamatáte bhará dut́i áṋkhi
(Báhire kat́hor) Mor cittacor
Dekhiyá cáhe man áro dekhi

(Jata bali táre) Bhulibo tomáre
Se kahe báre báre bhulo bhulo
Mor páne áṋkhi náhi tolo
Bhulite náhi pári áṋkhi mele dhari
Here jáoyá láje mete tháki

(Jata bali táre) Kichu doba náko
Se kahe báre báre kichu cáhi náko
Ná diye náhi pári hrdaya ujáŕi
Táhári dhyánete diye tháki**The smile on His face speaks of love;
His two eyes are full of affection.
Outwardly severe is the stealer of my mind,
Yet my heart longs to see Him more and more.

Whenever I tell Him, "I'll ignore You",
He repeats, "You forget, you forget...
You don't take your eyes off Me."
With eyes open, I cannot neglect Him;
Shamelessly, I stay infatuated.

Whenever I tell Him, "I'll give nothing",
He repeats, "I don't need anything."
Irresistibly, my heart pours out;
I stay giving, contemplating only Him.

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**Sumukhe ásiyá dánŕáo prabhu tumi
Nayana bhariyá dekhibo tomáy
Manera kánane surabhi rańane
Rauṋ berauṋer phulera shobháy

(Mahákásher mata) Manke dáo bhare
Niiháriká candane shuci kare
Eso dhiire dhiire snigdha samiire
Runujhunu jhunu núpura páy

(Madhula madhumákhá) Manera madhumás
Náce gáne táte áne go ullás
Tomár hásit́i mohana báṋshiit́i
Prápti sukhe jena more mátáy**Lord, come and stand before me;
Filling my eyes, I will observe Thee.
In my mental garden, with a fragrant jingle,
Flowers of many colors twinkle.

Universalism – make it fill my mind;
Purify with the sandalpaste of nebulae.
Come stately on a gentle breeze,
With ringing of ankle bells at Your feet.

Honey-coated sweetness– this mental spring,
With dance and song, oh it brings cheer.
Your smile and Your magic flute–
To get bliss, let them infatuate me.

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**Eso tumi áji práte
Aruń áloy rauṋ meláte
Phuler sáji niye háte
Rauṋ berauṋer phul tulite

Eṋko chavi maner matan
Nava rekháy nava lekháy
Bháv jágiye nútan nútan
Nava práńer unmádanáy
Nútan nútan pariveshe
Hásir chat́áy man mátáte

Nútan juger vártá niye
Nava sandhyár diipávaliite
Sabár duhkha sariye diye
Nútan kare bhálabásite
Kála cháyá guṋŕiye diye
Sonár rather jhalkánite**
Please come now at break of day
To blend Your color with the crimson light.
And carry a flower basket in hand
To gather blooms of diverse hues.

Paint a picture as You like,
With new lines and new designs;
Awaken new and newer thoughts
With a new passion for life.
In this ever-new atmosphere,
Enchant with brightness of a smile.

Convey the news of a new age
At daybreak's festival of light.
Dispel everyone's afflictions
With new emanations of love.
Pulverize the dark shadows
With glitter of a golden chariot.

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**Tomákei ámi bhálabásiyáchi
Kena básiyáchi jáni ná
Tava path ámi báchiyá niyechi
Kena niyechi tá bhávi ná

(Mor áṋkhi) Tomáre dekhite divase nishiithe
(Áṋkhi) Patha páne tháke cáhiyá
(Mor man) Tomáke smarite pathe vipathe
(Man) Satatai tháke jágiyá
Eso mor citte niṋde jágrate
(Ámi) Tumi cháŕá kichu máni ná

Jata uttál tarauṋga hok
Jata ná gabhiir vedanái hok
Sabáre atikram kare jábo
(Ámi) Tumi cháŕá kichu cáhi ná**I am loving only Thee;
Why I feel so, I don't know.
Your way, I chose to follow;
Why I did so, I cannot conceive.

My eyes, looking for You day and night,
They keep gazing toward the path.
My mind, to remember You in virtue and in vice,
Ever and always it remains vigilant.
Come into my mind while awake and while asleep;
None other than You do I heed.

However high the waves that appear,
However deep the hardships that befall,
I will carry on, overcoming all.
I don't want aught but Thee.

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**Damká haoyáy d́ák diye jáy
Dúrer pathe jete jete ajánáy
(Kena beṋdhe rákho) Balo tháko tháko
Theme jete balo ghareri końáy

(Maneri rájá ogo) Mane mátiye náo
Ámáke sab káje egiye jete dáo
Tomári prerańáy tomári preśańáy
Jiivan saritá mor jábe mohánáy

(Dhyánera rájá ogo) Dhyáne miliye náo
Smarańe manane more egiye dáo
Egiye caliboi phire ná tákáboi
Tomár sab káje sakala dháráy**
Gusts of wind keep urging me
To travel a distant, unknown road.
Why tie me down, saying "Stay, stay",
Telling me to halt inside of my home?

Oh, Ruler of my Psyche, galvanize the mind;
Let me always move onward through all my deeds.
Only by Your inspiration and Your dispatch,
My stream of life shall flow unto the sea.

Oh, Lord of Dhyána,[nb 2] permeate my meditation;
Let my recollection and reflection be progressive.
I will ever go forward, I will never look back,
In all Your chores throughout the wide world.

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**Tumi kata liilá jáno
Ámáy niye nánán khelá
Nánán bháve man mátáno

Tomáke lukiye jáy ná kichu kará
Sakal kájei tumi tháko
Tomáke lukiye jáy ná kichu bhává
Gopan bale kichu tháke náko
Tomára liiláy tomára kheláy
Vishva náce tava carańe jaŕáno

Hásir ván áno ashru jharáo
Khushiir dyuti áno vedaná jágáo
Tomáy bhálabási jene bá ná jene
Bhálabásár giiti vishve chaŕáno**Lord, how much sport do You know?
Treating me to many different games,
You delight my mind in many different ways.

No deed occurs that is hidden from You;
In each and every action, You reside.
No thought occurs that is hidden from You;
In secret nothing has the power to abide.
According to Your liila, according to Your game,
The cosmos dances, Your holy feet embraced.

You unleash floods of laughter, and You make the tears flow;
You bring radiant happiness, and You animate distress.
Consciously or unconsciously, it is You that I adore;
Songs of love You scatter across the universe.

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**Tomákei ámi bhálobásiyáchi
Juge juge báre bár
Ná jániyá bhálobásiyáchi
Jánite ke bá cáhe ár

Jáhára dyutite bhuvana bhese cale
Jáhára jyotite sabái jhalamale
Táháke jánite bujhite párite
Buddhi kii bá áche kár

Jáhára saḿvege sabái chut́e cale
Jáhára ávege sabái práń d́hále
Táháke manomájhe mohana madhusáje
Sabe cáhe ánivár**Only You am I loving,
Age after age, time and again.
Unknowingly, I am loving,
Not wanting to know any other.

On Whose effulgence cosmos sails;
With Whose light everybody sparkles—
To know or understand Him,
No one has such intellect.

On Whose inspiration, everybody races;
With Whose impulse, all come alive—
Him inside the mind, sublimely attired,
Everybody craves always.

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**Tumi esechile manera kamale
Shatadháre tule álori ván
Hiyára maiṋjile jágáye tulile
Abhinava tále nava tuphán

Jeoná jeoná
Tháko káche káche
Jemant́i ácho chande o náce
Tomáre heriyá udvela hiyá
Surera lahariite peyeche tán

Hárái hárái
Sadá bhay pái
Hárále sháhansháh shire táj nái
Niirave nibhrte tháko sáthe sáthe
Tomáke práńbhare shonábo gán**You had appeared on the lotus of psyche,
Producing a flood of light in countless streams,
And stirring in the mental mansion,
Fresh surges in a novel rhythm.

Don't go, don't go—
Stay nearby;
Sustain Your cadence and dance.
My brimming heart, beholding Thee,
Finds voice in waves of melody.

Bereft, bereft—
I live in dread of being
A deposed king, no crown on his head.
In my mute solitude, ever stay with me;
To You, fervently will I sing.

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**Eso eso bandhu mama
Juga juga varśa pare
Kii kare bhuliyá chile
Kena chile balo more

Cale geche kata tithi
Sura hárá kata giiti
Eta dine krpá halo
Sudhádháráy áshis jhare

Kata rtur parikramá
Jiivandhárár ot́há námá
Kata kichur ánágoná
Ghat́e geche ámáy ghire**Come, please come, my Abiding Friend;
It’s been ages, years and years.
How this neglect happened
And why it was... explain that to me.

How many days have come and gone,
Notes lost in countless songs.
After such a long time, You’ve taken pity;
With stream of nectar, blessings now trickle.

How many were the cycles of seasons,
Ebbs and flows in the current of existence.
Advents and exits of so many things
Have come to pass around me.

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**(Prabhu) Tomára parash
(Mor cetanáy) Joyár ániyá diyeche
Tomár haraś vishvabhuvane
Dyuloker dyuti eneche

Mahánabhoniile jakhan jedike cái
Snigdha vátáse manomadhumáse
Tumi cháŕá kichu nái
(Áj) Jáhá ceyechinu jáhá cáhi nái
Sabái tomáte mileche

(Ámi) Hiyára gopane gahana kánane
Já kichu d́hákiyá rekhechinu
Tava anuráge tava nava ráge
Táhái vishve d́hele dinu
(Áj) Sab vinimaye tomáre peyechi
Tomárei sár bujhechi**

Lord, Your divine touch
On my insight has given rise to high tide.
Throughout the universe, Your delight
Has brought a heavenly splendor.

When I gaze into the great blue yonder,
In the gentle breeze of mind’s springtime,
Apart from You there is nothing at all.
Today, I want not what once I desired;
In You everything has united.

In heart's privacy, in a garden hard to reach,
All that I had kept concealed,
Out of love for You, in Your new melody,
I have lavished that upon the world.
Today, in exchange for all, I’ve got You;
I've realized You only as the essence.

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**Tomári liilár májhe ajuta rúpe sáje
Nijere rekhecho prabhu d́hákiyá
Tomári gáne sure tomári chande bhare
Nijei rayecho prabhu mátiyá

Áṋkhi prasáriyá ámi jata kichu dekhe jái
Bhávere mathiyá ámi jáhá kichu bheve pái
Sakal kichuri końe tumi ácho gopane
Sarasatá sáthe madhu mákhiyá

Duhkhera áṋdhár májhe tava jyoti sadá ráje
Háriye jáoyár májhe phire páoyá nava sáje
Nei nei áche áche sabár upare áche
Tava dyuti sab klesh náshiyá**Amid Your liila, in myriad forms and ornaments,
Lord, You have kept Yourself concealed.
In Your lyrics, melodies, and compelling rhythms,
Lord, Yourself You have diffused.

Whatever I am seeing with eyes wide open,
Whatever I do realize by mental deliberation—
At every single point, You lie hidden,
Pregnant with potential, covered in sweetness.

Amid woeful gloom, Your light ever prevails;
Amid ongoing loss, recovery is newly arrayed.
Regarding what is and is not, above all reigns
Your splendor, eradicating every pain.

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**Álori deshete jegechi ámi go
Tamasári páre gán geye jái
Nikaśa kálo ghume járá áche shuye
Táderi lágiyá d́ák diye jái

Ot́ho go bhái ot́ho álor páne calo
Áṋdhárkálo nishá áloy bhare tolo
Tomár mukha páne vyákula nayane
Árta mánavatá cáhiche sadái

(Egiye calái) Práńera dharma
Árte báṋcáno niitira marma
Je kál cale geche se ár ásibe ná
Je kál háte áche kájete lágái**Oh, I've awakened in the land of light;
From the other side of darkness,[nb 2] I am singing.
Those who lie in jet-black sleep–
For their sake, a call I keep issuing.

Awake, awake, my cousins— go toward the light;
Imbue the gloomy night with your luster.
Toward your face with desperate eyes,
Suffering humankind constantly gazes.

To march ever onward is the dharma of life;
To rescue the wretched is the heart of morality.
The time that has passed, it will not come again;
The time at hand, we utilize that.

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**Ásbe bale gecho je cale
Kena ele ná balo ámáy
(Dharár dhuláy) Mishe geche háy
Phuler pápŕiguli gáṋthá máláy

(Ogo akaruńa) E kii liilá tava
Bhálabásár chale liilá abhinava
Cale gecho jabe kena ácho tabe
Jege ámár mane divánisháy

(Bhulite jata cái) Bhulite náhi pái
Smrtir dyuti dekhi jedike tákái
Kena beṋdhecho more surera jhaḿkáre
Bhávera táre táre manoviińáy**On going, You said You would return;
Tell me, why did You not come?
Into dust, into dust have crumbled
The flower petals composing Your garland.

Callous Lord, what is this liila of Thine—
A strange new game of friendship's guile?
Having gone away, why then do You remain
Awake in my mind, day and night?

As much as I want to forget, forget I cannot;
Wherever I look, I see tokens of Your splendor.
Why have you bound me with a fanfare of tunes,
Thoughts born on the strings of mind's violin?

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**Kál rátrite jhaŕ baye geche
Rajaniigandhá vane
Tári sáthe mor mane
Tumi ásile ná phire cáhile ná
Raye gele ánmane

Jhaŕer ágháte kusumera kali
Akále jhariyá jáy
Phot́á phul tár suváser sáthe
Jyotsnáy bhese jáy
Tumi ásile ná háy
Ámáre bhuliyá kár bhávanáya
Chile tumi konkháne

Jhaŕer ágháte manoviińá mor
Tár cheṋŕá haye jáy
Sab jhaiṋkár kotháy háráye jáy
Tumi ásile ná háy
Ámáre bhuliyá kon ajánáy
Chile tumi nirajane**Last night a storm raged
In the grove of tuberoses...[nb 2]
And, with it, also in my mind.
You neither came, nor glanced back at me;
You remained inattentive.

Flower buds, from storm's injury,
Are dropping prematurely;
The fragrance of their blossoms
Has been washed away by moonlight.
Alas, You did not come.
Neglecting me, distracted by whom
And in which place were You?

My mental lyre, beaten by the storm,
Its strings have got broken—
All its flourish, where has it gone?
Alas, You did not come.
Neglecting me, in what uncharted land
Were You secluded?

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**Tava cetanáy sabái jegeche
Tomári áveshe dhará bhará
Dhará bhará

Tava sauṋgiite sabái meteche
Tava sure laye mátoyárá

Tomár parash jiiyan kát́hi go
(Tumi) Srśt́ir ádi sheś kathá
Tomár haraś sabákár mane
Bhuláiyá dey sab vyathá

Tumi ácho tái jagat áche go
(Tumi) Siimár úrdhve siimáhárá

Sroter phuler matai esechi
Tomári joyáre bhásiyá calechi
Ámár sattá báhire bhitare
Tomátei hay ámi hárá**Everyone has been made conscious of Thee.
Engrossed in Thee, the world is replete;
The world is replete.

With Your music, everyone is enthused,
Enraptured by Your rhythms and tunes.

By Your touch, a tiny stick comes to life;
You are the first and last word of Creation.
The delight You bring to everyone's mind
Obliterates all pain.

Lord, You exist, so the universe exists;
Transcending all boundaries, You are limitless.

I have come like a flower bud in a river;
On Your tide I have gone on floating.
My existence, both outer and inner,
The "I" is lost in Thee.

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**Cáṋd ae ákáshe bhálabásá vátáse
Ke go tumi mor páne nece áso
Bhásáiyá diyá hiyá kánana saorabhe
Ke go tumi mor páne ceye háso

Jhaŕńá dhárá áj sauṋgiite meteche
Cáṋder miśt́i hási tár pare paŕeche
Ei svapnil pariveshe ke go tumi nava veshe
Sabáike eta beshi bhálabása

Cáṋder álor ván báṋdh bheuṋge diyeche
Rajaniigandhá van kii áveshe meteche
Áj ánanda upaciyá udvela kari hiyá
Ke go tumi sudhárase sadá bháso**Yon moon is in the sky; love is in the air.
Who art Thou Who comes dancing toward me?
With the garden fragrance making my heart burst,
Who art Thou Who smiles while looking at me?

Today, rapt by music is the streaming spring,
Pon which the moon sheds her sweet smile.
In this dreamy atmosphere, Who art Thou in fresh attire,
Loving everyone so very much?

The flood of moonlight shatters boundaries;
The tuberose arbor is entranced.
Today, my heart brims with abounding joy;
Who art Thou Who always rides a wave of nectar?

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**Ajáná atithi jánite nárinu
(Tumi) Kena ele ár kena gele
Gandhamadir svapner ghore
Mamatámadhur liilá chale

Mohana hásye udvel kari
Madhura lásye sárá práń bhari
Ucát́ana hiyá tomáre páiyá
(Se je) Kon ajánáy bhese cale

Tomár liilár sheś náhi jáni
Liilámay tumi táháo to máni
Liilár ságare baháiyá dáo
Mor tanu man prati pale**Unknown Visitor, I could not understand
Why You came or why You went...
Enveloping my dreams with heady scent,
Beguiling with Your sweet and fond dalliance.

On Your alluring smile, I brim with emotion;
With Your sweet loveplay, my whole life I fill.
Eager is my heart to attain Thee,
The One Who floats in and out mysteriously.

I realize there’s no end to Your amorous games;
You have many enticing arts— that too I know.
On an ocean of liila You set adrift
My body and mind each and every minute.

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**Tomáy kii náme d́ákibo go
Kii bá habe tava arcaná
Kon prayojan kusuma candan
Sabi jabe tava kalpaná

Lokátiita tumi sabára upare
Sakala sattá tomári bhitare
Kon upacáre pújiba tomáre
Kon mandire karibo sthápaná

Ácho carácare anale anile
Ákáshe pátále dúr nabhoniile
Náhi áváhan náhi visarjan
Mantra tomáy báṋdhite páre ná**Lord, by what name should I call Thee,
And what would Your worship be?
Of what use are flowers and sandalwood,
When everything happens by Your will?

Transcendental, You are above all;
All that exists is within Thee.
With what apparatus could I pay You homage;
In what temple would I install it?

You are in everything— in fire and wind,
In heaven and in hell, and in the far azure.
There is no invoking, no relinquishing;
Incantation cannot restrict Thee.

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**Jyotir chat́áy bhásiye dilo (se je)
Vishvabhúvan ráuṋiye diye
Práńer áloy bhariye dilo

Bale keu to ámár par nái
Sabáike sáthe nite cái
Ámi shudhu mrdu hese shudhu bhálabese
Asiimer páne nece jái (ámi)
(Se je) Sabár citta jiniyá nilo

Sabár maner marmavedaná
Bujhe se je sántvaná dilo

Álor ságar tolpáŕ kare
Sabákár hiyá mátiye dilo**He spread the splendor of effulgence.
Embellishing the entire universe,
He filled it with lifelight.

He told: "No one is unrelated to Me;
I want to carry everyone along.
With but a tender smile, with only love,
I go on dancing toward infinity."
It is He who won the hearts of all.

The collective mental anguish—
He discerned it and gave solace.

Having stirred up the sea of light,
He impassioned every mind.

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**Tomáke saṋpechi go paráń
Tumi ki cáhibe phire
Sab áshá bhálabásá (ámár)
Bhare áji tomáy ghire

Tava padadhvani lági
Divánishi áchi jági
Nava nava málá gáṋthi
Bhijáyechi áṋkhiniire

Púrvákáshe álo bháse
Mrdu hási se je háse
Se hásit́i tava prabhu
Rauṋe rúpe áche bhare**Lord, I've assigned my life to Thee;
Kindly won't You look back please?
All my aspirations, all my adoration—
Around You now replete are they.

The sound of Your feet to hear,
Night and day ever I stay awake.[nb 2]
Fresh, fresh garlands I string,
Dampening them with my tears.

On eastern sky, the light streams;
With gentle smile, it does beam.
That smile, Lord, it is Yours;
With form and color it is filled.

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**Bandhu tomár kat́horatáy
Bhay pábo ná kona kichutei
Áloker yátrápathe
Tomáy ceye ámi calibai

Je bá tomáy bale kat́hor
Se bojhe ná tomár kadar
Tomár ei kat́horatá
Komalatáke d́heke rákhitei

Je bá tomáy bale niśt́hur
Se theke jáy tomá theke dúr
Káche ele bujhbe se jan
Sujan tomár mata keha nei**
Abiding friend, from Your severity
I will not get afraid, no, not a bit.
On my journey along light's path,
Gazing at You, I will proceed.

Those who say You are harsh,
They do not grasp Your deep concern.
Your severity, it is only
A veil to preserve tenderness.

Those who say You are merciless,
They go far away from Thee.
Coming close, they would realize
There is none else so goodhearted.

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**Tomári námete tomári gánete
Tomáke jiivan saṋpechi
Sakal bháver ádhár tumi go
Tava bhávanái niyechi

Jale sthale ár dyuloke bhúloke
Madhurimá mákhá prabháta áloke
Sakala karme práńera dharme
Tomákei sár jenechi

Niilodadhi srote snigdha ákáshe
Gandhamadir madhura vátáse
Tomár liiláy tomár kheláy
Ámi abhibhúta hayechi**In Your name, in Your song,
I entrust my life to Thee.
You are the reservoir of all thought;
Just Your ideation I have taken.

In water and on land, in heaven and on earth,
In the sweet-tempered morning light,
In all actions and in the dharma of life,
I have known You alone as the essence.

In ocean currents and in silky sky,
In the heady, fragrant breeze,
By Your liila, by Your play,
I have been overwhelmed.

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**Tomár kathá ámi
Bhávi báre báre
Tumi cháŕá ke bá
Bhálabáse more

Rátri jakhan háráye jáy
Prabhát ravir aruń ábháy
Sei rauṋetei ámi je pái
Tomár parash tomár sudháy

Sáṋjher ravi hátcháni dey
D́eke d́eke balite cáy
Kabhu ámi naiko eká
Tumi ácho dekho ámáy**
About You I
Think frequently.
But for You, who else
Truly loves me?

When the night gets vanquished
By the crimson glow of morning sun,
In that hue, I obtain
Your touch from Your moonlight.

The evening sun beckons...
Calling, calling, would it make known:
Oh, I am never alone!
You are here; You watch over me.

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**Bandhu ámár eso go práńe
Ákásh ekhan kavitáy bhará
Cáṋdera hási máná ná máne
Cáṋdera hási svapan áne

(Bhálabásá tava) E kii abhinava
Chanda jágáy nitya nava nava
Dhará paŕe gecho lukiye kena ácho
(Áṋkhi) Mele cáo ámári páne

(Satata tomári) Pathe calibo
Sakal rakame tava mana bholábo
Manete mete áchi bhay bhule gechi
(Nirdvidháy) Jábo tomári gáne**
Abiding Friend, come into my heart;
Now the sky is filled with poetry.
Moon’s smile knows no bounds—
Moon’s smile carries dreams.

Your love is unprecedented!
Ever it arouses new, new rhythm.
You have been detected, so why hide?
Open up Your eyes; gaze in my direction.

Forever on Your path I will move;
In all ways greatly will I please You.
Enraptured, I’ve forgotten fear;
Unwavering, with just Your song I will proceed.

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**Tomári áshe rayechi base
Tomári padadhvani man mátáy
(Madhura hási tava) tomári saorabha
Hatásh hrdaye áshá jágáy

(Tomári phele ásá) carańadhúli pare
Vishvamánavatá ábhúmi nati kare
Tomári rauṋe rúpe tomári dhúpe diipe
Tomári práńiińatá trśá met́áy

(Ámio tomári go) tomári sakali to
Bujheo bhojhená tamasáhata citta
Tomári chande gáne tomári sure táne
Tomári bhálobásá sabe nácáy**Expecting You, I've kept waiting;
Your footfall thrills the mind.
Your sweet smile, Your sweet scent,
Rouse hope in a dejected heart.

Assuming Your ancient footdust left behind,
Humanity universal, it lies prostrate.
With Your hue and form, fragrance and light,
Only fealty to You satisfies desire.

I am Yours, as is everyone,
Though downcast brain may not grasp the fact.
With Your meter and lyrics, melody and rhythm,
Your love makes everybody dance.

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**Bandhu ámár balite páro
Kon deshete tháko
Álor kheláy rúper meláy
Ámáy kena d́áko

Manera gahane
Manera gahane kakhano gopane
Kambukant́he kabhu káńe káńe
Madhumákhá svare d́eke jáo more
Kśudra bhávaná bhuláye rákho

D́háliyá sudhádhárá
D́háliyá sudhádhárá kare ápanahárá
Nikaśa kálo kleshe jyotite d́háko**
My Abiding Friend, can You say
In which land You remain?
Through play of light and pageant of form,
Why do You summon me?

In a recess of the mind
In a recess of the mind, ever mystifying,
Sometimes in shouts, sometimes in whispers,
You go on calling me with honey-coated voice;
You keep overlooking my ignoble thoughts.

Showering a stream of nectar—
Showering a stream of nectar, inducing oblivion,
Truly dark anguish You envelop with effulgence.

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**Gahana ráte manoviińáte
Hiyár gopan vyathá
Balibo tomár káne káne
Ámi balibo tomáy gáne gáne

Dharáy kena kánná áse
Hási khushiir páshe páshe
Sahasá sukh sare jáy
Kśańik álor jhilik t́ene

Je bá tomáy sadái d́áke
Dáo ná sáŕá kena táke
Kena go phul jhare jáy
Joyár sheśe bhát́ár t́áne**At darkest night, with my mental lute,
The private pains of my heart
I will whisper to You...
I will speak to You in song.

In this world, why comes weeping
Cheek to cheek with gaiety?
Suddenly, happiness moves aside,
Consumed by a transient flash of light.

Those who constantly beseech You–
Why do You not give them reply?
Oh, why do flowers fall
With the ebb after high tide?

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**Tomáy ámáy pratham dekhá
Sońálii ságartat́e
Álokdháráy vanyá ene
Esechile mánaspat́e

Esechile nijhum ráte
Viińár táre jhauṋkárete
Ákásh bhará kavitáte
Dhará diyechile akapat́e

Svapne jakhan dhará dile
Jágarańe kena ná ele
Sakal sattá jhalmaliye
Duhkhe sukhe sauṋkat́e**My first vision of You
On the golden seashore...[nb 2]
Bringing a flood of streaming light,
You had burst upon the canvas of my mind.[nb 3]

On silent night You had come
With flourish of harpstrings.
Sky teeming with minstrelsy,
You'd conceded unreservedly.

In my dream You granted embrace;
Why not come when I’m awake...
To brighten my entire existence,
In pain, in pleasure, in exigence?

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**(Ámár) Manera mukure
Práńd́hálá sure
Tava gán bhese esechilo
Ámi ná cáhite
Ámára citte
Nije ese dhará diyechilo

Bhulite pári ná se surasambhár
Ájo se ámáre d́áke bárebár
(Se je) Ámár hiyáy tomára hiyáy
Bandhansetu gaŕechilo

Ámár sakal mamatá sab vyákulatá
Tava sure beje ut́hechilo**
On my mental mirror,
With vibrant melody,
Your song had come floating.
Without my asking,
In my mind,
Appearing, it had let itself be caught.

I cannot forget the notes of that tune;
They still call me time and again.
From my heart to Yours,
They had formed a unifying bridge.

All my love, all my eager anticipation,
It had risen, chiming with Your melody.

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**Mana bhese jáy sajala háoyáy
Campaka surabhi mákhi
Se je acená baṋdhu práńera sab madhu
D́háliyá táre go d́áki

Kena se theke jáy dúr videshe
Kena se náhi áse káche
Kena go mor páne náhi tákáy se
Kena se dúre theke náce
Táhári chande gáne cali je tári páne
Je rekheche nijere d́háki

Nahe go nahe go nahe dúre se
Se je more sab ceye bhálabáse
Vipade sampade tháke páshe páshe
Dekhá náhi diye se je mrdu háse
Jadio acená nahe se ajáná
Tár liilá bujhite ná báki**
Mind goes on floating in the damp breeze,
Smeared with fragrance of magnolia.
The unknown lover, He is all of life's sweetness;
Fervently, I summon Him.

Why does He remain far afield;
Why does He not come near?
Oh why does He not gaze at me;
Why does He dance at a distance?
In His cadence and song, I go toward Him,
Who has kept Himself concealed.

No, no, no, He is not far away;
He is the one who loves me best.
In fortune and misfortune, He stays by my side;
Keeping out of sight, He smiles tenderly.
Though unknown, He is not unfamiliar;
About His liila, there's no more to grasp.

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**Ámi tomára lágiyá jágiyá rayechi
Satata tomár patha ceye
Tomár lágiyá málá geṋthe ár
Tomár bhávaná mane niye

Kena báṋdhale ámáy báṋdhanad́ore
Báṋdhale kena go
Kena bhásáo ámáy áṋkhira lore
Bhásáo kena go
Ámi kichute tomáy bhulite pári ná
Paŕilám e kii mahá dáye

Tái eso go gopane ámára manane
Ekánte mor haye giye**To get Your contact, I have stayed alert,
Constantly watching Your path,
A garland threading for You, and
Bearing in mind Your contemplation.

Why did You tie me up with restraining cords;
Oh why did You bind me?
Why set me afloat upon the tears of my eyes;
Oh why do You cast adrift?
There's no way I can forget You;
I fell into such a huge plight!

So, secretly please arrive in my cogitation,
Mine in private having become.

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**Ásana pátá áche áj
Tomá lági
Málá gáṋthá áche áj
Áchi jági

Eso go dhiire dhiire
Mánasa mandire
Pradiipa jválá áche áj
Árati lági

Eso go eso go
Eso go hese hese áj
Krpá mági**Ready now is the seat,
For Your sake.
Strung is a wreath,
And I am awake.

Please come slow and stately
Into shrine of psyche.
The lamp, now it is lit
For a welcome reverent.

Oh come, please appear;
Arrive smilingly—
Mercy I beseech.

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**Núpura dhvani ábára bájilo ábára bájilo
Sumadhura sure
Vyatháy bhará paráń ámár
Ut́hlo nece chande bhare

Rúpe rase puśpera suváse
Dhará áji halo bhará
Snigdha ákáshe madira vátáse
Ucchváse náce vasundhará
Ke kotháy dúre ácho nikat́e cale eso
Ánande bhará ei joyáre

Kena se dúre chilo kahite náhi pári
Kena se eseche táháo bujhite nári
Jáháre ceyechi sei go eseche
Dhúlimay dharára pare**The sound of ankle bells rang out once more
In sweetest melody.
My doleful heart,
Infused with rhythm, it began to dance.

With beauty, love, and floral fragrance
Earth today was brimming.
In the clear sky and refreshing breeze,
Earth gambols in ecstasy.
Those from somewhere distant have come near,
At this high tide, full of bliss.

Why He remained far away, I cannot say;
Why He has come, that too I don't understand.
I have wanted Him; and, lo, He has appeared
Upon this dusty earth.

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**Tomári ásá patha
Cáhiyá áchi je ámi
Shuńile ná mor kathá
Ekhano ásiyá tumi

Ájike hiyá mama
Varaśá ketakii sama
Surabhi viláye cale
Vijane vátása cumi

Surabhi bhese cale
Carácare nabhoniile
Jhará parágera vyathá
Shuńibe ná ki go tumi**

Your arrival path—
I am watching that.
You haven't heard my story;
Here, You did not yet reach.

Today, my heart
Is like a monsoon screwpine flower.[nb 2]
My fragrance dissipates;
Desolate, I kiss the air.

My fragrance floats
Around the world, across the sky.
The pain of fallen pollen—
Will You not hear that tale, oh Lord?

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**Jáder mohete tomáre bhulechi
Tárá cheŕe geche ámáre
Jáder hásite jáder khushite
Viláiyá chinu nijere

Miche bhálabásá shúnye misheche
Asáratá sab dhará paŕe geche
(Áj) Cokh khule geche tomáre cinechi
Cháŕibo ná kabhu tomáre

(Áj) Ámár hiyár sakal áṋdhár
Náshi eso mor májháre**Idolizing others, I have forgotten You;
Now, they've all forsaken me.
To make them smile, to give them pleasure,
I'd become depleted myself.

My false loves have come to naught;
Futility was all seen through.
Now, eyes opened, I've discerned Thee;
Never will I leave You.

Today, all stupidity of my heart,
Please come and destroy it from within.

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**Tumi ámár kata ápan
Áge bujhini
Chile ámár káche káche
Kena d́ákini

Chile ámár sakal káje
Chande gáne surer májhe
Se viińár tár ájo báje
Takhan shuńini

Ogo ámár calár pathe
Gabhiir áṋdháre
Jegechilo sei smrtit́i
Mane báre báre
Abhimáne gele sare
Ámáy phele anek dúre
Kena takhan páye dhare
Hiyáy rákhini
Sakal dvidhá sariye diye
Dhyáne dharini**
You are my very own;
That I realized not before.
To me ever You stayed close;
Why did I never call?

You were in all my deeds,
In the meter and the music of my melodies.
Today, those harp strings still ring out;
Back then, I did not hear.

Lord, along my journey,
While in deepest darkness,
Rose those same souvenirs
In the mind, time after time.
In a huff You did withdraw,
Casting me far away.
Why, when clasping feet at last,
Did I not keep You in heart?
Having shed all my doubts,
Why did I not cling in meditation?

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**Tomár álote jhalamala kari
(Ami) Tava sure sadá gán gái
Tomár bhávaná práńe áche bhari
(Ami) Tava pathe jena nece jái

Svapner sei deshe jái bhese
(Jethá) Kusume náhika káṋt́á
Bhávera joyáre jái hese hese
(Jethá) Jiivane náhika bháṋt́á
Jiivanera srote tomára pánete
(Ami) Jena sadá chut́e cale jái

Tomár áshise práńer haraśe
(Jena) Shivajiṋáne jiive dekhe jái**In Your light, I shine;
In Your melody, ever I sing.
Thoughts of You fill my life;
So on Your path I go, dancing.

I drift in the land of dreams,
Where flowers have no thorns.
Laughing, I move at high tide of life,
Where living has no reflux.
In the current of existence, toward You
May I ever rush.

By Your blessing and with joy of life,
Let me go on seeing all living beings as Thee.

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**Ámár kathá eta dine
Paŕlo prabhu tava mane
Tumi chile ámáy bhule
Tomár jata bhakta sane

Bhule chile avahele
Bhakta ámi nai ko bale
Ámáy dharáy pát́iyechile
Táo ki chilo ná smarańe

(Áj) Tomár liiláy tomár krpáy
Tomáy dhari mane práńe**After so long, my story
Has come to Your attention, Lord.
You had been neglecting me,
Being with Your votaries.

To forget me was easy;
After all, I am not a devotee.
To earth You dispatched me;
Was that also not in memory?

Today, at Your whim and by Your grace,
With heart and soul, I cherish Thee.

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**Eso eso tumi eso eso
Ujjval diipashikhá sauṋge niye
Ámár sakal trut́i sariye diye
Sakal ahaḿkár dhuláy mishiye

Tumi cáile kii ná hay ei dharańiite
(Tumi) Bhávale saritá bay marubhúmite
Baso baso tumi baso baso
Amár e shuśka maruhrdaye

Tumi cáile páśáńete kamal phot́e
(Tumi) Bhávale áṋdhárete álok chot́e
Háso háso tumi háso háso
Ámár sakal klesh bhuliye diye**Come You, please do come
With Your bright lamplight,
Removing my every defect,
Wedding to dust all my pride.

If You wish, what on this earth cannot be?
If You conceive, a river flows in the desert.
Take Your seat, please be seated
In the parched wilderness of my heart.

If You wish, in stone a lotus blooms;
If You conceive, in the dark light streams.
Smile You, please do smile,
Making me forget all my troubles.

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**Esecho tumi esecho
Kaláper mata dúr niilákáshe
Nijere meliyá dharecho

Hatásh jiivan tomári parashe
Nútan áloka peyeche
Runu jhunu jhunu núpur dhvanite
Trilok jágiyá ut́heche
Áro káche eso áro káche baso
Dharái jakhan diyecho

Náhika bhakati náhika shakati
Práń bhare shudhu jánái prańati
Tumi e prańám kariyá grahań
More sárthaka karecho**You've appeared, You've appeared.
On blue yonder, like a peacock's tail,
Yourself You have spread.

By Your tender touch a gloomy life
Has gained new light.
With the jingling of Your ankle bells,
The three worlds[nb 2] have arisen.
Come closer, stay closer,
When You've let Yourself be held.

In me is no devotion, nor any ability;
I profess only ardent prostration.
Receiving this my humble salutation,
You make me complete.

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**Tomáy kata bhálobási
Tumi jáno ná tumi
Kata kathá áche jame
Baliba je ámi

Kena tumi prati pale
Ata káje lege tháko
Kena ámáy shakti diye
Tomár káje lágáo náko
Shakti jogáo divá nishi
Káj kare jái náhi thámi

Krpár kańáy anukampáy
Káje haba agragámii**
How much I love You,
Don't You know?
Many words have accrued
That I would disclose.

Why do You, at every moment,[nb 2]
Stay engaged in so many duties?
Why am I endowed with energy,
When Your tasks You do not dispense?
Grant me the power, day and night,
To go on striving without respite.

With a trace of Your grace and by Your mercy,
For your work there will be a pioneer.

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**Ghumaghore dekhechi go
Bhávcho tumi ámár kathá
Kata je jug bhese geche
Keu bojheni ámár vyathá

Din áse ár din cale jáy
Ashrudhárá baháye háy
Áj bujhilám tumi ácho
Ámár lági bhará mamatáy

Tái to cali dhyáne jiṋáne
Tomár páne he devatá**
Deep in sleep have I descried
That You consider my plight.
Many ages, they have slipped away,
Yet no one knew my pain.

Days come, and days go;
My tears, they flow and flow.
But now I know that You be
Full of compassion for me.

So I go in meditation and cognition
Toward You, oh my Supreme One.

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Krśńa **Nárada shono kathá ámár ei vyathá
Sárite páre phele bhakta padarajah

Dharár kon końe dekho go gopane
Lukáye áche sei bhakta ájo*Nárada *E kii halo dáy keha ná dite cáy
Carańadhúli mor kriśńacáṋdere

Sabe kahe more túlibo ná ore
O pápakathá mor karńakúhare

Vrajavásii bhái balo kothá jái
Kemane báṋcái kriśńacáṋdere

Pápera bhayete keha ná cáhe dite
Carańadhúli ei vipada májháre*Vrajavásii *Bhakta ki ná ámi jáni ná mahámuni
Shunini se kathá kakhano ájo

Pápere náhi d́ari sáhase bhar kari
Krśńe sáráite dilám padarajah**Krsna
Narada, listen to my words, this pain of mine–
It can be removed by applying footdust of a devotee.

In a certain corner of the world, observe secretly–
Hidden are such devotees even today.

Narada
How hard this was, no one wants to give
Footdust for my Krsna dearest.

Everyone tells: "I will not consider that;
Those are sinful words to my ears."

Brother from Vraj, tell me where to go;
How do I rescue Krsna dearest?

For fear of sin, no one wants to offer
Footdust at this crucial juncture.

Resident of Vraja
Great sage, I know not if I am a devotee;
I have not heard such news till now.

Yet I am unafraid of sin; I am daring—
To cure Krsna, footdust I did give.

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**Áṋkhite chilo jal mamatá chalachal
Se jabe giyechilo dúr videshe
Cáhiyá mor páne
Cáhiyá mor páne kii jena gopane
Kayechilo more baṋdhuyá sheśe

Balo go balo go
Balo go balo go tomrá balo go
Se ki bhule gelo sakal kathá

Elo ná elo ná
Elo ná elo ná kathá balilo ná
Se ki bhulilo mor marmavyathá

Bhulite nári ámi táhári smrtikháni
Se smrti ájo dolá dey mánase
Bhávibo ná bhávi
Bhávibo ná bhávi beshii kare bhávi
Kii phulad́ore more báṋdhilo je se**

My eyes were moist with tears of love,
When He went to a distant land.
Gazing at me,
Gazing at me as if it were a secret,
He said we'd be lovers in the end.

Tell me, tell me,
Please tell me, you all tell me,
Has He forgotten everything He said?

He has not come back, no He has not,
He has not returned nor has He sent word,
Is He indifferent to my heartache?

I cannot ignore my recollections of Him;
The memory of Him still rocks my mind.
When I think I will not think of Him;
When I think so, it makes me think of Him more.
With what strand of flowers did He bind me?

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**Tumi esechile dhará diyechile
Se kathá bhulite páribo ná (ámi)
Madhura cáhani
Madhura cáhani madhura lávańi
Madhura chande ánágoná

Rúpera ságare
Rúpera ságare d́ub diye ámi
Arúpa ratan peyechinu
Káuṋál hrdaye
Káuṋál hrdaye smarańe mánane
Rájár shiropá parechinu
Tomár námete
Tomár námete gáite gáite
Spandita hay se bhávaná

Áj dhyán dhárańáy
Dhyán dhárańáy divase nisháy
Sárthak mama árádhaná**You came and let me hold You;
That event I cannot forget.
Your gentle glance—
Your gentle glance, Your gentle charm,
Coming gently and gently going.

Into the ocean of forms—
I dived into the ocean of forms;
There I found the formless jewel.
A beggar at heart—
A beggar at heart but calling You to mind,
I assumed a royal headdress.
Your divine name—
Ever chanting Your divine name,
I throbbed with that ideation.

Today, by contemplation and meditation—
By contemplation and meditation, day and night,
My prayer is realized.

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**Krśńamurári báṋsharii tomári
Jágáiyá chilo jaŕe cetane
Madhura bhávete madhura hásite
Madhura chande madhura carańe

Tárpar kata jug cale geche
Mánasa jamuná shukáiyá geche
Tumi ásile ná báṋshii bájále ná
Dhvani jágále ná vishva gagane

Tomár apúrńa kájke púrńa
Karibo ámará tomári smarańe**Krsna, slayer of demons,[nb 2] Your flute
Once awakened dormant consciousness
To sweet thoughts, sweet expressions,
Sweet penchants, and sweet practices.

Since then, so many years[nb 3] have passed;
The mental Jamuna[nb 4] has run dry.
You did not come; Your flute did not ring out—
Its tune did not stir heaven and earth.

The completion of Your unfinished work
Will we do remembering You.

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**Sáthii ámár bandhu ámár
Chile tumi kon videshe
Ámár sakal hiyár báṋdh bheuṋge jáy
Tomáy dekhe bhálabese

Tumi ácho ámi áchi
Tomár doláy nece calechi
Áj sabke phele ámár káche
Ele kena hese hese

Áj parán d́hele tomár sure
Nece cali bhese bhese**My Companion, my Abiding Friend,
You had been in some strange location.
My entire heart's dike, it gets shattered,
Yourself having seen and fallen in love with.

You exist, and I am here;
In Your rocking cradle, I have gone on dancing.
On this day, dropping everything, close to me
You came for what reason, smiling and laughing?

Now, heart poured out, to Your melody
I go on dancing, buoyant and floating.

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**Eso eso bandhu eso
Jiivanera prati nihshváse
Baso baso káche baso
Manke bhare suváse

Tumi cháŕá ár ke áche
Ámár manera kathá shonáte
Ár keha nái jáháke shonái
Gopana kathá nibhrite
Gáo gáo bandhu gáo
Ásháy bharite vátáse

Náo náo khushimane náo
Sab kichu mor hese hese**
Come, come, Abiding Friend, come
In every breath of life.
Please be seated, sit close by,
Filling mind with fragrance.

Who else but You is there
To hear my heart's tales?
To none else do I confide
My private secrets.
Sing, sing, Abiding Friend, sing
To charge the air with hope.

Please take, take willingly
And with a smile, my everything.

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**Niirava ráte tomári sáthe
Ná balá kathá anek raye geche

Kena go gulbáge
Kena go gulbáge hajára káṋt́á tháke
Kena go nirjhara rukśa patha báche

Kamal gandhe bhará malin jale phot́e
Hásite bhará dhará áṋdhár pathe chot́e
Sneha mamatábhará
Sneha mamatábhará rauṋiin khoyábe gherá
Kena go srśt́ite káler cháyá náce

Kena go ahamiká
Kena go ahamiká kena go asmitá
Lut́áye paŕe tava carańadhúli niice**On my silent night with Thee,
Many unspoken words were left hanging.

In the rose garden, why oh why—
In the rose garden, why oh why do a thousand thorns reside?
Why oh why do the rapids choose a rugged path?

The fragrant lily blossoms in filthy water;
The sunny Earth races on a pitch-black orbit.
Full of love and affection,
Full of love and affection, girdled by colorful dreams,
Why oh why does Creation dance with the shadow of death?

Why oh why does pride—
Why oh why does pride, why oh why does conceit,
Crumble and fall beneath the dust of Your feet?

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Krśńa Ámáre ke nebe bhái
Dite je cái
Biláye sab mane
Tomáder dvár je baddha
Pathávaruddha
Jái go kemane
Vrajabálakerá Eso bhái ámrá sabái
Taerii áchi
Tomáre dharite
Saráye patheri upal
Manke ujal
Karechi álote
Krśńa **Tabe bhái sabáre nácái
Eso go sabái
Smarańe manane

Tomará dúr keha nao
Mor májhe rao
Bhávera spandane
Krśńa

Who will take from Me, oh My kin,
That which I want to give,
To every mind distributed?
Your doors, they are fastened...
Pathway obstructed,
How do I go ahead?

Cowherds
Come, Brother, all of us, everybody,
We are ready
From You to receive.
Entrance-pebbles moved aside,
The psyche bright
We have made with light.

Krsna
Then, My kin, I excite everyone,
One and all, oh please come,
In recollection and reflection.

None of You are distant,
Within Me you exist,
In amity's vibration.

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**Áṋdhár ságare patha háriye
Jiivaner dhruvatárá bhulo ná re
Śaŕo timiraságara páre arúpa citacore
Je bá náce áṋdhárke ghire ghire

Mánasavediite rákho tájá phularáshi
Citta te bhare dáo shishira dhaota hási
Maiṋjula mahákáshe dekho tár jyoti bháse
Rúpátiita cinmaya ságare

Kono prárthaná nay kono cáoyá páoyá nay
Dekho táre káchákáchi paráńa bhare**When the way gets lost in a sea of darkness,
Forget Him never, the polestar of existence.
Lo, past the sea of gloom, like heart-thief[nb 2] amorphous,
Who dances round and round light's absence!

On mind's altar, keep a fresh heap of blooms;
Inside mind, infuse smiles washed with dew.
Cross the vast and lovely sky, see arise His luster
On a form-free ocean, personifying Consciousness.

There's not any entreaty, there's no want-and-receive;
Just behold Him very near, and life is replete.

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**Tumi nikat́a haite áro nikat́ete
Eso mor manomájhe
Hiyára rańane
Práńaspandane
Nitya nútana sáje

Arúpa haite rúpete esecho
Ogo arúpera rájá
(Áj) Sárthak halo sakala eśańá
Sárthak halo khoṋjá
(Áj) Sabái tomáre cáhe práń bhare
Cáhe tomá saba káje

Tumi biná káro kichui tháke ná
Vishva tá bujhiyáche**Oh You, from nearby to closer still,
Please enter my psychic midst
And the heart's resonance,
Its vital palpitation,
In raiment always novel.

From unembodied You have come in form,
Oh Ruler of the Formless Realm.
Today, all longing was fulfilled;
All searching was successful.
Today, everyone looks at You to heart's content;
They gaze at You in every occupation.

Except for You, nobody and nothing last;
The universe is grasping that!

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**Jiivant́á nay theme tháká bhái
Arúper páne nece cali
Káṋdivár tare ásini ámará
Chande o gáne kathá bali

Dúr niiháriká mahákáshe cale
Maner mańiká bháve laye dole
Dhúlikańá seo cale pale pale
Trńer bukeo phot́e kali

Práńer ákúti cetanár dyuti
Sab nirásháke cale dali

Jiivant́á nay theme jáoyá bhái**

My kin, life does not stay halted;
We dance onward, toward the formless.
We did not come here for weeping;
Through cadence and song we tell a story.

In outer space plies a distant nebula;
Swaying to its mood and tempo is mind's gem.
The dust-mote, also it moves every instant;
And in straw's bosom, a bud does blossom.

Heart's ardor and cognition's luster,
All despair they trample over.

My kin, life does not get halted.

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**Tumi puśpete madhu enecho
Tumi sauṋgiite sur diyecho
(Tumi) Álor ságar uttál kare
Vishvake dolá diyecho

(Tumi) Jyotsnáy bhará niirava nishiithe
Cetanár gán geyecho
(Tumi) Andhakárer gahvar májhe
Jágarań ene diyecho

Tumi sabkháne ácho sab kále ácho
Sab kále chile thákibe
Sakal maner marme basiyá
Asiimer gán gáibe
(Tumi) Sakal cáoyár sakal páoyár
Úrddhvalokete enecho**With the flower, honey You have brought;
With music, melody You've given.
Sea of light made billowy,
The cosmos You have rocked.

On midnight, mute and moonlight-filled,
You have sung a song of consciousness.
Amid the cavern, dark and gloomy,
You've supplied awakening.

You are everywhere, at every time;
You were always, and You shall abide.
Sitting at the core of each psyche,
The songs of Infinity You'll sing.
All wishes and all acquisitions
You have fetched from heaven.

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Ámár manete tumi sabár manete tumi
Sabái tomár mane tomári sharańa cáy
Uttuṋga giri tomáke prańati kari
Tomár carańraje shántir khoṋje cáy
[nb 2] **Jata dúr ámi cái tumi cháŕá kichu nái
Tomá hate ásiyáchi tomáte miliyá jái
Tomár jatek liilá jata lukocuri khelá
Sabáre sauṋge niye asiimer páne dháy

Tomáke bhuliyá tháká nijeke bhuliye rákhá
Andha tamisráte se je háráiyá jáy**

In my mind are You, in everyone's mind are You;
In Your mind everybody wants refuge.
The lofty mountain stoops before Thee;
Peace it seeks in the dust of Your feet.

As far out as I peer, but for You there is nothing;
From You I am coming, and to You I go merging.
All Your divine sport, all the game of hide-and-seek,
Races toward Infinity, taking along everybody.

Who, forgetting themselves, to You stay oblivious,
Sightless on a dark night, they walk, getting lost.

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**Tomára gopana kathá
Ánandaghana dine
Ájike bhariyá dio
Nútaner gáne gáne

Sabái nikat́atama
Sabái mamatághana
Práńádhik priya gán
Bahe dáo práńe práńe

Táhári chande dharańii ájike
Navatara ráge gáy
Múrchaná dite sakala práńiike
Sure sure múracháy
Áj sakala manera randhre randhre
Áshá bhare dáo táne táne

Bhuvan bholáno bhásvara diip
Jvele dáo áj práńe práńe**

Your intimate secret,
On this day of bliss,
Now you be fulfilling
With songs of novelty.

Everyone is proximate;
All, abrim with affection...
A lovesong to the Most Precious,
You make flow in every heart.

Nowadays, to His rhythm, Earth
Sings in a raag more modern;
To give those who live tone's rise-and-fall,
Through melodies, it makes them swoon...
At this time, in each mind's every pore
Hope you pack, with tune after tune.

An incandescent lamp, world to entice,
In every life you ignite.

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**Manke kona chot́a kájei nábte dobo ná
Ná ná ná nábte dobo ná
Dhyáner áloy basiye dobo
Karbo notun dhará racaná

Bhúlok dyulok ámári áshe
Ceye áche ruddha áveshe
Táder áshá púrńa kare
Bahábo práńer jharańá

Ashru muche ánábo hási
Kánná sare bájbe go báṋshii
Mát́ir pare ásbe sudin
Klesh játaná káro rave ná**
I won't let mind sink to any deed that's mean;
No, no, no, I won't let it sink.
I will get it seated in the light of meditation;
A new world I will create.

Reliant on just me, the earth and heaven,
They are anxious, with passion suppressed.
Their hopes having fulfilled,
I will make life's fountain flow.

After wiping off the tears, I will draw a smile out;
When the crying is removed, oh the flute, it will resound.
Upon the earth good days will come;
Sorrow, torment, and also trouble won't remain.

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**Kichu kaye jáo kichu shuńe jáo
Ata táŕátaŕi jeo ná
Mahánabhoniile tomári nikhile
Ámáre muchiyá phelo ná

Miláiyá dáo tomáte ámáre
Shata path beye shata dhárá dhare
Maner kusum koraker madhu
Shukháiyá jete dio ná

Bhálabásiyáchi tomárei ámi
Duhkhe sukhete divasa jáminii
Pauṋke kamal phot́áye rekhechi
Dalguli tár chiṋŕo ná**Speak on a bit; hear on a bit;
Do not leave so quick.
To the vast azure, Your universe,
Myself don't desert.

Grant that You and I, we tally,
'Cross hundred paths, gripped by a hundred streams.
The nectar of mind's flower-bud
Please don't let it dry up.

Yourself only I am loving,
Night and day, in grief and glee.
In mud, full-blown I have kept a lotus–
Don't tear off its petals.

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**Tava krpá biná ámár tarańii
Akúle bhásiyá caliyá jáy
Kona kathá ámi shuńite cáhini
Kona jiṋán ámi páite cáhini
Shudhu cáhi tumi kácht́ite eso
Duhát báŕáye dharibo páy

Karmer dambhake bhay kari
Jiṋáner asmitá sahite ná pári
(Tái) Niirave ásiyá kácht́ite baso
Práptir sukhe sudhá jharáy (jena)

Tomátei karma tomátei jiṋán
Tomáke páile saba páoyá jáy**

Without Your mercy, my ship,
On a shoreless sea it sails adrift.
I've not wanted to hear any words;
I've not wanted to get any wisdom...
I just want You to arrive adjacent;
Having spread both arms, I'll catch a leg.

I do fear the vanity of action;
I can't bear the haughtiness of wisdom.
So, coming quietly, sit in my vicinity
That with acquisition's joy, ambrosia secretes.

Action is with You only, wisdom is with You only;
On attaining Thee, everything gets received.

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Tumi sabár mane ácho
Sabái tomár mane áche
Duhkhe sukhe ná jene tái
Sabái tava krpá jáce
Eso káche eso áro káche
Sabái tava krpá jáce

Tumi sabár vyathár vyathii
Nityakáler tumi sáthii
(Tava) Mohan báṋshii ár madhur hási
Báṋdhbháuṋgá sukh dey upce

Áṋdhár ságarpáre tumii álo
Sabár ceye báso beshi bhálo
Svapanghore ánmane tái
Tomár chande sabe náce

In everybody's mind, You are there;
In Your mind is everybody.
And so, unknowingly, in joy and grief,
Everybody prays for Your mercy.
Come close, come closer please;
Everybody prays for Your mercy.

You are everyone's well-wisher;
You are the perpetual companion.
Your enchanting flute and sweet laughter
Give flood to dam-breaking happiness.

You alone are the light on far shore of the dark sea;
Better than anybody do You hold dear.
And so, dreamily, abstractedly,
Everybody dances to Your beat.

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Tomáy bhálabási
Prabhu ámi bhálabási
Tava nayan bhuláno madhur hási
Bhálabási

Vratatii tarute kusumareńute
Nabhoniilimáy saritár srote
Chaŕáye diyecho madhura hásit́i
Sakal tamisrá náshi

Girikandare mahodadhitale
Ańute ańute bhávera atale
Rahiyácho tumi cirajágrata
Maner madhukorake bhási

I am in love with Thee;
Oh my Master, I love Thee;
Your honeyed smile, eye-bewitching,
I do hold dear.

In floral dust, in vine and tree,
In azure sky, in river-stream,
You've dispersed a smile sweet,
All dark night dispelling.

In mountain cave, on floor of sea,
In molecules, in humors deep,
Ever-watchful You are keeping,
Rising in sweet bud of psyche.

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Se je ákáshe ságare vane kántáre
Latáy pátáy lukáye ray
Shárada nishiithe shephálii phulete
Gandhe gandhe bhariyá ray

Vishvera rúp jáhára rúpete
Táke ki kakhano bholá jáy
(Bholá) Jay ná jáy ná
Jáy ná jáy ná
Vishvera álo jáhára álote
Tár theke dúre tháká ki jáy
(Tháká) Jáy ná jáy ná
Jáy ná jáy ná
Tár theke dúre tháká jáy ná jáy ná
Táke kabhu dúre rákhá jáy ná jáy ná
Jáy ná jáy ná

Jadi kusumasuvása niye phut́i kona
Nirjana vana tarushákhe
Se je kishalay haye raktimábháte
Cári páshe mor ghire tháke
(Ámi ei) Ghire thákát́ái cái
Dúre náhi jete cái

Se je ákáshe ságare vane kántáre
Latáy pátáy lukáye ray
Prabháta nishiithe sakala phulete
Gandhe gandhe bhariyá ray (se je)

In sky and sea, in grove and wilderness,
In vine and leaf, He bides hidden.
On autumn nights, in the jasmine flower,
He resides, filling scent with sweet aroma.

From Whose beauty, the form cosmic,
Does it ever get forgot?
Get forgot: it does not, does not,
Does not, does not.
From Whose splendor, the light cosmic,
Does it keep on staying far apart?
Staying far: it does not, does not,
Does not, does not.
Staying far from Him, it does not, does not;
Ever keeping far from Him, it does not, does not
Does not, does not.

If I were a honeydew with floral fragrance
On branch of a bush in a lonesome forest,
Soaked in crimson glow the tender leaves
On all sides remain around me.
Like that I want to stay enclosed,
Far away I don't want to go.

In sky and sea, in grove and wilderness,
In vine and leaf, He bides hidden.
Morning through night, in every bloom
He remains, filling scent with perfume.

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Campaka vane madhura svapane
Táháke dekhechi máyámukure
Shánta vátáse madira suváse
Mugdha nayane saritá tiire

Sethá kusuma parág
Alakhe ásiyá
Alakhe bhásiyá jáy
Sethá manera mayúra
Niilákáshe cáhi
Kaláp meliyá dey

Jyotsná nishiithe
Vijana viithite
Bhálabásá náce
Táke ghire ghire

In sweet dream at a grove of magnolia,
Him I've seen in the magic mirror,
On gentle wind with heady fragrance,
Eyes bewitched, at bank of the river.

The flower pollen there,
Coming from the Soul Supreme,
Drifts off to a realm unseen.
There, the peacock of a mind,
Staring at the blue sky,
Fans its tail out wide.

On a night moonlit,
With lonesome vista,
Love, it dances
Around and around Him.

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Áhá kii shunilám
Áhá kii shunilám madhukśará nám
Biná múlye ámár vikálo jiivan

(Nám) Kemane pashilo karńe
Kemane choṋyá dilo marme
Námeri chande madhuránande
Udvela dhará nilo tári sharań

Námeri doláte dulite dulite
Tár srote ámi jái bhese bhese
Námeri álote hásite hásite
Tár sane ámi tháki milemishe
Mishiyá tháki go
Táhári sauṋge ámi mishiyá tháki go
Námeri álote hásite hásite
Tár sane tháki mishi

Ámi táhári álora aruńa rágete
Rauṋe rauṋe táre ráuṋáibo
Tár madhura námt́i madhura bhávete
Sakala vishve chaŕáibo
Chaŕáye debo go
Madhur nám madhur bháve
Chaŕáye debo go
Tár madhura námt́i madhura bhávete
Sakala vishve chaŕáibo

Áhá kii shunilám práńbhará nám
Biná múlye ámár vikálo jiivan
Áhá ki shunilám

Ah, what I did hear!
Ah, what I did hear– the Name exuding honey;
Without fee my life is free from ebony.

The Name, by what means it pierced the ear–
How it registered on innermost feelings!
In that Name's beat and its honeyed glee,
An effusive Earth took refuge of Him only.

To swing and sway in the cradle of Name only,
In His stream I keep on floating.
To laugh and beam in the light of Name only,
With Him I remain in sync.
Oh, I keep mingling–
Only with Him I keep mingling.
To laugh and beam in the light of Name only,
Joined with Him do I keep.

From only His light I am dyed crimson;
With many colors I will be painting Him.
His sweet Name with pleasing ideation
Through the whole cosmos I will scatter.
Oh I'll make it scattered,
The sweet name with pleasing ideation.
Oh I'll make it scattered;
His sweet name with pleasing ideation
Through the whole cosmos I will scatter.

Ah, what I did hear– the Name full of energy;
Without fee my life is free of ebony...
Ah, what I did hear!

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Ákáshe ságare
Ákáshe ságare jekháne misheche
Tár ceye áro dúre
Niye jáo more hátkháni dhare
Sei diganta páre
Niye jáo he
Hátkháni dhare more niye jáo he
Niye jáo more hátkháni dhare sei diganta páre
Ámi bhese jete cái arúpe álote
Lokátiita tava sure

Jata bár bhávi dekhibo ná ámi
Tomáke ámár mane
Tákáiyá dekhi base ácho tumi
Álo kare mane gopane
Gopane ácho he
Mor man álo kare gopane ácho he
Tákáiyá dekhi base ácho tumi
Álo kare mane gopane

Prabháte nishiithe sakala tithite
Sab kháne ácho tumi
Báhire bhitare hrdaye gabhiire
Kabhu eká nahi ámi
Ekákii nahi go
Kono kháne kabhu ámi ekákii nahi go
Báhire bhitare hrdaye gabhiire
Kabhu eká nahi ámi
Ákáshe ságare jekháne misheche
Tár ceye áro dúre
Niye jáo more chande o sure
Oi diganta páre
Ákáshe ságare

From the sky and ocean...
From the sky and ocean, where they've met,
More remote than them,
Holding hands, take me along,
Beyond that horizon.
Yes, please take along...
Holding hands, take me along
Take me along, holding hands, beyond that horizon;
I want to float unto shapeless effulgence,
On Your tune transcendent.

Often as I believe I won't see
Yourself in my psyche,
On looking I perceive You are seated there,
Having lit up mind secretly.
Secretly, hey You are there;
My mind, having lit, secretly hey You are there...
On looking, I perceive You are seated there,
Having lit up mind secretly.

Morning through the night, each and every day,
You are there in every place...
Outside and inside, in the heart deepmost,
At no time am I alone.
No, I am not on my own;
In any place, I am not all alone...
Outside and inside, in the heart deepmost,
At no time am I alone.
From the sky and ocean, where they've met,
More remote than them,
With rhythm and melody, take me along,
Past the yon horizon,
From the sky and ocean.

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Eso eso (prabhu)
Ámár hrdaye
Rátul carań mohan ánan
Miśt́imadhur hási niye

Tava náme práńe shiharan jáge
Raiṋjita hai tomári ráge
(Jáy) Tava gáne tava náce
Sab kichu mor miliye

Práńe práńe dhyáne dhyáne
Jái je ámi háriye
Eso eso (prabhu)
Ámár hrdaye
Eso eso (tumi)

Come, Lord, please do come
Into my heart-core...
Rosy feet and charming visage,
With a laugh, honey-pleasant.

On Your name, in life a thrill awakes;
I get dyed by just Your paint.
On Your song, in Your dance, goes
All that's mine, faded away.

Life after life, in every meditation,
Who I am, I get lost.
Come, Lord, please do come
Into my heart-core...
Come, You, please do come.

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**Ájker ei shishutaru
Phale phule patrapuiṋje
D́heke debe tapta maru

Jalasiṋcane mamatár d́áke
Ámrá sabái báṋcábo tomáke
Jale jhaŕe roge sab upasarge
Tava sáthe morá áchi taru

Úśar dhúsar d́háká paŕe ják
Marutrśńiká liin haye ják
Shyámale komale cheye ják sab
Vishver jata áche maru**

This same young tree of today,
With fruits and blooms and heaps of leaves,
The hot wilderness it will veil.

With sprinkling of water, with appeals of love,
We will all nurture thee.
In rain with high wind, illness and its every symptom,
We are here with you, oh Tree.

May it get covered, the barren gray;
Let it be free from desert-thirst.
Neath greenery and tenderness, may all get shade,
Any wasteland that exists in the universe.

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**Janmadine ei shubha kśańe
Práńbhará apár ánande
Ańute ańute prati paramáńute
Dolá láge nava varńe gandhe

Khushiite vibhor ápanahárá
Sabákár man áveshe bhará
Udvela hiyá tomári lágiyá
Nece cale mohan chande

Bhálabese esecho kacht́ite rayecho
Álor chat́áy ácho sabár ánande**

On birthday, at this time auspicious,
Full of life, with a boundless happiness,
In each molecule, in every atom,
Sway begins with new scent and color.

Spellbound with delight, to itself oblivious,
The mind of everyone is full of intense emotion.
The heart overflowing, for the sake of You only,
It moves dancing in a cadence that's enchanting.

Out of love You have come, and nearby You've tarried;
You reside in joy of all, with a lustrous beauty.

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**Ámi jedike tákái heri o rúpa keval
Se je báhire bhitare rahe álojhalamal
Se je ákáshe vátáse bháse amala ábháy
Se je puśpe puśpe háse madhura máyáy
Se je hiyá májhe gán gáy ná balá bháśáy
Se je nrtyera tále áse madhu dyotanáy

Táre kemane bhulibo ámi
Se je doláy nácáy sadá sapta bhúmi
Jadi lukobár tare jái giriguháte
Jadi niil veshe niilákáshe jái bhuláte
Ámi jedike tákái se je ghiriyá áche
Háse áṋkhira táráy kálo rauṋeri májhe

Pásharite jata cái páshará ná jay go
Páshará ná jáy
Táre cheŕe beṋce tháká halo ekii dáy go
Halo ekii dáy
Ámi jedike tákái heri o rúpa keval
Se je ámári májháre háse álojhalamal**

Anywhere that I look, only that Form I see;
Outside and inside, it keeps on shining.
It floats on air and sky, with a glow immaculate;
In flower after flower it laughs with a pleasing magic.
At heart's core a song it sings in a tongue unspoken;
In dance-beat it arrives with sweet implication.

Ah Him, how will I put out of mind?
The seven realms,[nb 2] ever He excites.
To hide from Him, if I enter cave of mountain,
If to trick I go to blue sky in blue garments,
Anywhere that I look, He encircles;
He grins, even amid black hue of eye-pupil.

However much I would forget Him, oh I don't forget;
I do not forget!
To go on living having left Him, oh it was so hard;
Oh how hard it was!
Anywhere that I look, only that Form I see;
Even inside of me, He smiles brightly.

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**Beshii kichu náhi cái (morá)
Cái ekt́u bhálabásá chot́t́a ekt́i básá
Rode jale hime máthá guṋjibár t́háṋi

Jene-shune anádar hatádar karibo ná*[nb 2]* tomáke
Nije jeman thákibo
Temani rákhibo ámáder e grhake
Cái mamatámadir shántir niiŕ
Er beshii cáhi nái

Jhaŕe jhaiṋjháte ashaninipáte
Tumi áshraydátá
Mamatve tumi pitá
(Ei) Avárita sneha anupam geha
Ciradin jena pái**

We want nothing more;
We want a little love, a tiny hut,
A place to insert head in heat, rain, and frost.

Knowingly, yourself we won't slight or neglect;
As we would be kept ourselves,
So this home of ours we will tend.
We want a love-besotting, peaceful nest;
Nothing more than this we request.

In storm and gale, neath lightning and thunder,
You are a bountiful provider of shelter;
With affection, you are a father.
This same unchecked love, matchless residence,
May we obtain it forever.

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**Áj ákáshe tárár melá
Dharańii átmahárá
Phuler suváse madira vátáse
Sabái hásikhushiite bhará

Áj álodhárá bahe jáy
Khushiite pápiyá gáy
(Áj) Madhunikkańe rátula carańe
Ke go elo práńbhará

Áj sudhádhárá bahe jáy
Khushiite triloka gáy
(Áj) Sakal ákúti madhurase mákhi
Ke go elo manbhará**

Today, in the heavens is a festival of stars;
The world is enthralled.
In the floral fragrance on a heady wind,
Everyone is brimming with gay liveliness.

Today, a stream of luster is flowing;
In delight, the nightingale sings.
Today, with a sweet jingling upon rosy feet,
Lo, Who came, filling life?

Today, a stream of nectar is flowing;
In delight, the universe sings.
Today, with honey-syrup all ardor is smeared,
Lo, Who came, filling mind?

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**Nava varśa elo áji
Sabáre ánanda dite
Phule phale pátáy rase
Surabhite man mátáte

Járá cale geche dúre
Dúr hate áro dúre
Tárá ájo beṋce áche
Sureri sudhájhaiṋkáre
Táder áshiiś surer srote (áji)
Prerańá dik calár pathe

Chay rtur parikramá
Meru himer ot́há námá
Ei pariveshe ese
Práń d́hele dii sabár hite**

Today a new year, it appeared
To give delight to everybody–
In fruits and blooms, in sap and leaves,
In fragrance to impassion psyche.

Those who've left for distant place,
From far off to further away,
They are still alive today
In dulcet jingle of tuneful refrain...
Now their boon is in musical stream;
May it inspire on the journey.

The spinning of six season-times,[nb 2]
The rise and fall of polar ice—
Having arrived inside this ambit,
Let us pour out heart for everyone's benefit.

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**Ek parikramár halo anta

Din tithi bahe jáy
Vatsar cale jáy
Kata phul jhare jáy
Kata phal paŕe jáy
Vatsar cale jáy

Kata uttápe chande gánete
Kata udvege ashrudháráte
Vatsar chilo mor práńe mishe
Áji háy háráiyá jáy
Ajánáy sare jáy

Járá áse áse jávár janye
Járá jáy jáy ásár janye
Dúr niilimáy járá bhese jáy
Tárá punah ese jáy
Nava rúpe ese jáy

Ek parikramár halo anta**

One rotation[nb 2] has finished.

The days[nb 3], they transpire;
The year passes by.
So many flowers fall to ground;
So many fruits tumble down.
The year passes by.

Through many songs with heat and beat,
Through much anxiety and flow of tears,
With my life the year did blend;
But now, alas, it's getting spent...
It slips away into obscurity.

Those who come, arrive to leave;
Those who leave, go to appear.
Those who float off to yon blue,
They will return anew...
They will turn up in fresh beauty.

One rotation has finished.

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**Ek nútaner sur áji bájlo bájlo
Phule phule dolá diye
Dharitrii nava sáje sájlo sájlo
Sab klesh vyathá dilo bhuliye

Áj sumukhe calár pathe nei kona bádhá
Kańt́habhará gán eki sure sádhá
Áj bhed bhule milemishe egiye calo hese
Sabáike sauṋge niye (calo)

Nrtyera chande amita ánande
Paráńer paráger surabhita gandhe
Navavarśer ei harśer pariveshe
Se go kothá sabáre je dilo náciye
Dilo mátiye**A melody of the new rang out today,
Making every flower sway.
Earth was dressed in fresh apparel;
Every pain or trouble was forgotten.

Today, on the path of progress no impediment is there;
Full-throated song is rehearsed in only one melody.
Today, overlooking disparity, in concert let's go forth laughing;
Come let us move together, taking everybody.

In rhythm of dance, with a pleasure immense,
In the fragrant scent of heart's pollen,
In this climate of the new year's happiness,
Oh, where is He Who made everybody frolic;
He gave excitement.

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**Janama lagane (tava)
Prabháter álo
Nava rúpe elo nava áshváse
Sakal cáoyár sakal páoyár
Púrńatá elo smita niilákáshe

Áj pákhiirá kii kathá kay
Phule phale gách nata haye ray
Áj mandrita vane madhura pavane
Sabái náciche nava ulláse

Áj hásite khushiite giite trptite
Púrńatá elo nútan vátáse**

At the auspicious moment of Your birth,
Morning's luster,
It appeared in new form, with new promise.
For all desire, all attainment,
Upon smiling blue-sky came consummation.

Today, the birds, what words they do utter;
Trees are become bowed, fruits and flowers under.
Now, in the forest sonorous, on a breeze melodious,
Everyone is dancing with fresh gladness.

Today, with joy and laughter, with song and delight,
With a new gust of wind, fulfillment arrived.

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Sonálii bhor jiivane mor
**Ábár ki re ásche phire
Shata vyathár shata vedanár
Shata láiṋchanár áṋdhár cire

Kata pradoś kata prabhát
Kata sharat vasanta rát
Kata áshá kata bharasá
Bhese geche ashruniire

Púrvákáshe aruń háse
Vátás bháse phulasuváse
Nava varse nava harśe
Vyathár smrti jáy je sare**

The golden dawn in my life,
Is it returning another time?
Countless pains, countless torments,
Countless shames— the gloom is rent.

So many eves, so many morns,
So many nights, both spring and autumn,
So much hope and expectation–
Upon tears they've floated off.

Morning's sun smiles in the eastern heavens,
The wind rises on fragrance of flowers;
With the new year, with new happiness,
Memories of affliction, they all vanish.

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**Sharat oi áse oi áse oi áse
(Sharat) Nácer tále tále pá phele phele
Mandákrántá chande dharáy háse
Oi áse oi áse oi áse (sharat)

Sharat shudhu nay shepháliir sugandhate
Sharat shudhu nay sádá megher bheláte
Sharat práńe áse sharat mane áse
Sharat bhuvanke bhuliye marme háse

Sharat shudhu nay bátávi nebur gandhe
Sharat shudhu nay kush kásher dolár chande
Sharat práńe áse sharat mane áse
Sharat bhuvanke duliye marme háse**Autumn, there she comes, there she comes, there she comes—
Autumn, ever stepping in dance cadence after cadence,
With a stately meter,[nb 2] she smiles upon Earth.
Autumn, there she comes, there she comes, there she comes.

Autumn, she is not just in the pleasant scent of night-jasmine;
Autumn, she is not just in the rafts of white cloud-mist.
Inside life autumn comes, inside mind autumn comes;
Having charmed the world, autumn smiles at heart's core.

Autumn, she is not just in the scent of pamplemousse;
Autumn, she is not just in the rhythm of swaying kush.
Inside life autumn comes, inside mind autumn comes;
Having rocked the world, autumn smiles at heart's core.

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**Pathik tumi ekákii ese
Shiuli jhará rátera sheśe
Duyár ámár bandha dekhe
Dáṋŕiyechile patheri páshe

Ghume ámár jaŕáno áṋkhi
Kichu bá dekhi kichu ná dekhi
Tái ráter sheśe hime bhije tumi
Bhore cale gele arúpe bhese

Ámár dvárer júthiká latá
Ekhano bahe tava váratá
Shishirer jal muchite muchite
Jege áche se je tomári áshe

Sei samay jadi dvár khulitám
Kona kichu kathá káne kahitám
Shárada nishiithe táhári surete
Bhásiyá jetám milemishe**

Traveler, all alone having arrived,
Jasmine falling at the end of night,
Seeing that my door was closed,
You had stood beside the road.

In sleep, my eyes up-rolled,
A bit I see, a bit I don't;
So on night's close, being dew-soaked,
With break of day, fading into formless, away You did go.

The juhi creeper on my gate,
To this day Your message it conveys;
Drops of dew to mop and mop away,
Hoping for You, it stays awake.

At that time, if entrance I had opened;
In Your ear some words I'd have spoken;
To their tune on that late night in autumn,
Floating, we'd have left together.

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Varaśár dine sabákár sane
Aekatáne egiye calo
Egiye calite náhi cáho jadi
(Shuye) Jhará pátári galpa balo

Sabái ájike meteche chande
Keká kalarav shikhiir kant́he
Salája dharańii nece cale se je
Sabujer sáje man bholálo

Hásikhushiibhará ei samárohe
Utalá pavan náná dike bahe
Álápe áveshe gáne ulláse
Sabár jiivan bhariye tolo

On this rainy day, together with everybody,
March ahead in harmony.
If you wish not to proceed,
Abed, you but tell the story of a fallen leaf.

Everyone today has been roused by the beat;
In peacock's throat is a clamor sweetly calling.
Bashful Earth, dancing it proceeds,
Mind seduced, having been garbed in green.

At this grand assemblage, revelry-filled,
In many directions blows a restless wind.
With ecstatic music and euphoric lyrics,
Everyone's existence, suffuse and uplift.

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Varaśá eseche niipanikuiṋje
Betasakuiṋje nácite nácite
Shikhiirá sakale chande meteche
Viińára dhvanite mandrita giitite
Chandahárá dhará práń peyeche

Júthir suvás bháse sajala haoyáy
Maner parág háse madhura máyáy
Chande chande vipulánande
Ádhmará taru sab jege ut́heche

Rain has come in the kadam bower;
To dance and to dance, in the cane arbor,
By the meter every peacock's been excited.
With songs sonorous from the lutes playing,
An Earth bereft of cadence has attained life.

Juhi fragrance wafts on the humid wind;
Mental pollen laughs in the pleasant magic.
To beat after beat, with a huge happiness,
All half-dead trees have risen up, awakened.

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Veńukár van kii kathá kay (áji)
Pátá jharibár vedanáte háy
Múk mukhe se je cáhiyá ray

Háráyeche se je sab shyámalimá
Dhúlijhaiṋjháy sakal suśamá
Betasakuiṋje niipanikuiṋje
Madhu váyu ár nahi bay

Rudra devatá e kii tava khelá
Anala dáhane akaruńa liilá
Varśár sur áro kata dúr
Cátak jáciche marutrśáy

Today, the bamboo grove tells what story?
Ah me, out of grief for the falling leaves,
At that, mute-faced, she stays gazing.

She's been losing all her greenery;
With dust storms, each exquisite beauty.
In kadam and rattan groves,
A pleasant wind no longer blows.

Fearsome Lord, what is this Your game,
A ruthless sport neath fire flames?
How far away is the monsoon's melody?
With desert-thirst, pied cuckoo[nb 2] is pleading.

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Keká kalarava mukharita práte
Ke go ele núpura páy
Shata viińánandita madhura nikkańe
Jalader chat́á mekhe gáy

Tálii tamálerá áj nava rúpe sejeche
Niipanikuiṋja suváse heseche
Snigdha samiirańa ketakiiparága mákhi
Dúr niilimáy bhese jáy

Dardurerá áj ánande meteche
Júthikárá tár sane kii jena kii kahiche
Salája káminii phul sugandha chaŕáye
Kár páne báre báre cáy

At dawn, the din of peacock calls resounding,
Who are You Who came, ankle bells on Your feet...
Myriad rejoicing lyres jingling sweetly,
Splendor of clouds lacquered on Your body.

Today, fan palms and bay leaf trees have been decked in new beauty;
The kadam arbor has smiled with aroma sweet.
A cooling breeze, dabbing screwpine pollen,
Floats away to far blue yonder.

Today, frogs have hopped about happily in a frenzy;
Along with them, jasmines, what could they be saying!
A shy kamini bloom, having strewn her fragrance,
At Whom does she gaze, time and again?

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Vasanta áj háslo
Shudhu hásikhushii ei dharańiite
Phuler miśt́i cáhanite
Phuler madhur madhute

(Áj) Chut́e jái calo dyuloker páne
Chande o gáne keká pikatáne
Muche phele dáo sab malinatá
D́ák dey pákhii madhu ráte

Rturáj áj dváre samágata
Korakerá áj sadá jágrata
Saráiyá dáo sakal jaŕatá
Práńer úśńa praváhete

Práńer parashe sab kichu háse
Sab kichu bháse tári srote

Today spring did laugh;
On this earth is only merriment...
In the flowers' candied glance,
In the flowers' honeyed nectar.

Today, let us race off toward heaven
With rhythm and song, peacock and cuckoo call.
Let us wipe away all filth and gloom;
On spring night birds importune.

Spring is come to the gate today;
Now flower buds, they are always awake.
Let us cast aside all inertia
Inside life's warm current.

With touch of life everything beams;
All things float upon His stream.

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Raodrer khara tápe
Griiśmer dávadáhe
Belá málatii snigdha samiir
Kichu shiitalatá áne
Man áro shiitalatá cáhe

Sahakárshákhá bhárete ánata
Thare thare phale jambuka nata
Pracańd́a táp sahe ná je ár
Man sadá ei kahe

Naesha vátáse kusuma suváse
Kichu upasham áne
Man áro upasham cáhe

Shata janamer shata klesh jata
Griiśmete jena halo ekiibhúta
Rudra devatá vrśt́i námáo
Man sadá ei kahe

Afflicted by a sun that's fierce,
Under summer's scorching heat,
Morning's jasmine and a mild breeze
A little coolness they bring;
But mind requires yet more soothing.

From their load, the mango-tree boughs stoop;
Rose-apple shrubs droop with their rows of fruit.
The brutal heat can be borne no longer;
This the mind constantly utters.

On the nocturnal wind and floral fragrance
Some abatement does get carried;
But mind craves still more relief.

Countless births and as numerous afflictions,
It's as if they were fused in the summer.
Fearsome Lord, send down the rain;
Mind always says the same.

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Vasanta áj jáglo
Ámramukul bakul shimul párul paláshe
Phuler vaner anáhúta rabáhuter páshe

Eso bandhu ámrá sabái
Tomár tále tál diye jái
Tomár chande chanda milái
Nútan pariveshe
Sakaler sakáshe

Phule bhare jáoyá káiṋcana vane
Kokil meteche nútaner gáne
Phuler suváse sei gán áj
Tomá páne jáy bhese
Anávil áveshe

Today spring awakened,
In mango buds and mimusops, bombax, parul, and palash,
In company with wildflowers, unbidden, uninvited.

Come, Abiding Friend, we all
March in step to Your beat.
We match our cadence to Your rhythm,
In this fresh atmosphere,
Intimate with everybody.

In bauhinia grove getting full of flowers,
A cuckoo has been rapt in a song of novelty.
Today, that same song in floral fragrance,
It flows toward Thee
With spotless entrancement.

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(Áji) Vasanta pavane liiláyita carańe
Nece jái nece jái jharańá sama
Nirmegha gagane aiṋjita nayane
Eṋke jái eṋke jái mádhurii mama

(Áj) Egiye cali tava chande
Surabhita hai tava gandhe
Hásiyá beŕái ánande
Raiṋjita kari patha kiḿshukaraiṋjane
Tava lági antaratama

(Áj) Egiye caláy náhi báṋdhá
Mor hiyá tava háre gáṋthá
Mor gán tava sure sádhá
Áj pikatáne madhugáne sab kichu mor
(Bhese jáy) Bhese jáy jár páne
Táke namo namo namah

Today, on the spring wind, with lilting feet,
Like waterfall, dancing I proceed.
With painted eyes, on cloudless sky
I keep tracing the sweetness that is mine.

Today, I move ahead in Your cadence;
I am fragrant with Your scent.
Laughing, I stroll about in happiness,
The path I color with the hue of kinshuk flower,[nb 2]
For Your sake, my One most intimate.

Today, for progress there is no obstruction...
My heart is strung into Your necklace;
To Your tune my song is practiced.
Today my all, with sweet notes of cuckoo's call–
It flows in Whose direction...
To the One offered obeisance.

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Ke ele áji ke ele
Tumi vishvadoláy dol diye ele

Bhávaloke chile niice neve ele
Dharár dharáchoṋyáy mishiye gele

Sudúrer tárá kácht́ite ele
Sudúrer rág man mátále

Háráno dhvani tumi káńe bhese ele
Háráno chanda nác náciye dile

Ashrubhará áṋkhi muchiye dile
Ságarer mańi tumi práń juŕále

Who came, Who came today?
Rocking the cradle of the world, You came.

From the realm of thought, down You came;
You mingled, bearing Earth's embrace.

You came most near, a star from faraway;
The mind You thrilled, music from a distant place.

The lost tune floating into ears, You came;
The lost beat that makes us dance You gave.

The tears that were filling eyes You wiped away;
Oh, Jewel of the Sea, our hearts You assuaged.

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Hemante mor phuler sáji bharbe go
Bharbe tomár práńer choṋyáte

Phulerá sab jácche sare
Avaheláy anádare
Tári májhe járá áche
Rauṋiin pośák parbe go
Parbe tomár práńer choṋyáte

Nám ná jáná gácher pare
Pákhiirá sab chot́t́a niiŕe
Tomár námi ápan mane karbe go
Karbe tomár práńer choṋyáte

Tomár mane ámi áchi
Rauṋete rauṋ mishiyechi
Tomár sure sur miliye
Sudháy jhare paŕbe go
Paŕbe tomár práńer choṋyáte

In prewinter, oh my flower-tray, it will be full;
It will be full of Your vital touch.

All the flowers are withdrawing
From neglect, from inattention.
Among them there are some
Who will wear colored garments...
They will dress in Your vital touch.

Upon the trees, names unknown,
The birds all in tiny abodes,
They'll deem Your name as their own,
They'll think so by Your vital touch.

In Your mind do I exist...
I've made my hue mingle with Yours;
In Your tune, my tune is mixed...
Oh it will exude nectar;
It will drip with Your vital touch.

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Svapane esecho ánandaghana tumi
Sabár tumi ánanda

Maiṋjula mahákáshe mahápráńe ácho mishe
Rúpátiita aparúpa chanda (tumi)

Cokhe anurakti carańe vimukti
Bhávátiita sudhániśyanda (tumi)

Jene bá ná jene bhálabási eki jane
Se bhálabásár náhi anta

Bliss so deep, You’ve appeared in a dream;
A joy You are to everybody.

With the vast and lovely sky magnanimous You mingle;
You are rhythm transcendent, superlatively beautiful.

In Your eyes is affection, at Your feet salvation;
Beyond imagination, You're a gushing stream of nectar.

Knowingly or not, I'm in love with just one Person;
That love, it knows no restriction.

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Jábo ná ámi jábo ná jábo ná re
Surer ei chándasik jagat theke

Mor mánas loke mor átmik loke
Beṋce áchi sure jaŕiye theke (ámi)

Surer haoyáy ámi khuṋji táke
Surer cháyáy ámi pái je táke
Surer chande madhuránande
Randhre randhre se je lukiye tháke (ámár)

Ámár sakal cáoyár ámár sakal páoyár
Sheś kathá rayeche surer buke

I'll not quit; no, I'll not quit; I'll never quit
This rhythmic world of music.

In my mental sphere, in my spiritual sphere,
I survive, having entwined with melody.

In the atmosphere of music I seek Him;
Neath the shade of music, I get Him.
With the cadence of melody, joyful and sweet,
In my every pore, lying in wait is He.

For my every wish and my every achievement,
The last word has been established in the bosom of music.

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Shiit ásiyáche[nb 2] sáthe ániyáche
Rauṋiin phuler chavi
Gandhavihiin madhuhiin phul
Alpa roder ravi

Ravi chilo káche bhávitám mane
Asahja táp sahe náko práńe
Rudrapuruś prasanna hao
Varaśár varadáne
Káche chilo jabe bhálo chilo tabe
Ei kathá áj bhávi

Shońo bhái sab shońo
Dúrer tapan káchete ásibe
Cintá koro ná kono
Dharár shiitete áshár giitite
Áṋki nútaner chavi

Winter has come, bringing with it
A colored flower's portrait...
A flower without scent and without wine,
A sun with scant sunshine.

When sun was near, I used to think,
I cannot bear such extreme heat...
Oh Wrathful Lord, please show mercy,
Granting my desire for rain.
When sun was near, then clime was fair...
This is what I think today.

Listen all my cousins, hear me please,
The sun that's distant will come near;
Have no worry, do not fear...
With Earth's winter in hope's paean,
Painting a picture of change.

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Dujane jakhan miliche takhan
Eder tomrá áshisa dio
Dahanajváláte phulera máláte
Duhkha sukhete sáthe thákio

Mánav samáj avibhájya
Kona niiŕ nay parityájya
Sabái miliyá náciyá gáiyá
Eder tomrá mániyá nio

Dharańiir dhvani mamatár váńii
Eder jiivan ráuṋiye dio

When two persons are wedding, then
All of you, give your blessing to them.
Mid scorching flames and strings of flowers,
In their grief and joy, abide with them.

Human society is indivisible;
No family abode can be abandoned.
Unitedly, dancing and singing everyone,
All of you, recognize and receive them.

As voice of earth and message of affection,
Offer them a brightened existence.

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Shiiter káṋpuni niye ele
Ke go tumi
E kii tava sundaratá
Tuśáre d́hákiyá shyámabhúmi
Ke go tumi
E kii tava madhuratá

Kankane utture váye
Pátájhará pathataru gáye
Likhe dile ajáná kii váńii
Háy tava e kii diinatá
E kii tava krpańatá

Jhaŕ jhaiṋjháy práń káṋpiye
Latápátá sab shobhá háriye
Geye jáy ajáná kii giiti
Bhálabásá májhe e kii nirmamatá

Bringing winter shivers, You appeared...
Oh, Who are You,
And what is this, Your beauty?
Shrouding with snow the green fields,
Oh, Who are You,
And what is this, Your sweetness?

With a biting northern wind
On leafless roadside-tree bodies,
What unknown maxim have You writ...
Oh, what is this, Your indigence,
What is this, Your stinginess?

With blizzards setting hearts aquiver,
All herbs and creepers losing glamor,
What unknown song is getting sung;
Amid the love what is this callousness?

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Ákáshe áj rauṋer melá
Manete áj álo
Vátáse áj suvás bhará
Sabi láge bhálo

Ajáná kár ágamane
Hrday bhará chande gáne
Práńer parash diye se je
Saráy sakal kálo

Eman dine sabár sane
Práńer pradiip jválo

In the sky today there is a color fest,
And in the mind now there is effulgence.
Today the air's suffused with sweet perfume,
And everything seems opportune.

The Unknown Maker having come,
Hearts are filled with rhythm and song.
The One Who gave touch of existence,
He dispels all of the darkness.

On this day so fine, everyone alike,
Light the lamp of life!

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Shiiter sheśete nava pátá áse
Puronorá jáy jhare
Vasanta elo dváre
Nrtyera tále tále

Nrtyera tále veńii upaciyá
Kabarii khasiyá paŕe

Shiiter sheśete apuśpataru
Kalite bhariyá paŕe

Tuśár galibe ei bharasáy
Ankur sab hásimukhe cáy
Pákhiirá kuláye tava gán gáy
Nava sáj sab pare

At winter's end fresh leaves appear;
The old ones get shed.
Spring came to the door
With many dance beats.

In dance-cadence, braids overflowing,
Hairbuns slip, getting disheveled.

At winter's end, the tree without flowers,
It gets loaded with buds.

Confident the snow will melt,
Every sprout peeps out with a smiling face.
In their nest, the birds sing Your song;
They all sport new raiment.

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Ámáy chot́t́a ekt́i man diyecho
Anek áshá rekhe
(Tabu) D́ákcho ámáy táráy táráy
Megher pháṋke pháṋke

Mát́ir gandhe gácher pátáy
Nadiir srote dúr niilimáy
Báṋdhá ámi paŕe gechi
Shatek badhár páke

Jáni bandhu káchei tháko
Dúrer theke kena d́áko
Pári ki tákáte ámi
Balo tomár dike

You've given me a mind that's small,
Storing so much hope in it.
And yet You call me from the stars
Amid the clouds, rift after rift.

With scent of earth and leaves on trees,
With yon blue sky and river-streams,
Entangled have I fallen
Into countless binding rings.

I know, my Friend, quite near You stay;
So why call me from far away?
Is there a way for me to gaze
At Thee, my Lord, please say.

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Nácer tále egiye cale
Áltáráuṋgá mát́i
Mát́i e to nayko jeno
E je ámár má t́i

Dháner kśeter shiiśe shiiśe
Sońár álo ut́hche bhese
Mát́ir mánuś dekhche ceye
Satyi sońá kháṋt́i
Mát́i ámár má t́i

Ákásh tárá phuler suvás
Miśt́imadhur jal ár vátás
Sabár sáthe rayeche mor
Cokh juŕono mát́i
Mát́i ámár má t́i

Bandhu jadi bhálabáso
Eman dine káche eso
Tomár krpáy gaŕbo áji
Satyi mánuś kháṋt́i
Mát́i ámár má t́i

With the rhythm of dance it proceeds,
This reddish-colored earth.
Know that it's not clay only;
Lo, it is my mother.

In paddy fields on the rice-spikes,
Arises a golden light;
Men of the land deem that to be
The purest gold indeed...
The earth, it is my mother.

The stars and sky, the floral scent,
Water and air, sweetly pleasant;
Along with these abides for me
The soil, so eye-pleasing...
The earth, it is my mother.

My Friend, if You do hold me dear,
This very day, please come near;
By Your grace, we will create
True human beings for real...
The earth, it is my mother.

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Ucát́ana mana ná máne bárańa
Shudhu tár páne jete cáy
Kena cáy ogo kena cáy

Dharańiir dhúli vanera kákalii
Phele ásá sei madhu dinguli
Maner mádhurii sabáike niye
Tári májhe múracháy

Jata chilo kathá jata chilo mán
Ná balá vyathár jata abhimán
Sabái ájike miliyá mishiyá
Tári páne kena chut́e jáy

My restless mind heeds no impediment;
It only wants to go toward Him...
Why do I have this wish?

Earth's pollen and the chirps in a shady retreat,
Forsaken are even they, my days of honey;
With them all combined, the sweetness of my psyche,
It still faints within Him only.

Whatever may be the history, all respect received
And any unvoiced wounds to my prestige;
Now, into one they all are melding...
Why do they race toward Him only?

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Tomrá já khushi tái balo
Ámár ná thámiyá calá
Ná thámiyá calá ámár
Ná káṋdiyá balá

Rúpor meghe bhará ákásh
Kásher rauṋe dulche vátás
Shiuli d́hele dicche suvás
Shishire utalá

Khuṋjchi járe páine táre
Seo jáni khuṋjche more
Ámár gáne geṋtheche se
Chot́t́a ekt́i málá

Say anything that you please,
I will proceed relentlessly.
Relentlessly will I proceed,
No wailing when I speak.

The sky is filled with clouds of silver,
And the air sways with kans colors.
The night jasmine[nb 2] strew perfume,
Excited by the dew.

I do not find the One I seek,
But I know He also looks for me.
With my songs He is threading
One garland very tiny.

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Kon timirera pár hate phut́e ut́hecho
Mor jiivanera dhruvatárá
Kon amarár lok hate baye enecho
Vasudhár sudhádhárá

Eso prabhu práńera dhúpe
Eso prabhu manera diipe
Eso prabhu hrdayera niipe
Surabhita karo ei dhará

Eso prabhu práńera táne
Eso prabhu manera gáne
Eso prabhu hrdayera chande
Jagáo ghumáye áche járá

From what far shore of darkness have You risen,
Polestar of my existence?
From what celestial kingdom have You brought
This earth's flow of ambrosia?

Come, Lord, in the resin of my life;
Come, Lord, in the lamp of my mind;
Come, Lord, in the kadam of my heart...
You make this planet fragrant.

Come, Lord, in the tune of my life;
Come, Lord, in the song of my mind;
Come, Lord, in the rhythm of my heart...
You wake those who are dormant.

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Duniyáváloṋ tákte raho
Ham nazaroṋko nazaráńá diye gyaye

Insániyat kii iyah roshnii phael gyayii
Rúhánii insániyat dil me áyii

Dildároṋne iyah kyá kiyá
Ham to saboṋke diloṋse casap gyaye

Oh people of the world, behold!
Those who were seeking Me, I fulfilled their longing.

Now humanism's light has spread.
Spiritual humanism, every mind it has entered.

Those with a heart, what have they done?
Inside their heart, they've bound Me inextricably.

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Raktim kishalay (ámi)
Sojá pathe cali ámi
Báṋká pathe kabhu kabhu nay

Ámár sumukhe áche shyámala shobhá
Ámár dupáshe áche aruńa ábhá
Uṋcu shire cali ámi
Niicu shire kabhu kabhu nay

Ámár báhute áche vajrera bal
Ámár áṋkhite áche drśt́i vimal
Sojá kathá bhávi ámi
Báṋká kathá kabhu kabhu nay

I am a tender reddish leaf.
On a straight path I proceed,
Never on a path that's winding.

In front of me is beauty green;
On both my sides, a crimson sheen.
Head held high, I go forward,
Never with head bowed.

In my arms is thunder's power;
In my eyes, clear vision.
My thoughts are candid,
Words never curved.

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Áṋdhárer sei hatáshá
Ket́e geche áj
Áloker parasha peye
Kotháy háráye geche marura trśá
Madhurer mohana cháye

Mor gán se to nay cáoyá
Mor hási se ki shudhu páoyá
Ámár sakal calá sab dyotanái
Suśamár saritá beye
Cale áloker nisháná ceye

That selfsame dark despair
Is getting cut away today,
The touch of light having attained.
Where does my desert-thirst go off,
Under the pleasant shade of sweetness?

In my song, there is no prayer;
In my smile, just acquisition.
My every movement, each expression,
Having plied a stream of sweet grace,
Proceeds, gazing at the target of effulgence.

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Máyámukure ke kii bháve kii kare
Sabi jáno ogo devatá
Práńera spandan juga vivarttan
Sabi shońo gopana kathá

Tomáre lukáye kii karite pári
Tomáre bhuláye kii bhávite pári
Sakal vikásh májhe tumi ácho sab káje
Niirava madhuratá

In a magic mirror, what is thought and what is done,
Everything You know, oh my Divine Lord.
Hearts palpitating and lengthy time-cycles rotating,
Every single secret You hear.

What can I do, concealed from You,
What can I think that deceives You?
Mid all that is manifest, You exist in every deed;
You're the silent sweetness.

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Bandhu he niye calo
Álor oi jharńádhárár páne
Bandhu he niye calo

Áṋdhárer vyathá ár say ná práńe
Bandhu he niye calo

Ghumer ghor bháuṋánor gáne gáne
Bandhu he niye calo

Oh Abiding Friend, take me with.
Toward yon streaming fountain of effulgence,
Oh Abiding Friend, take me with.

No more can be borne unenlightenment's affliction;
Oh Abiding Friend, take me with.

Shattering my dense slumber with one song after another,
Oh Abiding Friend, take me with.

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E gán ámár álor jharańádhárá
Upala pathe dine ráte
Bahe jái
Bahe jái báṋdhanahárá
Álor jharańádhárá

E path ámár bandhura kańt́akabhará
Utsa hate práńera srote
Bheuṋge jái
Bheuṋge jái páśáńakárá
Álor jharańádhárá

This is my song, a cascade of light.
On a rocky road, by day and by night,
I carry on...
I carry on without obstruction,
A cascade of light.

This is my path, rugged and full of thorns.
From the Source on my life-stream,
I keep breaching...
I keep breaching stone-prisons,
A cascade of light.