Beyond distinction

(3384) Aloker oi jharnadharay, snan karate tumi ele

In yon cascade of light rays,
To make bathe, You arrived.
Pate's diadem setting aside,
You blessed with water of sacred site.

Distinction of friend and foe You excised;
You displayed a new life.
Beast, bush, and bird You did familiarize;
Everyone is our own, You advised.

No one is distant, everyone is family;
The cosmos is for the sake of everybody.
Kith and alien, useless is the measuring;
The world moves, taking all alike.

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Such a delight

(3383) Dhulir dharaniite madhurii dhalite

On a dusty earth to confer sweetness
You have come at present...
To give consolation's nectar to a weeping vortex,
Persons mute to make fluent.

Those who'd fallen behind, neglected and necessitous,
You broke their life's utterly gloomy prison.
You attracted everyone, let be forgot their difference;
The many You took and wed.

Who had been in despair, who'd been sinking into gloom,
Receiving with joy and shame, they welcomed You.
Everybody went along, gained the light a generation new,
With the thrill of each moment.

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With Him by our side

(3382) Se din sandhyay smita vasudhay

On a smiling Earth that day at dusk,
You'd come to my dwelling.
In mind there'd been inclination, joy in meditation;
Upon eyes You let be traced antimony.

Hand held on head, You did speak,
All pain removing instantly.
You said: "Came storm and gale, but don't fear;
Around you I am here.

"Rise-and-fall, also contraction-and-expansion
Appear on the journey, but they're as naught.
Your aim having retained, proceed with conviction,
Bringing forth the victory of humanity."

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It's been great

(3381) Amar pather shese esechi

To my road's end I have reached;
No other corridor is there.
Myself on Your path only You impel;
Just along that path I'd proceed.

On my path filled with barbs,
Stricken had I been, incessant.
Wounded by stones each moment,
In vain I've searched for peace.

With no start or end to that path,
In rhythm and in hymn I'll pass.
You will endure with light in hand;
And so a song of love I sing.

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After a lifetime of waiting

(3380) Tomay pavar asha niye

Taking hope of getting Thee,
I have stayed attentive.
Yes I, for Your sake, Gemstone of the Ocean,
I have counted the moments.

Many nights have become morning,
Many fallen stars have disappeared,
So much moonlight has gone missing;
The count I've forgotten.

Not informing, one autumnal evening
Amid psyche, Yourself You appeared
In unfamiliar dress, new and charming;
I have known You nonetheless.

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Why do You toy with me?

(3379) Jeo na jeo na, arale jeo na

Don't go away, please don't leave;
Vanish not behind a screen.
If mayhap I forget,
Please don't neglect me.

Upon young grass, a green carpet alike,
In psychic looking glass, like a floral smile,
At times You come near and at times float afar;
Why don't You understand the mental agony?

Through light and darkness Your Sport is amazing;
From within the mind, it's a game with psyche.
Amid thought, with thought is a merrymaking,
Why do You not rid thought's shortcoming?

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One of us might make no sense

(3378) Amar e kathin hiyay

Into this hard heart of mine,
Will You come or not, I don't know.
If You arrive only by making mistake,
It does not matter even so.

With form's luster altar having adorned,
Endlessly I go on singing songs.
With Your melody, with Your thought,
With Your words, I compose.

In my mind is hope immense,
Ample yearning, ample fondness.
Amid excess, just a bit
Will You or won't You give, that too I don't follow.

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