Consciousness all-enveloping

(3230)  Sagar jethay dur niilimay

From where ocean upon far cerulean,
It's got dissolved into firmament,
On sandy beach at crimson dawn,
Seated, I receive a faint trace of His presence.

Hey the Couturier, Yourself I do love;
In Your cadence I dance with all my heart.
Through Your vibration wakens a new-fashioned
Affectionate hankering endless.

So many of my moments have gone off;
Many nights, crossed have they become.
Hey the Sea, You are absent cease or shore,
Always unfamiliar in splendor of consciousness.

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Even were I to hide

(3229)  Bansharii dhvani tomari

The sound of a flute that's only Yours,
It pulls me and drags me, attracts me.
Whenever I think I'll not listen,
My resolve can't persevere.

At Vrindavan's grove inside psyche,
In both light and ebon's cranny,
Anywhere that I hide, hear can I
Amid love's splendid beauty.

In heaven, hell, and realm of living,
When and where I go on moving,
Day and night always it accompanies,
Tied by a thread of love only.

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A new kind of beauty

(3228)  Cheye navaghana niila gagane

New and impressive, covering the azure sky,
Today You arrived, now You did appear.
The screwpine pollen having coated life,
A peacock rose up dancing, it arose frolicking.

The air has gone on diffusing jui-jasmine spice;
The deer of a woodland trail is staring at the sky.
In contemplation, having thought on their plight,
A lyre rose up playing, it arose resounding.

From kadam stamen has exuded delight;
On it many drops of water are inscribed.
Having seen neep's beauty with own eyes,
Earth rose up decorating, it arose embellishing.

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Life requires a fixed ideal

(3227)  Tumi esechile, kena esechile bhalobesechile

You had arrived, You had come;
What's the reason You'd appeared, You had loved
With a sore, playful deception?

The why's answer, to all things it belongs,
Not just those within Your sport.
What You do is beneficial, I acknowledge;
By only its power, leaping over obstruction.

The why's answer, I don't want to receive;
Except Thee, I've naught meditation-worthy.
You remain forever on the mental mirror,
At all times and every location.

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Nothing is left

(3226)  Patha ceye base chinu juga dhare

Watching path seated had I been for ages;
Today with the heavy rains You arrived.
My fragrance is water-drenched;
It floats away like pollen of screwpine.

I have sought You in the day's light,
In every star of the dark night.
I've searched for You on azure sky;
You'd been in hiding at unknown site.

My scorching day has gone off;
The weary night has become morn.
The wreath had been theirs; now it's just a cord;
By what means You, my Darling, will I beautify?

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What fun can You get from this dimwit?

(3225)  Jakhani bhavi kichu cini bujhi

As soon as I think, something I am knowing,
I see that I know nothing, I know not.
When from the path I go down, viaticum I seek...
To understand what I search for, I cannot.

Since some unknown time, on a stream from unknown site,
At a far distance from remote, gone drifting have I.
Roving in search of a place unknown day and night,
Why is it so– am I asleep– I fathom not.

Hey the Embodiment of Kindness, Yours is such a game–
With the puny a divine play, new and strange!
Atomic with Cosmic is this liila;
Pray tell, can it go on?

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This garland of mine

(3224)  Jeo na rakho mor katha

Please don't leave, to my request acquiesce;
Just another watch,^[1] go on staying–
Go on staying, Love, go on staying.
Only its message, the garland I have threaded,
To give ear, simply pay heed.

Having given floral necklace, feet embraced,
To detain at my home, I don't crave.
With calm feet, go off to Your own place;
Not a single word will I speak.

In the mental mirror with tears bathed,
I have strung a garland only for Your sake.
This my wreath carries love's burden;
Nowhere in it is there pain or grief.

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