Friday, April 3, 2026

What's not to like?



(3619) Bahe madhu pavan e jyotsnay

Under this moonlight blows a wind that's sweet.
By the touch of vernal breeze, aroma is impassioned;
The cuckoo bird makes one hear what story?

Earth is dancing with young, tender leaves in color;
Floating is the scent of the molted blossoms.
Along with the bastard teak and minds anxious,
Silk-cotton trees go on smiling.

The bed of medlars is coated with fragrance;
The magnolia grove with trumpet flowers is gone mad.
The floral ornaments, around foot wrapped,
They allure with Nature's beauty.

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

The last word?



(3618) Kunale kanta thake ke na jane

Who doesn't realize that thorns reside upon stalk;
So does a lotus say "I won't uphold", pray tell, Beloved?
I am not able to see in the late night dark;
Even then, won't I walk on the path unknowable?

What is not in my vicinity, is it then worth naught,
Like a story that never more will I think of?
Amid the insignificant abides a cream-collection;
In a mine's dark abyss the lovely diamond sparkles.

Foolish me, I've contrived many disparate mistakes;
Having known the right theory, heed I have not paid.
At evening having come today, the path I've attained;
You shine upon a sea of twilight, glow fit to worship.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

I pray for relief



(3617) Tumi alor pratibhu prabhu

Master, You are Light's Broker;
Set aside the gloomy dark.
At end of the protracted night,
Do let dawn be brought.

So much had I been waiting,
Age after age by the hundreds aplenty.
Of a dull-witted mind, stymied,
Today, kindly note once more.

Counting brief seconds, day has transpired;
The night's darkness, alone and tongue-tied.
With unreal knowledge life has gone by;
Kindle the lamp of profound wisdom! 

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Don't be cruel



(3616) Tomar ganer tale tale necechi

Danced have I to Your song's many beats.
Don't You know, don't You see
I have held You dear?

With crimson glow, dawn's newly risen sun;
From sluggish wind, the smile of blossom.
By consciousness sleep is broken;
In Your direction, I've remained watching.

At day's end beneath the evening star,
To but one thought's some ektara,
The music mode removes night's dark;
Through just its tune I've met defeat.  

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Delusion and reality



(3615) Tumi kao na katha sunayana

Fair-eyed maiden, you say nothing;
Why don't you speak?
For whose sake, your tears run;
Who has given misery?

Night and day in whose expectation,
Steadfastly, you remain vigilant...
On tears float the love-spores
That crave no more Whose proximity?

What you hear or listen to under daylight,
Dreams You weave at dark of night...
Which ignis fatuus do you draw nigh;
What is your austerity?  

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Finally I see



(3614) Tomar e gan anadikaler

This Your song from ancient times,
With the endless it unites.
In tune and beat on vast blue sky,
Onward it glides.

No one knows when the start;
Even held, it stays uncaught.
Coming and going within heart,
Finish in the Infinite abides.

You exist in Your anthem;
In the universe, sway You've wakened.
You dance in whole-hearted cadence,
Most Sweet Lord, with rapt mind. 

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And yet I don't



(3613) Tar namer madhu mane mekhe rai

His name's sweetness, upon mind I stay coating;
Upon mind I stay coating.
He is my morning's sun,
Hope and confidence of a night dense.
Him I can forget nowhere!

In dawn's light is just His smile;
Inside the mind He plays on bamboo pipe.
With hue of bloom getting combined–
He keeps doing that only; hence my plight is risky.

Like this, He goes and comes;
He floats invisibly in such fashion.
He rids gloom through look sidelong;
I take His acquaintance, not having seen. 

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