This garland of mine

(332)  Phulera malati

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 come; You did not appear—
You did not assuage my yearning.

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Proximity

(331)  Tomari bhuvane tomari bhavane

In Your cosmos, in Your mansion,
Days go by awaiting Thee.
On Your footfall, on Your recall,
Light shines at darkest night.

With Your colors and forms, incense and lamps,
A speck of Your divine grace rains down.
With Your ties of love as lutes resound,
With Your sweet songs sung out loud,
With Your abundant 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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Upstream

(330)  Amara hiyay bhul kare hay

Alas, my heart strays...
Lord, You came 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^[1] 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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Melody from afar

(329)  Ajike dakle more durera sure

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^[1] 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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Fetching smile, affectionate eyes

(328)  Tomar madhur hasi niye eseche

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^[1] You have poured ambrosia.

Come, Lord, in the ecstasy of Krsna's^[2] assembly;
Your affectionate eyes have filled us with life.

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Mission and submission

(327)  Saomya shanta cetanananda

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,^[1]
Rushes toward You, bearing all alongside.

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Divine revolution

(326)  Tumi nityashuddha paramaradhya

You, the ever-pure and supremely reverend,
You've brought a tidal wave in the sea of light.
You've filled the world with color and form,
And animated it with new life.

With Your touch the universe has awakened;
You arouse all-round exuberance.
With Your cheer the cosmos becomes jubilant;
You delight everyone with effulgence.
You are one, but You've come in countless modes
To bestow life in countless flows.

You have kept the blue sky alight
With myriad hues and abundant stars.
You've appeared before disconsolate lives
Arrayed as everybody's Polaris.
You are one, but You've come in many incarnations
To perform for all the muktisnán.^[1]

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