Game of fate

(383)  Ajke tomar saunge sabar

Today, with You, everyone
Got acquainted anew.
The game of fate, the cosmic sport,
Without You there is naught.

You are Visnu, most glorious,
The rhythm-filling omkara.
You are the apple of love's eye,
Everyone's friend, all of the time.

In each and everything You lie veiled,
But You remain ready to be embraced.
In a secluded corner of everyone's mind,
Secretly full of sweetness You abide.

By radiance of light and wizardry of form,
Please swap Your heart in exchange for ours.

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My mental lotus

(382)  Eso kache eso kache

Come close, please come close;
My distant Friend, come close.
For You alone my mental lotus
Is full of pollen.

In a muddy pond,
I've kept abloom a clean lily,
On which Your rosy feet may cross.
Come close, please come close;
For You alone my mental lotus
Is full of fragrance.

Amid wintry winds,
I've kept abloom a white lily,
Adorned by the sun.
Come close, please come close;
For You alone my mental lotus
Is full of sweetness.

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Contradictions

(381)  Tumi esecho na bale

Unheralded, You've arrived;
Now come closer, and stay nearby.
Play, play, play
On Your flute in cadence and dance.

Ear to the ground for Your advent
So many ages, day and night, was I.
In spring, smiling tenderly, You came,
And made me forget all my pain.

Today the air carries sweet resonance,
And mind vibrates with thrilling thought.
When the Lord of the universe appeared,
He gave fresh impact to the world.

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My golden lotus

(380)  Tumi amar sonari kamal

You are my golden lotus.^[1]
Flourish; and then in my heart reside,
Making each and every thing bright.

Don't stay, don't stay very far away;
You dwell in my heart with rhythm and melody.
Be radiant and fragrant, my sweet Lord,
Filling with allure Your one hundred petals.^[2]

Having recognized You, I still don't know You;
Remaining close, You play peekaboo.
Having held You, I cannot hang on to You,
You Who are ever sporting yet pristine.^[3]

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What hurts

(379)  Prathama jiivane tumi aso niko

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 do some work upon this earth.
But time passes idly, the chance gets wasted;
And blaming God is ineffectual.

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Expectations

(378)  Asha asha kare

In expectations,
So many lives transpired.
Yet, of those expectations,
None are fulfilled.

They did not happen–
Those that were in my mind.
Those that I never wanted–
They came in abundance.
Whenever love occurred,
It was honey-coated comings and goings,
Always departing,
Gratifying only for a span of time.

Touring the flower garden,
Thorns arose at each step.
In the gentle southern breeze,
I met with a cyclone.
I've now realized that my expectations
Are like a mirage;
The disappointments at the end of hope
Are Your two rosy feet.

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Beyond cosmology

(377)  Marma mathiya hiya niunariya

Stirring my soul and wringing my heart,
You came today, Lord, the essence of mind.
With Your substance, everyone received form;
With Your effulgence, they became bright.

Without thought, there was a transcendental realm;
In the stream of creation, the three worlds^[1] arose.
With universal cognition, You brought splendor;
Exuding sweetness, You became the essence of nectar.

Without existence, there was no extinction;
Without the tiny, there was no great.
Without the night, there was no day;
There was only You, my Limitless One.

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