Fill me with Your light

(442)  Eso kache mama pranera priyatama

Love of my life, please come nigh.
Like the soothing paste of sandalwood,
Touch me with Your pleasant scent;
Spread my eyes wide with Your smile.

In every psyche in earth's every niche,
In some deep cavern have You kept hid.
Coming before me with Your radiant light,
Oh Lord, please fill my heart and mind.

You were concealed in unconscious mind,
And also in subconscious sometimes.
Come down, come into my conscious mind;
And make me forget all my mind's pride.

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Wrapped in light

(441)  Purva arunacale tumi jabe esechile

When You appeared on eastern horizon,
You lifted Earth's black, overcast night.
Lilies sang, getting Your rays of light;
And sweetness blossomed on water and land.

Thereafter did not remain any gloomy lamentation—
The drought was over; assorted greenery came out.
Gently wrapped in light, atoms and molecules roll about;
And so under blue sky began the annals^[1] of Creation.

Around the feet of the One, with mantra of only the One,
In rhythm and song everyone makes haste in same embrace.

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He flies across the sky

(440)  Se je esechilo

It is He Who had arrived
At the first dawn of life, oh,
At the first dawn of life.
On a chariot of golden light
He flies across the sky, lo,
He flies across the sky.

Throughout the universe was a hush;
None was there to speak a word,
None with whom to share heart's sorrow,
Naught but dust in this world, no,
Naught but dust in this world.

Ardent for existence, at dawn's crimson color,
With heart's pollen
He bestows fragrance, yes,
He bestows fragrance.

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Bashfully at Your lotus feet

(439)  Aji vasanta elo jiivane

Today, springtide arrived in my life.
You have come, and You awakened
A fresh vibration in the world.

Deep-rooted is the stir that You have given
In fragrant flowers, without and within;
In perfumed incense and honeybees of mind;
And in cosmetic balm applied to my eyes.

With mango, bakul, and shimul blossoms,
You've colored my heart's silken cloth,
On this mental spring, in hushed secrecy,
Bashfully at Your lotus feet.

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Heart's content

(438)  Paran bhare baran kari

Once I've welcomed You to heart's content,
Please come this day into my home.
Let me view You till my eyes are full;
Let me shelter You, holding Your feet.

With sweetness of fruits and flowers
I have filled my wicker tray.^[1]
All heart's corners are arrayed
To receive You now and ever after.

In my hearing, thought, and contemplation,
Please take Your seat today on my heart's throne.
The hope that was restrained in psychic cavern,
Consummate it now by Your sweet grace.

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At my garden house

(437)  Tomari manane tomari shravane

Thinking only of You, listening only to You,
To parts unknown my mind goes sailing,
Sailing beyond the sea of light.
With but Your name and song, rhythm and melody,
My mind, it hankers to acquire,
Hankers to acquire lost treasure once again.

I have kept arranged my heart-seat,
Meticulously, to accommodate Thee.
I've decked it with mind's incense and lamps
To worship Thee as best I can.
Come, please come my dear, come my darling dear;
You are my most beloved, by Your sweet mercy.

At my garden house in a myrtle bower,^[1]
The water of love rains down incessantly.

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Swooning

(436)  More kii katha balo go tumi

Oh, what are You saying to me,
When conscious, when unconscious?
That message, I cannot grasp;
Feeling abashed, my mind swoons.

In Your garden, so many flowers blossom;
In Your mind, so many jewels shine.
Though I might realize You,
In Your divine game, I am defeated.
My downcast eyes drown in tears.

What lies in Your mind,
That only Your mind knows.
You have conquered my heart;
Heart lost, what endures?

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