While birds sing

(488)  Udvela hiya tomari lagiya

My heart brims with love for You;
My mind pays heed to no taboo.
I orbit You in bashful sweetness;
Your thoughts suffuse my whole existence.

In the florid glow of a brilliant morn,
While birds sing their splendid song,
In their midst, I search avidly for Thee,
Since they conjure Your memory.
You set my anxious heart aflutter,
When You fill the world with form and color.

The break-of-day sun scatters red dye^{[nb 2]}
As crimson spreads across the vast, blue sky.
Attuned to music and revolving in dance rhythm;
Such is the pursuit I make of You.

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Where logic fails

(487)  Tora bal go tora more bal

Please do tell, oh do tell me.

In winter, why does the lotus never blossom?
I weep so bitterly, oh my cruel Love;^[1]
Tell me why to my home she won't come.

In harshest summer, why is rain not combined?
In song and dance I invite; eagerly I look, I bide...
Love, why does water keep afar; why does it lie?^[2]

Why does the palash tree not bear fruit?^[3]
He for Whom I take birth, He Whose work I do,
Why does He make my tears spew?

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My Desideratum

(486)  Kache nahi aso kabhu

You don't come near;
What is this love of Yours?
I love You so much,
And yet You visit infrequently.

In the fragrance of flowers, You spring to mind
In my heart's delight, You always appear.
You are the centerpiece of my life;
All my hopes revolve around Thee.

Not getting You, I weep bitterly;
On Thee I rely entirely.

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In Thine eyes

(1370)  Nayaneri ainjana manasarainjana

As the makeup on my eyes and the color of my mind,
From birth to death, You are my companion.
The beauty of Your body floats upon the vast heavens;
By You I've been mesmerized.

In the boundary of phenomenon, in Your magic mirror,^[1]
Everything resounds with a jangle of ankle bells.^[2]
Show pity, and please gather me into Your eyes,
In every life, oh my Citacor.^[3]

In Your universe, I don't long for anything;
Grant me pure devotion through self-sacrifice.
Your desire, that's my cherished goal;
You are the moon, and I am its chukor.^[4]

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The pleasure grove

(485)  Mora kaj niye bence achi

We live for our mission.
Dancing, to the forest we go;
Bearing timber, we come back home.

Inside the forest is a pleasure grove;
An air of joy and wind of dance are there.
We hear seven hundred critiques,
But we never lose our dignity;
We go on being happy constantly.

With flowers great is our affinity;
As much as life swings, so much is our fancy.
No fear or shame have we; love is what we feel.
With God alone we stay very close.

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You have come

(484)  Esecho paran bhariya esecho

You have come; fulfilling my life, You have come.

I have sought You, taking birth after birth;
Many nights passed, sleepless and tearful.
Then at long last, mercy befell with Your arrival;
By Your own hand, my lamp was kindled.

Verdure returned to an arid wilderness;
A trickling stream was brought to spate.
In song and dance, my broken heart found grace;
You've applied a tender caress.

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When we became one

(483)  Milaner dine prabhata kirane

On the day we merged, with the morning sunrays,
Inside my mind, darkness no longer remained.
With the fragrance of flowers and sweet smile of life,
Everything painful was swept aside.

Countless past lives have come to fruition;
Requited was every good and bad action.
In a split second everything drifts away;
All was forgotten when Yours I became.

You exist, whereas I merely persist;
In every exchange, it is You I've obtained.
By Your grace, attachments are erased;
All desires and acquires become alike.

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