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(1957)  Man balechilo tumi asibe

Mind had told that You will come:
Embrace You'll grant, You won't remain distant.
After closely noting all, heart had fathomed:
Having mused on only You is a jubilation.

As soon as I long for You only,
I get satisfaction from no other thing.
And You, likewise, only after taking me,
You go on playing silently.

Were I absent it would be Your inconvenience;
When there is no drop, is there ocean either?
Only with me is Your cosmic entertainment
At a festival perpetual.

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I follow Your lead

(1956)  Pather disharii mama

Oh my Trailblazer,
Yield to me in the realm of meditation...
Like the pearl in oyster shell,
Hard to reach, in the deeps of consciousness.

Sin or virtue or whatever is, of it I have none;
I don't care to look in that former direction.
I want just to attain a speck of Your grace,
Every instant inside of my existence.

Oh Lord and Master, I am Your puny machine;
Based on only Thee is my power to conceive.
All around You only is the wine of my lifetime,
Everywhere overflowing.

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A flower with its honey

(1955)  Bhomra gane phuler kane

The bumblebee, through a song in flower's ear,
Who knows what it did speak...
Maybe a verse, loving words;
Maybe an ache, lackadaisically.

The pollen bears Whose tidings;
Only His ditty the hawk-cuckoo sings.
Laughing the bumblebee, come to listen,
From the cuckoo^[1] it got lessoned.

Stricken by distress, mind's bumblebee,
It sings His couplets everlasting.
And bereft, on account of just His honey,
Rush it does toward Him only.

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It must be realized

(1954)  Andhar eseche alo jvalo

Kindle light... darkness has come;
This utter ebon can't be borne.
Imbue all things with humanity;
I want prosperity and more prosperity.

Many an age has passed, musing on inertia;
It has brought self-recognition like a desert-mirage;
So bring you the ever-new, no more stuff outdated;
An evening jasmine having laughed, hope it awakened.

A host of people you are overlooking...
You don't realize that it's blistering humanity.
Languor past ignored, hands upraised invite everybody;
The flag of victory is seen... flying it began.

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Sadhana

(1953)  Amar dharay jvallo alo

In my world a light burned
On Your cordial touch.
So everything felt good,
With happiness of love.

At home's niche lone had I been;
Crying, crying secretly.
That crying mine was fruitful,
As with a smile You did come.

Having wiped away my tears,
You averred: "I am yours...
Do not weep, but proceed,
Striving for completeness."

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Focus on Him

(1952)  Andhar nishiithe tumi ele

You came on a dark night;
A lantern You did light.
On rainy night, You complied;
Good fortune You assigned.

When at my home was there
Abundant light overflowing,
Brightness was glittering...
You had come but did not reply.

Now am I deprived of all;
On my own I've built a stone-prison.
Tears falling, I have called;
Only on hearing, at my hut
Rapidly You arrived.

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A charming magic

(1951)  Shyamal shobhay tumi ele

You came with a green loveliness;
Upon surface of the earth You scattered it.
Kindliness You instilled
With blooms and buds, dynamic and static.

Hey Shyam,^[1] You have no equal;
I want You with mind and heart.
Oh sweet Mohan,^[2] what fascination
Is inflamed by Your love-lamp!

In Your presence I do not covet aught;
Those who have You have it all.
With the Kaostubha jewel over Your heart,^[3]
You are luminous in good times and bad.

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