A new day is coming

(1964)  Tandra sariye ele madhurii dhaliya dile

You came removing stupor; You gave sweetness-pouring.
Then You departed, quietly blending with the vitality.
We were not knowing much, and this we were not grasping;
We were merely lasting, our eyes glued shut.

At Your touch the speechless are made talkative;
With love's passion taking shape, liveliness sparkles.
Mid a desert-mirage is greenery in new attire;
Having been embodied, in the song it does rise.

On Your ideation, away narrowness does float;
With rhythm in dance Your lyric tunes overflow.
After having loved You, resultant from Your thought,
Worldliness sails unto the state of being conscious.

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You are the one sure refuge

(1963)  Eka tumi vaibe kena sab bojha

You alone, the whole weight why will You carry?
Upon also my pate, do give a bit,
Graciously You gave that capacity.

Only due to You am I strong...
With just Your power, on the path I walk;
And my intellect, it too is Yours,
Laughing and dancing around You only.

Except for You no one else is mine...
Yes, all are friends in happy times;
But in times of sorrow, You alone do I find–
Both living and dying are with You only.

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Compassion beyond comprehension

(1962)  Kusuma parage tumi ele

You came like flower-pollen...
On a gentle wind, welcomed and taken in,
As if You were a visitor unbidden.^[1]

Who longs for You, who has not looked,
Who has forgot, who hasn't even understood...
Thinking of that, You do not get distress;
Mind's sweetness You did lavish.

I too have not yearned, not knowing, not understanding;
But You've come in front of me, dressed in peerless beauty.
The flag of compassion, oh Condensed Consciousness,
You've unfurled against the blue heavens.

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Not at all transactional

(1961)  Amar jiivane raunin svapane

In my life, with a multicolored dream
Having instilled, Who did appear?
Oh Who came; Who are You that came to me?
Yourself I don't know, Yourself I don't recognize;
Nonetheless, having come, dye You applied.

Day and night, about You I've been thinking;
Heartily I've longed for You in privacy.
Like the spore of a flower I have risen upon Thee,
Floating on the waters of only Your beauty.

Hey my Darling Dearest, supremely reverend,
To You my existence, it is fastened.
You alone are my effort and objective;
That is why, I realize, You came privately.

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Now and always one and only

(1960)  Kusuma kanane smita anane

In the garden of flowers, with a smiling countenance
You arrived after so long, oh Merciful One.
Dormant hopes and all my love,
Today are they embodied by Your implication.

In consequence, what I'd wanted, that I have achieved;
And what I did not want, that also I've received.
With majesty of bearing at both crest and trough,
You came face-to-face, oh Avatar of Compassion.

Never is there a beginning or an end of You;
Nonetheless, in ignorance I seek residue.
At all times You're the same Master Absolute,
In form, beyond form, oh my Playful Lord.

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Where logic and selfishness get defeated

(1959)  Maner kone he venudhar

In a psychic corner, hey the Pipe Bearer,^[1]
When You entered stealthily,
With dance and song, tone modulating,
To my thinking You did cause a frenzy.

In regard to Your beauty, it has no end;
And virtue having pondered, I'm out of my depth.
At playing the cosmic game with great expertness,
Throughout the universe You are revered.

Wastage of time, oh, I do not make;
With just strings of love will I certainly attain...
Through the sweet flow of devotion for no personal gain,^[2]
At a contemplative space hard to reach.

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My quandary

(1958)  Tomake bheve bheve balo kii phal habe

From often musing on You, say what fruit will be,
Though You did not come to my dwelling.
I think I will not think, but still why do I think?
Come and inform me.

Aglow, the lamp of hope had been sustained;
A garland of flowers had been arrayed.
In mind-blossoms at a garden solitary,
Nectar had been kept replete.

What I am to do or not to do, declare right away;
Surrender's formula kindly inculcate.
Sitting in meditation-pose with ardent psyche,
I would hold on to Thee.

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