By Your grace

(2665)  Arupe chile tumi rupe esecho

Formless had You been, into form You've come;
You have filled the world with splendor.
Unto You I pay tribute time and again;
On the earth ambrosia You've poured.

In this world of form when I look anywhere,
Not a thing but You am I able to see;
In atom and molecule You are overflowing:
You alone are even beyond thought.

Providing refuge none but You is there,
And so all selfish pride falls breaking,
Sprawling in this faith at Your feet:
You reign with a stream of compassion.

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This world is ours to make

(2664)  Bhanu bhore balechilo more

The sun at dawn had told me:
"Fear of dark why be afflicted by...
I'll brighten you with crimson beams;
Gone has the night, oh do arise!

"With chirping have the birds been crazed;
Flowers laugh with pleasing wares.
Honeybees, dancing they make haste;
A petal's pollen ever you perspire.

"Oh do proceed, ignoring past exhaustion;
On the new morn, view in a new fashion.
Sing today songs of the Ever-Novel One;
Mold the world along fresh lines."

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In every life and afterlife

(2663)  Rupe raune bhara e bhuvane

To this world with form and hue replete,
Time after time You have arrived.
On darkness You've traced lines of light;
In the midst of wilderness You've infused life.

Very many cyclones and gales have reached;
A black fog has wanted to envelop and conceal.
Yet nonetheless Your splendor is unfading;
You have let the ebon be nullified.

However many more eons will come and leave,
They too will be lost in time's gaping cavity.
Many a nebula will vanish, it will disappear;
But all things You have kept within mind.

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The curse of vanity

(2662)  Etadin jare ceyechinu

For so long, the One I'd craved,
Was it He Who'd come to my dwelling?
He had been far away due to vanity,
But that I did not grasp instantly.

Through eyelids briefly I peer,
But on them were drops of tear.
Along with moonlit night's dream,
He cast not a glance at me.

At time of going upon journey,
I had stood, in hand a wreath.
"At night's end on a vernal breeze,"
Told He, "I'll come repeatedly."

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For our every deficit He compensates

(2661)  Dahana jvalay candana tumi

In burning flames You are sandalpaste;
Heat You bring to the polar chilliness.
A desert's aridity attains verdure;
On a fractured breast stream of hope descends.

Anyone's further needs You perceive,
So all know You provide the water of mercy.
A goad You impose upon vanity;
The wheels of Your chariot do not rest.

Those who cherish You, those who don't relish,
Everybody comes, hoping for Your closeness.
Hence, ruled by welfare, with a smile You present
What is not obtained through all of that defect.

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Father knows best

(2660)  Tomar dvare prarthana kare

Having prayed at Your gate,
Myself I deceive...
What You wish, please give to me.
The play of Creation, a cosmic assembly,
It's Your composition, my Lord Holy,
Same feat only for the sake of everybody.

Everybody knows You as their own;
Yourself they demand in happiness and sorrow.
Heeding no impeding wall's embargo,
They set aside vanity.

Will I crave even what I don't apprehend?
What's the purpose and to what extent?
My intellect is imperfect, I confess;
Please consider carefully.

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A blissful conformity

(2659)  Matta pavane nishiitha gagane

With heady wind on the night sky,
Had a tune playing arisen?
You'd been at an unknown spot in this heart of mine;
Attainment's ambition had got fulfilled.

Amid dark clouds the moon had dipped under cover,
But it had been peeping out every so often.
The mental peacock, forgetting close and distant,
Through dancing it had been bewildered.

Clouds went away, arrived a stream of effulgence;
Peekaboo twixt moon and clouds ended.
By bashful mien in smiling dream,
Another shape surrendered.

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