Forget me not

(356)  Jhara kusumera vyatha bojho na

Don't You know the sorrow of the falling flower?
I wither in tears and drop as I shrivel–
How do Your eyes remain dry?

I've displayed beauty and bestowed fragrance;
I've mesmerized with sweet surges of emotion.
Now as I decay, like the wicked,
Don't bring me to an end.

In the bloom of youth, I was in Your mind;
I blossomed in Your heart.
As I pass away and when I die,
Please don't forget me.

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Dear mother

(355)  Ogo amar adarer mati

Oh my dear mother,
Mine of gold and diamonds, purer than sugar...
On my coming to this world, I saw you first.
Before your beauty, mind fills with verdant grace;
Mother, by your presence, I'm indebted in many ways.

You provide for me the food and drink I crave;
Your sweetness inundates my life with fragrance.

By serving you I'll faithfully serve the universe;
Your deliverance will shatter fetters everywhere.

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Sleight of hand

(354)  Prabhu tomar liilar chale

Lord, with Your sleight of hand,
Why do you distract me?
Enough of Your magic I've seen;
Now I look at the Magician.

Beneath Your red lotus feet,
My submissive mind lies prostrate.
Your ready instrument am I made;
Set me to Your work unceasingly.

Days come, and days pass by;
Alas, my life's work has not begun.
Food and pleasure induce idle slumber;
Unobserved slips away the time.

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Future visions

(353)  Nutan prabhate tumi ele ele

At break of dawn You came, You came,
Bathed in crimson light.
To save the world You came, You came,
Having set aside all pride.

Heart stealer, why were You careless so long?
Please tell me; tell me, please.
Can the jewel of my eyes ever stay far away?
No, He cannot; He cannot do that.
Impassioned prayers about impassable barriers
Came to an end, this day; they came to an end.

Today, future visions are not flowers in the sky;
They are jewels of the earth, jewels of the earth.
Budding ideals don't appear only in the mind–
They shine constantly; constantly they shine.
You have come personally, giving respect to all,
And deeming every being equal.

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Boundless

(352)  Cira nutanke kache peyechi

I've got close to the Evernew;
I will never let Him go.
In my mind, I clutch Mohan;^[1]
My flow of joy admits no bar.

Oh, my happiness, it is endless;
Today my heart thrills with delight.
Like a parched tree in an arid desert,
My emerald luster had been lost.
Then I attained the One I sought;
And now my holy quest is fulfilled.

In a sea of voices, I was submerged;
Bereft of glee, I grew fatigued.
Then at the shore of forms, I found the formless
And lost myself in attainment of bliss.
Free from impediment is the mind I now know;
This mind heeds no bounds.

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Hang on

(351)  Kena go ebhave ele

Why did You come like that?
Tired from calling and calling,
I had fallen off to sleep.
Suddenly, in my dream You came;
And suddenly You went away again.

Your coming and going this way–
My mind, it did not satisfy.
Next time, dreaming or awake,
After You've come into my mind,
I'll ensnare You secretly–
You'll not be able to leave.

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None else

(350)  Tumi bina ke ba krpa karite pare

Besides You, who else can show clemency;
Who else is universally revered?

Everyone longs for Your tenderness;
Every mental lyre plays the same strain.
Everyone's grief, every regret,
Is alike in Your sea of grace.

Heedless of virtue or sin, You love everyone;
The foolish and illiterate You never scorn.
You are everyone's life, everyone's aspiration;
And so, around You the felicity of all revolves.

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