It is tiring

(906)  Eso tumi amar ghare

Come You into my home;
Take Your seat on my heart's throne.
With love's flowers I've adorned
The altar I've fashioned in isolation.

For a very long time, coming and going,
Even in respite, I get no relief.
In hope of You, on what early dawn
Did my inner journey start?

Frequently upon this odyssey,
Exhaustion drops on my body and psyche.
Please forgive my fatigue;
Bestowing on me a speck of mercy.

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Over and above

(905)  Tumi sabar praner priya

You are the love of everyone's life;
Compared to You, there is none like.
Without cause You grant affection;
You pamper with immense compassion.

Within the mind You are hid;
What happens there is per Your wish.
Unbidden, You have given everything;
And, still, You keep inspiring.

The sparkle in every heart's sky
And hope's light in desperate lives,
On our footpath You move, having made gush
Desire for righteous, all-round progress.

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Inside out

(904)  Krpa karecho dhara diyecho

You've bestowed grace, granted Your embrace;
The universe You've filled with beauty and melody.
Not even the tiniest thing is outside Thee;
Within Your mind, You've maintained everything.

Perpetually, only You are the Creator;
With Your splendor the world is luminous.
In every atom You go on making cosmic sport,
Timeless and lovely, personifying consciousness.
You've loved us, and You've thrilled our hearts;
You've demonstrated Your true form.

On every leaf is Your writing;
Your painting's on the flower's body.
With the thunder of clouds and the twanging of bows,
With the jingling of lutes, in bloom You've rose.

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When you came

(903)  Tumi jakhan esechile

When you came
The moon was full.
Playing peekaboo with the moon
Was the motion of the clouds.

Nebulae of the distant sky
Were drawn in sandalpaste.
One newly arrived swan^[1]
Had forgotten the way.

So many moonlit nights came and went;
The seat of my heart remained empty.
With the sound of your footsteps,
My heart was filled with moonlight.
That swan came again;
He recognized the path and took it.

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He goes

(902)  O ke cale jay o ke cale jay

Ah, Who is leaving, going away,
Wringing a corner of my psyche,
Setting ablaze its dense woodlands,
And battering me so?
He goes, goes, goes; goes, goes, goes.

Many Fall and Spring evenings
And many fair mornings have passed;
But many storms and thunderclaps
Rolled by, my burning eyes crying.

In flower gardens is but His luster;
In distant heavens, the sun's just He;
Only for Him I suffer everything,
Countless trials and tribulations.

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With just a memory

(901)  Apar payodhi par haye ele

You arrived, having crossed the shoreless sea,
For my sake bestowing so much mercy,
Respecting all lowly creatures
And forgetting Your own lofty stature.

Numerous ages have elapsed thenceforth,
And from the sky many a star was lost;
But calling to mind those rosy feet of Yours,
I've simply swum past every obstruction.

Tempests have come to put out the lantern,
And comets wanted to burn the flower;
Time's vicious teeth have been hankering
To devour all of my sweetness.

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Moving on

(100)  Kamalanebur varne gandhe

With the color and smell of oranges,
You've come today in new fashion.
Having roused blizzards mid snowdrifts,
You've brought an arctic chill.

For You no longer is there respite;
You bring shivers, huge and incessant.
Now, having brought a quake with song of frost,
Having made Your divine sport, You have moved along.

On drumstick trees flowers have clung;
With fruit the jujube trees are laden.
Today, those who repose in hibernation,
Have You contemplated them?

On this wintry night, silent and lonely,
You've been seized with transcendental feeling.

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