My every thought mingles with Thee

(178)  Tomari deoya mane

With a mind given by Thee,
In the contemplation of You only,
My day and night, they slip away.
You are my polestar,
You don't make bewildered,
So toward You everything does race.

With a heart by You given,
Seated in pose for Your meditation,^[1]
Lifestream gets lost in Your current.

Everyone is in Your mind,
And You are in everyone's mind;
So with You every thought unites.

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I will win

(177)  Tava patha ceye achi

I am gazing at Your path;
Don't You know that?
So many days have passed;
So many nights have vanished...
Yet, without sleep, I am waiting,
I sit here waiting.

Your game divine is marvelous,
Every day, always novel!
Have You thought I will give up,
Shrinking in fear from the sport?

For my sake, in front of me,
You must come, descending!

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We move ever onward

(176)  Jiivanta nay theme thaka bhai

My kin, life does not stay halted;
We dance onward, toward the formless.
We did not come here for weeping;
Through cadence and song we tell a story.

In outer space plies a distant nebula;
Swaying to its mood and tempo is mind's gem.
The dust-mote, also it moves every instant;
And in straw's bosom, a bud does blossom.

Heart's ardor and cognition's luster,
All despair they trample over.

My kin, life does not get halted.

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Love propagates...

(175)  Tomara gopana katha

Your intimate secret,
On this day of bliss,
Now you be fulfilling
With songs of novelty.

Everyone is proximate;
All, abrim with affection...
A lovesong to the Most Precious,
You make flow in every heart.

Nowadays, to His rhythm, Earth
Sings in a raag more modern;
To give those who live tone's rise-and-fall,
Through melodies, it makes them swoon...
At this time, in each mind's every pore
Hope you pack, with tune after tune.

An incandescent lamp, world to entice,
In every life you ignite.

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Your grace only

(174)  Amar manete tumi sabar manete tumi

In my mind are You, in everybody's mind are You;
Inside Your mind everyone wants refuge.
The lofty mountain stoops before Thee;
Peace it seeks in the dust of Your feet.

As far out as I peer, but for You there is nothing;
From You I am coming, and to You I go merging.
All Your divine sport, all the game of hide-and-seek,
Races toward Infinity, taking along everybody.

Who, forgetting themselves, to You stay oblivious,
Sightless on a dark night, they walk, getting lost.

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His is the flow we follow

(173)  Dyuloke bhuloke tari padadhvani

In heaven and on Earth is His footfall;
With His jingling sound, the reverberation.
On the bright-white peak of snowcapped mountain,
On the wave of the ocean, there is His script.

In vines and in leaves, and in lines of flowers,
In the psychic crannies and in colored exhibitions,
With every forgetful person's end to contemplation,
There goes on abiding only His vibration.

So by calling constantly and by saying "I proceed",
In conduct you imitate His stream.

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The one thing I need

(172)  Tava krpa bina amar taranii

Without Your mercy, my ship,
On a shoreless sea it sails adrift.
I've not wanted to hear any words;
I've not wanted to get any wisdom...
I just want You to arrive adjacent;
Having spread both arms, I'll hold on to a leg.

I do fear the vanity of action;
I can't bear the haughtiness of wisdom.
So, arriving quietly, sit in my vicinity,
With acquisition's joy like ambrosia secretes.

Action is with You only, wisdom is with You only;
On attaining Thee, everything gets received.

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