Is it truly mutual?

(1919)  Bhalabesechi tomay

I have been in love with Thee;
Why that's so, I don't see, I don't see, I don't see.
Vanity, far away it separates me;
To it though, I don't heed, I don't heed, I don't heed.

For You am I gathering bakul on the morn,
For Your sake arranging an altar with blossoms.
Always whirling, round and round You I cavort;
And no one else enters my psyche.

I am ocean's high tide, and You are my moon;
But You only watch and smile from far removed.
I laugh and I weep, adrift on Your rumination;
Don't You understand this reality!

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What kind of fool am I?

(1918)  Tomake bhavite bhalo lage mor

It pleases me Yourself to ponder...
Why do You not speak, why do You not speak?
What's this hope, this hopeless dream,
A cradle rocking between wanting and not getting?

Why don't You come near, why just stay far-far distant;
Why just call me like a phantom with a beckon?
Myself upon sky You keep floating like a flower's pollen;
What is this love of Yours... is it deceit?

River, the ocean she does like to discover;
Comet comes racing into Earth's circumference.
And I too, in guise of meditation, with You want to merge;
But even knowing this, You don't take heed?

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I have found sanctuary

(1917)  Nandanavana manthana kari, tomake peyechi priyatama

Churning Paradise,
I have found You, the Most Beloved:
In a realm divine under moonlight,
At a bamboo bower is the Sweetest.

You're my ocular antimony,
And You've arrived to root out blind attachment dreary:
On Your contemplation ensues the morning,
My psyche rid of sin.

Now I'm knowing that but for You there is no protector;
I'm fathoming the intuitive intellect in everyone:
By Your grace sanctuary stays received,
Hey the Radiant Purest.

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With Your smile and flute

(1916)  E kar hasi e kar banshii

Whose smile is this; Whose flute is this?
One who drifts travels on their litter eternal.

Oh Who are You, sweetly talking?
You arrived, the mind's dark eradicating.
All that lived at Vrindavan
With Your heart were made to mingle.

'Pon the dust from Your feet,
The forest-doe's love secretes.
Lavish are the blooms, tier after tier;
And I too say: "I love Thee."

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Why make me cry?

(1915)  Tava tare aviral

Constantly due to You,
My eyes are weeping,
Tears are falling,
I am crying.

Why don't You come near;
You don't cogitate in psyche!
Clothed in form You don't beam;
Remote You linger.

Don't You know I am Yours,
Even though You are everyone's!
Inside the molecule, oh Quintessence,
You reside, full of liila.

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Everyone depends on Him

(1914)  Je tomare bhalo beseche

The one who has held You dear,
Do You just belong to her;
And if so, why do contrite sinners
Fix eyes on only Your visage?

Into everyone alike the air infuses life,
A song in steady stream of quarter tones sings the sky,
And paying heed to no fault is the moon's honeyed light;
All of those are shared in common.

Of all who are noble You are most high-minded,
Inanimate or animate, to one and all largehearted;
Oh Guardian of Orphans, You are the patron cosmic...
You are the lord and master of everyone.

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The greatest philanthropist

(1913)  Nijere charaye diyecho

Yourself You have dispersed,
The universe within.
You ask for nothing; everything You go on giving,
In a willing fashion.

Equal to You as a donor, there is no other one,
Father, mother, sibling, friend, or guardian.
Having dwelt amid us all, keeping all replete,
Acquaintance You retain in secret.

Name-and-fame You don't crave, but remain giving it;
Others made talented, Yourself You lie hidden.
You are extraordinary, I am bound by worlds three;^[1]
Under Your refuge is happiness.

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