Love without cause

(1950)  Tumi esechile, maner andhar dure sariye dile

You had come;
The dark of mind You cast afar.
Dejection having expunged,
You lit hope's lamp inside heart.

Knowing or not knowing it,
In the mind just You I've wanted.
Only now, in this isolation,
Me You took, making Yours.

You did not ask for a thing,
And for You I did nothing.
Myself I knew not a bit,
But still love You lavished.

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His love is now and always

(1949)  Ganer sagare dhelecho

In song's ocean You have poured
Emotion of Your heart.
So I see no termination;
Constant is the flow of love.

By the shore a chum had said:
"Good enough was the quicksand...
Upon ship mayhap I got no berth;
Perhaps I got not my compartment."

I had waited, my own self forgotten,
At the bank of blind attachment.
Presently You took and stowed
My load on Your boat.

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Diamond in the rough

(1948)  Maner raja kena dure rayecho

Oh Mind-Ruler, why have You kept remote?
At core of my psyche, please do come close.
You are a diamond, and its radiance also;
Though in shapeless attire, set Your light afire.

Through bell and conch shell and lamp of ghee,
Having set out to appease, I found naught in psyche.
Now please come Yourself and by Your own means,
Teach me by which deeds occurs árati.

For how many ages upon You have I thought?
Via countless formal rites have I sought.
Now defeat I am conceding; mercy I implore
That Your bugle may resound inside the heart.

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No one else need know

(1947)  Tomare ceyechi maneri gahane

I have wanted You at only the mind's recess;
Apprised will be no one else.
On a moonlit night, against the vast blue sky
Nobody will divine a crane's feathers.

King of Psyche, at mind's core You will dwell;
Cosmic Emperor, You will rid all the darkness.
Visiting in secret, intimate in private,
There won't be anything falsely demonstrative.

I don't pray for drums of triumph, rather, a mild jingle;
Amid all that is harsh, I request a bangle and an anklet.
In the language quiet, in the discourse of the deaf,
Worldliness won't be able to persist.

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You've got a Friend...

(1946)  Ghor timire matha nata kare

In darkness dense, my head bent,
I had sat, feeling lonely.
From a golden heaven, wings having spread,
An angel says: "Morn and eve, I accompany.

"You are not alone, no, never had you been;
I am your lasting companion, don't you know Me?
Heaven's angel, inside mind I reside;
Melancholy one, don't be worried.

"Though You forgot Me, yourself I will not forget;
You did not recollect, yet to the side I won't set.
I stay mingled with the mind, painstakingly I provide;
Even by mistake, I do not neglect."

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Both inside and outside of me

(1945)  Niil sarovare ajana prahare

At some obscure hour on a blue pond
In mind's mirror You had blossomed.
Hey the Psychic Lily soft and tender,
Having filled me, You are both outside and in.

Ever recognized are You of uncharted place;
Acknowledged or not, You are known by name.
Hey Ruler of Holy Sites, salute at feet
I offer Thee frequently.

More than soul You are one's own self,
The principal kinsman, person most honest.
Venerated by smiling, sweet magnolia,
Upon myriad streams, You've got scattered.

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His greatness

(1944)  Kon arup lokete chile

In which formless realm had You been
Ere stooped You down to form-sphere?
With blooms and leaves, buds and greenery,
Sweetness You did lavish.

This, the splendor of Your shapes,
Not earth nor heaven can contain.
The swollen heart overflowing,
Oh what feelings You delivered!

Those who've known Your name's greatness,
They have understood the glory of Your love.
As for existence, development, and bliss,^[1]
To them their fragrance You furnished.

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