Please make a date next time

(1982)  Ke tumi ele abelay

Who are You that came at close of day?
Why did You come, where had You been,
And why had You cherished me?
With gentle laugh, a soft caress You gave;
Then to a place unknown You went away.

On body are Your tender leaves, fresh and green;
In heart there blows a southern breeze.
To a dance-beat, oh Song's Epitome,
You rise upon realms heavenly.

In Your company, but there is no familiarity;
On You I had not got the scope to think.
Beyond time, hey my Playful Entity,
You are smiling privately.

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Giving is a blessing

(1981)  Tomay ami ceyechilum, jiivan belar balukay

Yourself had I observed
Along the sands of life's time...
On morning sun's crimson tide,
At blush of my twilight.

Having given mind, a mind I'm requiring;
What I've wanted, that I've not received.
I am understanding it has been a mistake,
Like barter-trade with the same desire.

Nothing more will I beseech;
I'll only go on giving wherever You may be.
The tears of mind's doe, they will emanate,
A forest-stream's sea-conduit alike.

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Consequences

(1980)  Tumi kii ceyecho jani ni to ami

I knew not what You've wanted;
As to what You've given, I know a bit.
To You nothing did I give;
Just to take are my hands open.

Those with human base, You have sent,
With a little expectation, for certain.
What that wish is, I knew not; and I did not want to know it;
I merely weave a web of vain contentions.

Scarce is the time, but in negligence has it passed;
At the moment opportune, cognition^[1] has not wakened.
My days have gone by, neglecting my own self;
Today I count the stars, seated mid a desert.

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What makes You laugh

(1979)  Tomake ami jani go jani

Oh I know You, I know indeed;
Unto love You pay no heed.
That You'll get melted by my tears,
I simply can't imagine such a thing!

Won't You please inform me what Your heart desires;
Having stayed afar, why does it flash a smile?
With joy's rocking cradle why does it make cry?
Today won't You kindly say, candidly?

I have seen, I have seen, I'm fathoming habitude;
I've analyzed: there is no repudiating a stubborn nature.
In this habit I will stay, I will go on loving You;
What it is You conceive, that I do not think.

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Your garland

(1978)  Sedin nishiithe jyotsna sumite

On that night the moonlight was well-measured;
In my mental garden Yourself I have seen.
Stirring a flower's sweetness,
With a honeyed countenance You were smiling.

In the universe whatever is attractive,
Anything that is good, fit to be sought after,
In You it is contained, in You it is situated;
It longs for You only, at somewhere hard to reach.

I also, I am Yours, oh Beauty Sculptor;
Don't far-discard my love.
To place on Thee, a floral wreath is strung;
I have kept it in existence, painstakingly.

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From home to home

(1977)  Ami tomake peyechi shyamaray

I've found You, the Dark Prince,^[1]
In a lifetime's sweetness.
In somber heart light You ignite
With power of intuitive cognition.

The life of everybody, You are magnanimous;
To the mind sunshine-heated, shade You confer.
Along journey's way respect You pay, full and cordial,
On this same joyous peregrination.^[2]

In a desert's mirage I've discovered Thee;
And I've got, with a succulence refreshing.
Along with You I keep, while living and dying,^[3]
A heart effusive for all existent.

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Be diligent

(1976)  Mor ghumaghore tumi ese anahuta

Oh You, having come uninvited into my deep sleep,
Myself You did awake, You did awake, You did awake.
You told me: "Today, many chores are there...
Sleep when the work is done; time, it slips away.

"The day's duration, you know it is limited;
By minutes and seconds, rigidly it is restricted.
Once they have gone away, they don't return again;
Go they behind time's curtain, behind time's curtain.

"Neath time's three teeth^[1] is also your movement;
On a cyclic track it journeys, a garland threaded.
This, rest's wayside tavern, it is delicate;
Let it not be neglected, let it not be neglected."

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