Gusts of wind

(302)  Damka haoyay dak diye jay

Gusts of wind keep urging me
To travel a distant, unknown road.
Why tie me down, saying "Stay, stay",
Telling me to halt at a corner of my home?

Oh, Ruler of Psyche, galvanize my mind;
Let me always move onward through all my deeds.
Only by Your inspiration and Your dispatch,
My stream of life shall flow unto the sea.

Oh, Lord of Dhyána,^[1] permeate my meditation;
Let my recollection and reflection be progressive.
I will ever go forward, I will never look back,
In all Your chores throughout the wide world.

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Helpless love

(301)  Asbe bale gecha je cale

On going, You said You would return;
Tell me, why did You not come?
Into dust, into dust have crumbled
The flower petals composing Your garland.

Callous Lord, what is this liila of Thine—
A strange new game of friendship's guile?
Having gone away, why then do You remain
Awake in my mind, day and night?

As much as I want to forget, forget I cannot;
Wherever I look, I see tokens of Your splendor.
Why have you bound me with a fanfare of tunes,
Thoughts born on the strings of mind's violin?

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Ever onward

(300)  Alori deshete jegechi ami go

Oh, I awoke in the land of light;
From the other side of darkness,^[1] I am singing.
Those who lie in jet-black sleep–
For their sake, I issue a clarion call.

Awake, my brothers, awake– go toward the light;
Imbue the gloomy night with your luster.
Toward your face with desperate eyes,
Suffering humanity constantly peers.

To march ever onward is the dharma of life;
To rescue the wretched is the heart of morality.
The time that has passed, it will never return;
The time at hand, we utilize that.

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Time to go

(299)  Tomakei bhalabasiyachi, tomakei sar jenechi

I'm in love with You alone—
You're the essence of all I've known.
I committed my life to Thee;
Pledged I've been to do Thy deeds.

From the dawn of consciousness,
I have ridden Your current.
Oh, I'm a flower of the stream;
On Your ripples I've been dancing.

At the evening twilight of my days,
In Thy love let me dissipate.
Smeared by the sweetness of Your pollen,
I've come to know the Unbodied Gem.

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Old and new

(298)  Esechile prabhu megha garjane

Lord, You had come with a thunderclap,
When storm clouds spewed out heavy rain.
Today, a scorched earth got
You anew as a refuge.

The peacock feathers of my psyche
Go on dancing to a hundred beats.
A dialogue without words found speech;
It pursues infinity.
Today, with mind expanded on attaining Thee,
The ten directions pulsate with profundity.

Today, I cannot help but be
Rapt on witnessing Your beauty.
The hunger of the three worlds^[1]
And nectar of the three vedas^[2]
Have blended and become one.

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Merciful majesty

(297)  Tomari liilar majhe ajuta rupe saje

Throughout Your liila, with myriad forms and ornaments,
Lord, You have kept Yourself concealed.
In Your lyrics, melodies, and compelling rhythms,
Lord, Yourself You have diffused.

Whatever I am seeing with eyes wide open,
Whatever I do realize by mental deliberation—
At every single point, You lie hidden,
Pregnant with potential, covered in sweetness.

Amid woeful gloom, Your light ever prevails;
Amid ongoing loss, recovery is newly arrayed.
Regarding what is and isn't, above all reigns
Your splendor, eradicating all pain.

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Mohana

(296)  Prabhu tomara parash

Lord, Your divine touch
On my insight has given rise to high tide.
Throughout the universe, Your delight
Has brought a heavenly splendor.

When I gaze into the great blue yonder,
In the gentle breeze of mind's springtime,
Apart from You there is nothing at all.
Today, I want not what once I desired;
In Thee everything has dissolved.

My mental secrets, my private garden—
All that I've kept concealed—
Out of love for You and in Your new melody,
I've lavished that on the world.
Today, in exchange for all, I've found You;
I've seen the quintessence is only Thee.

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