Expiation

(880)  Manav samaj avibhajya

Human society is indivisible;
Today, I sing its victory song.
March on, my brothers and sisters,
Disregarding every thorn.

All men are my brothers;
Everyone is my beloved.
If all of us live together,
God also is present.
With purest gold we can cover
This our dusty Earth.

On dogma we have drifted astray;
We have kept some people away.
Studying not the annals of time,
With untruths we've run wild.

Today, making amends, complete peace
I'll surely afford to everybody.

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Adamant

(879)  Aloker ei uttarane

On this splendid ascension,
I will brook no obstruction.
No matter how brutal the storms may be,
I won't be overpowered by any beating.

Each duty that I've taken on my head,
As life's vow I have respected.
Prior to attaining my objective,
I won't pause on the path for any reason.

I've marched onward, clinging to morality,
Disregarding aerolites and lightning.
From any grimace by the force of sin,
Under no condition will I be frightened.

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On the way

(878)  Manavatar ketan sammukhe dhari

Holding to the fore humanism's flag
We've marched ahead on Your path.
Bearing the sword of truth and justice
On this morning, gold-dripping.

With consciousness, the lamp of hope's ablaze,
In a world that we'll remake.
By Your mercy, by Your grace,
We'll not fear any barricade.

Verily, a short delay there's been;
A little time has passed in idle mischief.
Now, bearing on head some of Your kindness,
Not looking back, we march along the path.
New lives and our proffered visions,
They're in plain sight, upon eyelids.

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Only Thee

(877)  Tomar carantale tomar carantale

Beneath Your feet, beneath Your feet;
Beneath Your feet, the cosmos swings
From transcendence back to formlessness.
The jingle of Your ankle bells,
Your jingle, which in hearts brings beat,
Comes from whence and floats off where?

Unseen Lord, You are Your own methodology;
The world moves not per science or philosophy.
Absorbed in Your thought
All have become, so speech they have lost;
Having gone to enfold You, they themselves were lost.

Omnipresent God, You are free from influence,
Outside limitation, beyond all conception.
In Your contemplation, hearing and revering,
Lives get spent just thinking of Thee;
Master, on this earth You exist exclusively.

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The essence

(876)  Egiye cale tomar rather caka

Forward roll Your chariot wheels;
That I've managed to perceive.
They move, crushing all hidden sins;
That much I could fathom.

Upon sun's chariot mysterious,
You're moving on Your private orbit.
Waiting, waiting by the path,
I've counted days till Your arrival.

On a night of dreams moonlit,
Accompanied by flower pollen,
You rode that golden chariot
To pick up everybody;
And instantly I recognized Thee.

So now I'm waiting for Your advent,
By the wayside, lamp in hand.
This light of mine, faint it becomes
Before Your bright effulgence;
About You I have understood the gist.

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Out of my way!

(875)  Ami cai aloker path dhare jai

I would journey on the path of light;
Please don't block this wish of mine.
Worldly pleasure I no longer chase;
In darkness I don't want to stay.

The vast sky teems with lively light;
It surges round me on all the four sides.
And so I would remove the darkness,
Can't you understand this?

The One Who dwells on the far side of vice,
My life and mind He has made bright.
Piercing the gloom, near Him alone I go;
Now no impediment will I condone.

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Representation

(874)  Tumi sabay bhalobasiyacho

You've befriended everybody;
You've imbued all lives with love's bright gleam.
As to the spurned, neglected beings,
You've raised their personal dignity.

The minds that are not tarnished,
The eyes expressing true compassion,
Those who in sunlight remain spotless,
Near to Thee come such hearts;
And everybody's intimate words
You've lifted from those mirrors.

On light's bright chariot crimson,
You've wanted to bear everyone;
On everybody's path of movement,
You Yourself have been the mentor.
Everyone's mental affliction,
With empathy You've understood.

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