Tansen's complaint

(3706) Mor ghare ele he priya kena gele

Darling hey, why came You to my abode when going if, Not a thing saying to me, You went on? This was not a proper visit, mind-pleasing it wasn't; Inmost secrets, told they were not. A lute had played, the mind got thrilled; Pleasure spilled apitter-patter upon sky, permit You did. When saying that You love, in what way do You love, If inside the mind it dwelt not? Between You and me is half a thousand-mile gap; And yet, with thought of Thee is my mind crammed. Tunes that resound in Raags Deepak and Megh Malhar, By that You left behind Your nuance. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Even absent

(3705) Tumi jabe esechile

When come You had, Unconscious had I been, in slumber dense. Beside the bed You had sat; I did not grasp Your advent. Your lyre-strings had vibrated repeatedly; By octave awoke, raised had been a clanging. Shut has the door unfastened by the nighttime breeze; I opened not my eyes nonetheless. Awoke, I see: Shed is Your floral string; A fragrant medley has remained on banner of psyche. As if having called, it tells me: "No more be like asleep; In the east a ray of dawn do witness." Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Devotion is Your gift to me

(3704) Kusumastabak mor chilo hate

A floral bouquet had been in hands mine... With eyes bright and hopes dyed By purple glow of an impassioned life. In what fashion to invite, I was not knowing; With what tune to recite, I was not grasping. Obscure had been my right austerities; On Your way of advent had been lids of eyes. I know not why I'd held You dear; Why I'd yearned for You, that too I do not see. Hey the One Ever-Unknown, You're in tempo and in melody; A sunray shining, with the crimson dawn You arrived. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

I've been drenched

(3703) Jyotsnaloke smita pulake

With smiling delight are You in moonlit splendor; To the realm of form You had come. With many a flash every second, You had lavished heaps of love. In wanting You had been ardor; Upon getting You, satiated the mind was. On taking You, the stream of thought, Dancing, it rushes on with a roar. Having mused on You, mind's peacock gambols; In Your realization is ideation's completion. With the wine of sweetness on a conceited one, You went on sustaining a golden waterfall. Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Even if I wanted to

(3702) Bedaradii bandhu

Callous Lover, You break my slumber, coming beside, In case oh having thought on Thee, Into sleep I glide. There is no one else to call mine; Own is everyone, only with You do I find. Lord, You are heartless, as comfort I desire, Despite the fact that Yourself love I. You are mingled with my arm ring; Through earrings Your radiant splendor beams. Upon the mirror of psyche and in dream, Waiting, You've remained all the time.  Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Is it just perversity?

(3701) Vasante kena na ele

Why did You not come in the springtime; Came You with a summer's heat like forest fire. Pearly maintenance casting aside, With éclat of ashes and matted hair, You arrived. There had been sevantii, there had been Spanish cherry; There had been malatii, there had been madhavii There had been campak, parul, and camelii; You came with datura and margosa on all sides. There had been Chinese silk and earrings golden, Golden bracelets and armbands jeweled. There had been necklaces, bright emerald-begemmed; Then why, with rudraksa oh why see I?  Sarkarverse article Audio recording

Onward, ever onward

(3700) Jiivan sarita mor bahe jay

My life-stream, it flows onward. Dancing it races, unknown what it tells; What is that heavenly realm it looks toward. Oh the Unknown Guest, lunar date You don't respect; Rather, a fast-moving love-song in throat ever, Please say, it races to which place unfamiliar? Demolished, this my river's coastlines two; Even then, it is always painted by Your hue. To be broke, my psychic mirror won't continue; Upon it Your splendid beauty sparks!  Sarkarverse article Audio recording