Abiding Friend

(1194)  Thako tumi thakiya jao

You abide, and You also persevere;
Don't depart, from afar neglecting me.
My secrets, to whom would I speak
Other than You, won't You say please?

Having come, those who stay, they go away;
Where get lost Earth's heaps of shapes?
I know You'd been and will remain;
Coming-and-going You never make.

Those confined to date and place,
Changing with each visit are they.
But You transcend both time and space,
No constraint do You obey.

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