Mother-of-pearl

(1471)  Chilum svapane tomari dhyane

In a dream I had been in Your meditation;
A tune You'd composed, oh One full of songs.
With an oyster-shell on the seashore,
Even now that song skips along.

On the shell falls radiant
That song when lit by sun.
You went, breaking sleep, daytime having proclaimed;
Having furnished fearlessness, You have gone away.

Expectantly I have remained waiting;
Your return, I have kept entreating.
Once more You will come, You will teach a song;
And You will root out gloom, oh One full of love.

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