Life's order is change

(3087)  Akash dakiya jay

The heavens go on calling
From azure's every recess.
The wind exudes honey
Of inference each moment.

By dawn's light beams I proceed on that line of beauty;
But I don't find it beneath the crimson glow of evening.
Minute to minute is an ever-new and diverse perception
In each and every mind of the macrocosm.

Upon arid summer, the Nature that I espy,
Under autumn's gray clouds, it does not abide.
On winter's inertia a tree's glamor goes missing;
It also gets regained by springtime's advent.

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Gone is all false vanity

(3086)  Manera mayur meleche kalap

The peacock of psyche has fanned its tail;
Please arrive, Lord, do come near.
To just Your tune and beat, dancing it moves,
Hey, the Ever-New, You smile upon viewing.

Nothing do I own to call it mine;
And yet I keep claiming things, only Thine.
This my fraud, this self-deception,
You eliminate, Lord, uncompromisingly.

By blindness impervious I had been veiled.
Because a chariot wheel into ear a-sailing came,
Hey the Perpetual Charioteer, the Bosom Companion,
Upon my mental sky today You appear.

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With a friend like that

(3085)  Tumi sarvavipadabhainjana

You are the dispelling of all tribulation;
Of Tempus Eternal, You are Hari.
By a light unworldly, coloration,
The whole universe, mind-roving.

Thought cannot conceive Your sweetness;
The three worlds^[1] Your beauty rare encompasses.
Everyone gets swung in Your cradle;
You are moving inside of psyche.

Your Godhead overwhelms thought process;
Greatness Yours dispels inconvenience.
Your ardent invocation makes one dance in cadence;
You are always stealing grief.

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Persistent for some time...

(3084)  Kata juga pare ele

After ages aplenty You did arrive;
Unto You many times I've prayed come,
In much frightful gloom and much sunshine;
At both night and day so much...

On summer noons with temperature very high,
In monsoon with anklets drenched, rain thereby,
Dew-soaked in autumn with sorrow's tree abloom at night,
Through much action, through much thought...

Under cold pre-winter winds, I've kept up the summons;
Shivering in winter, I've called mid extreme inertia.
And on spring with new green leaves, a great beauty floral,
In a climate colorful, ruled by apsaras...

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You are so generous

(3083)  Svarna shatadala pulake jhalamala

The Gold Lotus, with delightful thrill aglitter,
With crimson rays, You'd arrived upon Earth.
You set afloat the fragrance in blooms by a zephyr;
In a trice everybody's mind and heart You captivated.

Age after age You go on staying at the head of all awakened,
Coating a fond sweetness on full extent of pain and pleasure.
You are always an experience, constantly fresh and novel;
Musing You obliterated, swing to psyche having given.

Forgetting does not succeed, by Your unearned kindness;
On a verdant beauty, You floated existential cadence.
You are here, and so I dance around Your feet,
Having poured out sweetness, every moment fantail spread.

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Always a surprise

(3082)  Mananer kone elo kar se alo

Whose is that light which came inside of thinking;
And why today, do tell please.
It let heart's core be filled, moving away the ebony;
Who is He, all-pervading?

For such a long time, He had been in hiding;
For what reason did He come in front suddenly?
Mind, by many melodies infused,
With cadence became frenzied.

Any and all things is He able to do;
The world He creates from imagination's gloom.
By way of divine game He makes smile and He makes cry;
Is that why, entreated, He appeared?

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A preference for non-carbonic

(3081)  Ei surabhita candana vane

To this same jungle of fragrant sandal,
Yourself Who did send?
If having come on just your own, you remain,
Then Whom does the mind crave, oh pray tell.

Tiger-controlled and snake-copious,
The sandal forest had been fearsome.
Dread withdrawn, it became ardent with love,
By which magic of enchantment.

Never it provided fruit, the sandal tree;
Fruitless, one has returned both hungry and thirsty.
Upon your advent, it furnished all needs of journey
From the dust of lotus feet, a ruddy red.

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Is this purgatory or hell?

(3080)  Hemante jhara shishir vindute

In pre-winter like a dewdrop fallen,
What and why the mind craves, I know not.
Many times I want to go far away;
But I can't evade a jot.

Oh the yellow marigold, bloomed has it;
Oh the chrysanthemum, risen has it.
On the white jasmine, felt has been a wind!
To stay at home, mind wishes not.

Oh where art Thou, my Heartthrob?
On Your account bitterly in vain I sob.
To figure out my anguish, can You not?
Even by end of autumn, why came You not?

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All around me

(3079)  Sharada prate jhara shephaliite

On Autumn morn with night jasmine fallen,
Mind of mine goes on singing:
"Where are You, oh, You are where?"
The light of a new dawn, ebon having rid,
States: "Here am I, hey you, I'm here."

Under night's darkness, what went unobserved,
Neath morning's light, it didn't stay covered.
Everywhere You exist, at core of heart a lamp You've lit;
Yourself having witnessed, the eyes look thereto only.

At a mental niche hard to reach, You had been hidden,
Veiled by staticity, no perception given.
Then Your vibration came, far off went materialism;
Yourself in a fresh role did the mind perceive.

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Let me be a true sannyasi

(3078)  Je path dhariya caliyachilo prabhu

Lord, holding to the path had they moved,
All the ascetics; You now goad me on that way.
With rays of light illuminating, with truth unveiled,
Clinging to that path I'll go, renouncing shame.

Let there be a hundred pebbles, let all thorns remain;
Upon high-tide I will carry on, I'll not credit wane.
With only Your stream of thought, shedding just Your rays,
I will go on sailing, dressed however You'll array.

On Your path, Lord, there is not a trace of fear;
This be my only prayer: kindly grant a jot of mercy.
It will hew all deep attachment, doubt it will cleave;
With feet unwavering, doing Your deeds I'll remain.

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Hard love is Your blessing

(3077)  Tomare bhaviya cali rati din

Musing on You I continue day and night;
Why remote You went and stayed?
Affection and hope of mine,
With ease You let be thrown away.

The moon in a heart gloomy,
In a desert, myrtle's honey,
But me You made cry exclusively;
What did You do by ruse of Cosmic Play?

Understanding You, onerous it is;
Thorn and flower, only both are a gift.
Without one, the other does not persist;
Through the gist of liila, what did You create?

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At last

(3076)  Kal sandhyay pratham tomay

Yestereve for the first time, Yourself,
I have witnessed under moonlight.
Hundred lifetimes' hope-fulfillment,
I've been seized, that bliss thereby.

You had simply been observing;
Upon lower lip had been honey.
Tender moon of moonlit evening,
Yourself I've obtained nigh.

You did not utter a word,
Know: from that is not my dolor.
With the King of Kings in mind's midst,
I've taken and made You mine.

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By Your grace I transcend

(3075)  Tumi je bhalabasa dhaliya diyacho

Oh You, the love You've dispensed,
In the world its equal is not there.
Who accepts or not, having no care,
Mercy embodied I get to see.

Affectionate sweetness conceives in excess
An ocean of love with a life ebullient.
Via rows of waves it obliterates the worldly;
I lose myself in the form-sea.

Mingled with atom and molecule You've dwelt;
At no place vacant space have You kept.
So through Your name, both asleep and awake,
A flame I ignite, fueled by dream.

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My consolation prize

(3074)  Tumi jadi nahi ele, kena alo jharale

When You did not arrive,
Why did You exude light?
Why did You make blooms rise?
Why did You fondly like?
Why the mind You did excite?

On a scent of belá and júthi jasmines You float in;
Having called the mental bee, with rapture You grin.
Both drowsiness and darkness You rid;
Sweetness did You coat on mind.

At every step of life, You exist;
Heart's crystal, resplendent You've made it.
Through cadence, song, and dance, You've been avid;
Lively is the memory that shines.

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Only one savior...

(3073)  Tava karunay paoya jay

Via Your kindness attaining succeeds...
Master, by way of Thee.
Strength of learning-and-intellect, financial assets,
Alas, none of that can reach.

Those who have no mundane articles of worship,
Or store of fame, prestige, praise, or cleverness,
Yourself, even they go and receive.

By giving to charity and hundred trips to shrines,
The mind's blemishes can't be excised;
In a darkness just their own, they go missing.

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No more detours or byways

(3072)  Path bechechi tomar ami

Your path I have chosen;
More I won't stray, even a jot.
A crooked way I will not walk upon...
No, no, surely not.
Time of mine has gone away;
Further for that sake I'll cry not!

Straight ahead on Your path only
I'll proceed with Your songs many.
Minding You wholeheartedly,
At any block I'll waver not!

You are my Pole Star,
My endless flow existential.
In Your thought I be lost;
Rhythmic slump will happen not!

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Do not fret

(3071)  Kata kache chilo se je

He Who'd been so very nigh,
At present He is so remote;
Come again, won't He–
Close by He'll appear!
Even still He's mid the mind,
Loaded with mementos;
A word won't He speak!

Many nights of fall and spring,
Many eves and many mornings,
He had been along, rhythm excited by,
Another song won't He sing!

A time of sunshine, time sun-screened,
He's made a game of joy and grief.
By stormy wind, by lightning strike,
His sleep, broke again won't it be!

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Yourself I can't receive

(3070)  Tumi kii sure gan shonale

Oh You, in what tune the song You sang,
Beyond my psychic range?
Coming close, no hold You gave;
As You had been, so You went and remained...

Of a mountain, only You are the glacier;
Of an ocean, You're the deep abyss.
Whatever is and that which isn't,
In Your mind everything does sway...

Without You there is no one else
To whom the inmost secrets I tell.
Overlooking now all fear and shyness,
Inclined to take shelter I came...

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This world has its charms

(3069)  Jyotsna dile phul photale

Moonlight You gave, blooms to grow You made;
Why Yourself, oh You came not?
Mind having drenched, far away You remained;
Why embrace You granted not?

Like the rise of early morn You are revealed;
The crimson hue is produced by You only.
In all qualities You are excelling;
Your equivalent, there is not.

Why do You stay unseen, kindly come before me;
With mind's stylish grace, close by take a seat.
Fascinating flute in hand, please smile sweetly;
Bide no longer yon.

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In every season of life

(3068)  Ei ghana nabha niile ele

Upon the same sky-blue deep, You appeared
To a heart love-replete.
Month, season, and year, far behind they all leave
An inapt time's dwelling.

In Phalgun You are perfume in the mind of myrtle;
In the flaming palash arbor, the colorful luster.
You are everything I know and what I don't discern;
This today You revealed.

Under Summer's heat You are the shooting star;
On silvery clouds, a buoyant flight of geese in Fall.
In the Spring, covered by fresh green leaves delicate,
The path upon, You proceed.

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My nectar is all for Thee

(3067)  Ceyechi ami tomare shudhu

You alone have I craved;
You're the floral dust of love,
The smiling moon in outer space.

Through many ages it's You I have wanted,
Though that is not written inside chronicles.
Emitted in vain is a lot of eye-water
For just You, the Lover from but remote place.

In a dense forest or in the mind's recess,
Stealthily I've kept on calling Yourself.
Inside a hopeful psyche even at present,
My thought's honey I store and retain.

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Don't be blind

(3066)  Akash shonay gan chande sure

Sky croons a song in rhythm and melody;
Ever from the air exudes Your majesty.
Perfume is infusing a floral assembly,
Stooped under the weight of honey.

A divine atmosphere have You brought;
Upon Earth's dust You've poured out love.
To a mute mouth You've given dulcet tongue;
Resounding through the lips two, smiling.

Master, You are beauty's agent,
The gemmed lamp that's never quenched.
Without sense, foolish we cry nonetheless,
Blindfolded and cooped up in dwelling.

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On wings of song was I set free

(3065)  Ganeri sur bhese elo

Only a song's melody came floating;
Into my mind did it come.
It gave a jolt to the psyche;
I know not the reason.

Wrapped in dust had been that mind of mine;
To remote place its wings could not fly.
Coated had they been by low thought trite,
But to the far sky they do soar.

Confined at home had been my thought;
Restrictive ties broken, it sails far off.
To rhythm and melody dances a bird caged up;
He goes flying toward the Only One.

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My devotion won't abate

(3064)  Je vahnishalaka jvalale

The torch You ignited
Won't be quenched at any time.
By way of Your love and fondness,
Be aware that flame will shine.

With amity's passion You abide;
You've been rapt in great delight...
You stay dancing mid the mind,
A dense sweetness honey-like.

What endures and what's departed,
What is still to come as yet...
In Your mind all things are present;
Ancient One, You do not die.

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When You arrive

(3063)  Tumi esechile esechile esechile

You had come, You had come, You'd arrived,
Hurt pride having ignored.
This earth had been filth-slippery;
A golden flood You brought.

Amid sweetness You poured a fragrant scent;
Love's luster set aside the threat.
The sun appeared on darkness dense;
It became light's expedition.

Life came floating to the undeveloped,
A tune in the river, dulcet notes in arbor.
With a lyre's jingle is the mind's pavilion;
Sang it Your triumphant song.

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And for now I still do

(3062)  Kal kata rate kuvalay hate

Blue lotus in hand, late last night
At the grove washed with moonlight,
You had arrived.
Deep asleep was I; upon the mirror of mind
You had sat, but I have no sight.

Explaining what is understood does not work;
As much as heard, it is not learned.
Sweetness golden, in a cage it does not endure;
All of it floats away, stream of memory alike.

This my pain, did You not fathom it?
Tale of mine, did You not hear it?
Your own atom, could You not recognize it?
Is that why You'd simply smiled?

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Oh to make happy

(3061)  Jege basechilum

Awake had I waited...
For Your sake, Lord, on account of Thee,
A lantern I had lit
At gloomy depths of my psyche.

Many an age arrived and left;
Many lifetimes ended.
Your kindness did not happen;
You came not, Lord, to my dwelling.

Many white jessamines fell;
Many shephalii wilted.
Crying, so much moonlight went
With lament in both Fall and Spring.

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Decidedly

(3060)  Tomay ami ceye gechi

Observing You, on have I gone,
Within my mind, in my own psyche.
So I find no seat abroad;
I want to preserve privately.

You'll come down to dust of earth;
This thing, how shall I endure!
To rosy feet, to tender feet,
In which life will I render grief!

In my mind is a gold chair,
Jewel-adorned for Your sake.
Smiling You'll come, decked take seat,
Making my eyes highly pleased.

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A winsome liberation

(3059)  Tomare ceyechi mor kache kache

Yourself I have craved so very nigh
At this festival of light...
Music full of tune and rhyme
With this lifetime's wine.

In the universe none is praiseworthy as You;
So I keep saying: "beyond and free from attribute".
We obtain the aggregate of all virtues
By the realization only Thine.

We don't find compassion like unto You;
Ever You continue playing mercy's lute.
In the sky of mind we gain liberty and final rescue
Upon Mohan's^[1] coming into sight.

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Must I ask You to remember me?

(3058)  Je gan tumi geye gele

The song that You kept singing,
On just its echo lingering,
Far away do I go floating.
The lamp You had been igniting,
Its flame shines through ages aplenty.

You are the Deity, Agent of Compassion;
Except for You I've no other Savior.
Come-and-go is by Your will, Director;
You know, meticulously.

From the Creation's first dawning,
Pervasively, ever You accompany.
Upon Your stream I've kept floating;
May You not forget me.

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Despite the fact You're always with me

(3057)  Andhare tumi ele

You entered the darkness,
Infusing effulgence.
Far away went the fatigue;
The gloom withdrew in a moment.

The clouds that accumulated,
Life they had been veiling.
Your sweetness-vehemence,
You set it a-sailing.
Making me free from burden,
To me You did pull adjacent.

Lord, You've remained along;
Never unaccompanied is there one.
And yet I've wept, even of this conscious;
Those tears shed, today You have made forget.

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Chasing the Limitless

(3056)  Maner mayur ure jay

The mental peacock, it goes flying;
It goes, it moves, it proceeds.
It knows not any blockade;
No heed to taboo does it pay.
It dances on, spreading tail,
To which uncharted sphere.

Crossing hills, roads, and waterways,
Leaping over wide, bare, open space,
To groves of kans grass giving sway,
It runs, it hies, it speeds.

My Beloved, worthy aim of musing mine,
The aggregate of every attribute combined,
You are the gem of everybody's eye;
All crave, they pine, they long for Thee.

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Long ago why did You entice me?

(3055)  Ajana pathik ek esechilo

One Unknown Pilgrim, He had come,
Giving mind a swing.
With lips He'd beamed a sweet grin;
The reason not briefed.

Over an age I'd waited, watching street;
Much belated You fulfilled my longing.
So much moonlight has transpired weeping
In a heart struck by grief.

Blooms have dropped, full of honeyed scent;
Many a world has danced in love's excitement.
Whereto have they gotten lost at present,
Having sung a song to me?

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