Lonely

(3215)  Tomare ceyechi, maneri niipe manidiipe

I have wanted You,
Neath the mind's Cadamba tree, under jeweled lamplight.
You did not appear.
On a pitch-black rainy night,
To stormy winds inducing fright,
You did not yield.

With countless games the nature of rainy season
Had been surrounding me with myriad delusions.
By Your greatness, the best of all,
Enveloping had been such a deceit!

With a slow and halting meter^[1] does the world proceed,
Desolate and timorous, and path-weary.
Just so ever-roaming in hope of You only,
Opening eyes, why don't You see?

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Rejoicing at end of night

(3214)  Aji prabhate chande giite

Today at dawn with both cadence and song,
Through a stream of form Yourself I received.
With power of mantra, from the Eastern Mountain^[1]
Light's flow upon Earth You did bring.

The frown of gloomy darkness has gone off;
Life has been roused in the bosom of an atom.
Filled with rhythm and beside himself,
The peacock of mind races on, dancing.

All apprehension got swept aside;
The right time for coronation did arrive.
With crimson glow and floral beauty,
You dispensed cognition and vivacity.

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You are mine through and through

(3213)  Manera majhare tumi ke

Who are You amid the mind?
You race along dancing.
Today in charming attire
You entice me.

Watching the path I am seated;
Fear and shame I've forgotten.
Every moment with delight,
In memory You bestir meaning.

On sandy beach by sea of time,
Pervasively entwined with my life,
Calling and calling You bring awakening.

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No wonder I hold You dear

(3212)  Svapane peyechi bheve dekhechi

Through dream have I received, I have contemplated
In the fancy casket of mind.
You're the pupil of my eye, You are the Beloved.^[1]
By thinking I have fathomed, with ears have I listened
On the sandy shore of time;
So I know the Limitless.

In the azure firmament is Your majesty;
With star after star is Your superb beauty.
On You speech cannot provide a boundary;
So I tug You into heart in consequence.

Silently and secretly like the floral dust,
You have dwelt with fondness and devotion.
Day and night awake is a sleepless love;
Upon ideation afloat is one's own Self.

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Because He loves

(3211)  Jhainjhavate shravana rate

On Shravan's night with winds stormy,
He had come secretly.
No word did He speak, there'd been a hush;
With love had He peered.

Upon two lips had been a smile,
Ridding the gloom of rainy night,
As if declaring: "Love do I,
And so on night of ruin I've appeared."

Amid clouds of dense ebony,
Unspoken is the sound that peals.
In darkness He is splendor's stream;
Into His flow, He propelled me.

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Not a phony prophet or a stony idol

(3210)  Ashar akashe tumi aso

On hope's sky You appear;
Down why don't You come?
You rise on a gentle breeze;
Why don't You talk?

On life's flow-tide You are high;
With You nigh there's not any right or wrong time.
Torn gets illusion's mesh by rectification Thine;
You are welfare's sadhana.

Toward You runs love's Jamuna River;
Inundating Gokul's shore, it thrills.
With inspiration, wisdom, and sense of good will,
You pay heed to no prohibition.

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Sweetly entangled

(3209)  Tumi je amar praneri priyatama

You are my heart's dearest darling–
In travail's agony, in mood, in thought,
The emerald in my casket of psyche.

In the rose are You, and I find You in the thorn;
Ever I go on seeing You in the floral garden.
Amid buds, You are in a sweet and charming attire,
With each breath like a scented breeze.

Naught have I without You, Love;
Your discernment do I find, Yourself having sought.
With a thrill unworldly at every trice,
In all things contemplated peerless are You only.

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You have Your way with me

(3208)  Jadio nahi ele katha nahi rakhile

Although You did not arrive, did not honor plight,
Even then I hold dear.
In happiness, never I got proximate;
In sorrow, Lord, You kept not distant.
A sweet solace You've provided;
You have smiled tenderly.

You belong to everybody, You did tell;
No one of this world is alone or helpless.
Never ignoring, You go off;
Into ear You sing love songs,
Sitting amid inmost feelings.

In a myrtle garden of my mind,
You've resided on the sly.
To eyes You did not surrender;
But the star of eyes You have been,
Mental sky brightening.

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Dancing with a stranger

(3207)  Tomay ami nahi jani

With You I am not acquainted;
Nonetheless, Yourself I do cherish.
With Your name, with songs Thine,
In Your rhythm and tune I drift.

Beginningless and endless is Your sport;
Your conduct touches heart of everyone.
On a dark path, on stormy nights,
Ridding fear, confidence You give.

Without You I cannot exist;
With the sound of Your lute life I fill.
Mid the mind, in captivating attire,
Day and night, dancing You persist.

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By Your grace I aspire

(3206)  Tomay ami bujhi priya akhanda jiivane

Throughout life, my Darling, Yourself I conceive
From the light-beams' overflying
The sky-touched, hell-washed sounds of my psyche.

What I am unable to imagine, in You that's intrinsic–
All things wanted or unwanted bursting from covering
On chasing Bright, hearing and pondering Your glory.

You are nearer than near, in each pore, amid psyche–
In all thinking, in all deeds, privately in memory,
In tranquil nest, on calm seas, and neath restless breeze.

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Only love can satisfy

(3205)  Asa ar jaoya caoya ar paoya, eder niyei kanda hasa

Coming and going, craving and obtaining,
Tears and laughter are only with these.
Whether staying forgot or retained in memory,
Love is like a gem's shining beauty.

Upon sun-god's banner does the ray arrive,
With evening's zephyr does the satisfaction rise,
Mid lunar splendor does the sweetness smile;
Into cogitation, hope they alone bring.

You are great and noble, I am puny and base;
Your path having taken, to You alone homage I pay;
Never pausing, onward am I moving always
To assuage the desert thirst of psyche.

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Lord, please show Your face

(3204)  Kalo jaladhir belate base

Seated on the shore of ebon sea,
Moments I keep counting, Lord.
Recalling You, just Yourself remembering,
Good times and bad ones mingle with the Supreme;
Nevertheless with honey I fill bosom,
For the sake of You only, just for Thee.

Life's pollen goes on flying far away,
Upon sky-blue unto a certain unknown place.
It knows no obstruction, fatigue it does not heed;
Bounding over difficulties.

Long back why have You dispatched as this same being;
Under some intoxicant, I don't know a thing.
Please let me be told what it is You wish,
Gently whispering in ears.

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Everything good in me

(3203)  Juge juge ami cahiya gechi

I have gone on yearning ages after ages
To keep You at the core of my psyche,
At the core of my psyche...
On my eyes and in deeps of reverie,
To see You in a raiment fascinating.

You are moon and mountain, Love,
Praiseworthy and glorified, fit to be welcomed.
Please take and make me mentally felicitous
In all of my deeds.

Seeking refuge, I am praying for kindness;
You're the font of compassion, always benevolent.
Please remove all the mind's crude attachment;
Like Your ankle-bells, let existence ring.

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I don't need a guarantee

(3202)  Ghora timiraghana nivira nishiithe

Late at night, thick with frightful darkness dense,
You had arrived, Darling, my door opening.
In a closed room I had been, with the window bolted;
So the sound of Your feet I did not hear.

In the sky a host of clouds, within heart a lustrous beauty;
Outside Bhaerav's dancing, locks strewn disorderly.
In this same atmosphere, close to me You came down;
In a trice, You removed the load of all misery.

On my mental sky, any black clouds that had gathered,
Under moonlight's rays, whereto did they vanish?
To a great distance went derision and all sighing;
An atom obtained promise of Your mercy.

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His open heart

(3201)  Tomare ceyechi ami ekante vijane

Alone and in private, Yourself have I wanted,
With cooing of a peacock's call and only sweet floral scent.

I've wanted You both day and night, I had craved at twilight,
With heart full of pain or with an emerald's luster bright.
I wanted not to increase sorrow, I have wished to give joy,
Inside of my mind, in the hidden casket.

You are all my happiness, only You are bliss,
Amid the bud of psyche, essence of ambrosia.
For all those wayward dwells Yourself, a heart satisfied
By a trade of everything in soul, thought or felt.

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