Jayto Chahini Cheyechhi Shikhite
Joyto chahini cheyechhi shikhite
Ki bhabe asibe joy
Janite parile tar sathe pathe
Kare neba parichoy
Sakal joyer shreshtha bijoy
Prabhu taba hathe parajoy
Translation
I have not longed for victory.
I simply wanted to learn
How I can achieve success.
Had I known the way,
I would have definitely been familiar with it.
I know the greatest of all victories
Is my defeat at the Hands of my Beloved Supreme.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants Songbook, part 1, Agni Press, New York, 1981

