Na Jani Ki Mane Kare
Na jani ki mane kare
Mukhe bhasha dile more
Rachi tale kato gan
Kari kato sudha pan
Katobar sanpi pran
Jibaner puta bhore
Translation
I do not know what compels You
To give me speech and voice.
I compose a good many songs about You
And drink nectar-delight.
How many times I have surrendered myself to You
Right from the sacred dawn of my life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants Songbook, part 1, Agni Press, New York, 1981

