Songs

1. /Janabi bege enke jai mor rupantarer chabi/

At the speed of the fast-flowing Ganga, I have been working on my transformation-picture.

2. /Usha bala elo dhire aji dhire hridaya gabhire/

Slowly, very slowly, the virgin dawn appears in the very depths of my aspiration-heart.

3. /Tumi esecho badhar dwar tumi bengecho/

O Lord Supreme, You have arrived, smashing asunder the obstruction-door.

4. /Jibane marane ashar swapane phutibo gopane/

In silence my reality-existence will blossom in the hearts of life and death.

5. /Jiban amar mor bidhata kripar pathar/

My human life embodies the measureless Compassion of my Beloved Supreme.

6. /Ektu hasi bhangbe amar khudra hiyar timir nishi/

O Lord, one Smile of Yours will destroy the darkest night of my little heart.

7. /Ananda bhola nirvana dola tunga ala chinmoy bhela/

Self-enraptured in the swing of nirvana, the boat of Consciousness infinite is spreading pinnacle-light.

8. /Eso ananda alokananda khudita hridaya majhe/

O Infinity’s Light, Eternity’s Delight-Light, do descend into my hungry heart’s endless hunger.

9. /Chanchala man dure rakhi chanchala mor man/

I keep aside my restless mind; always I keep it aside.

10. /Taruner asha purna haibe ekatha janabo/

I shall let the entire world know that the green hope of the green generation will without fail be fulfilled.

11. /Jharna-kala jharna-kala dodula purna/

O Fountain-Art, Fountain-Art, you are complete all-where. In you I see the cosmic Swing of the Reality infinite.

12. /Turjya surjya dhurjya pujya jago jago jago/

Awake, O peerless height, O sound without a second. Awake, O measureless patience. O eternally adorable One in me, awake.

13. /Shibire khunji mandire puji/

I look for You in the fortress of life’s dire battles. I look for You at the hallowed shrine of life’s temples.

14. /Jatri amara manena ratri manina/
/Asimer pathe jatri amara satya trishita jatri/

We are the pilgrims who defy the mandate of night. We are thirsting for Truth Transcendental while walking along the beginningless and endless road of life.

15. /Asha hara mor manera banera benu/

The flute of my mind-garden is empty of hope today.

16. /Antare bahire swarge martye tumi shudhu sathi/

You are my only Friend in the inner world and in the outer world. You are my Friend without a second in my soul-existence-life and my body-existence-strife.

17. /Sanga halo jihan asha maran dila dekha/

My hope-life has come to an end. The Prince of Gloom has finally and irrevocably arrived.

18. /Premik ami khunji ekaki hriday tale amare/

I am a God-lover and a man-lover. All my life, all by myself, I have been searching for my reality’s self-form.

19. /Balo tumi amai prabhu bhalobaso/

O Lord Supreme, do tell me only once that You are all love for me.

20. /Bhalo lage jiban maran bhalo lage/

My life’s death and my death’s life soulfully, without a second, I love.

21. Supreme

22. /Agni vina prane baje taito nachi/

The lyre of fire is now being played; therefore, I dance here, there and all-where.

23. /Badala nabhe madala baje pagol halo hiya/

My heart is now enjoying a God-intoxicated insanity because of the sound of wild thunder and the charming kettledrum of the blue-vast sky.

24. /Jiban nadi sukaye jai kena janina/

I know not why my life-river has come to a halt. I know not why dryness has assailed its existence-light.

25. /Chalar pathe chalbo asar sathe nachbo/

I shall walk along Eternity’s road. I shall dance eternally with hope.

26. /Nil akasher ami nil pakhi/

Indeed, I am the blue bird of the blue sky. I am the blue bird of the blue welkin.

27. Supreme

28. /Akutir prem dan bhakatir madhu pan/

The love-offering of aspiration-light and the drinking of devotion-light are inseparably one.

29. /Kandite parina ar hasite parina ar/

No more am I inspired to cry. No more am I inspired to smile.

30. /Dhular majhare lukabo amar shir/

Inside the sand cave I shall hide my haughty head.

31. /Japibo japer mala dibanishi/

I shall count the weeks by rosary with two sleepless eyes and one sleepless heart.

32. /Debatar mandire ami nachi/

I dance in all my being, inside the blessingfully hallowed temple of the cosmic gods.

33. /Ami habo nishiter aratir shikha/

I shall be the worship-flame of sleepless night.

34. /Premer prasade bandi amar hiya/

I shall find my crying heart and place it in Your love-inundated palace.

35. /Arati ghanta bajabo bidhata bajabo/

I shall ring the bell of my soulful self-offering, O my Lord Supreme.

36. /Pushpa rathe pradip mala jwale/

A row of lamps is burning very bright in the chariot of flower-beauty and flower-purity.

37. /Abar asibo phire jananir kripa nire/

I shall once more return to the loving nest of my Mother Dear and Mother Sweet.

38. /Sandhya batase nachi sandhya akase uri/

I dance with the evening breeze. I fly in the evening sky.

39. /Tomar amar majh kane dharai ke aj ke jane/

Nobody on earth knows what was borne between You and me, and what abides between us today.

40. /Ami kandi ami hasi palir ghare/

I cry and I smile, for inside me are affection-flooded hamlets.

41. /Bhakti amar shakti habe shakti habe mukti/

My devotion-heart will become my power-life. My power-life will become my liberation-soul.

42. /Sanga halo kanna hasi tomar pada tale/

At Your Feet divine my sorrow-world and my happiness-world have completed their respective roles.

43. /Chaowar asha bhalobasa bhalobasa/

A life of longing is all love. A life of hope is all love.

44. /Dure dure bahu dure tomar pabo dekha/

I shall catch a glimpse of You at the farthest corner of the world, and in the world beyond.

45. /Nimesh hara nayan khudha jage aji/

In me awakens the sleepless vision-hunger today.

46. /Bajna baje bajna baje asha hiyar gabhire/

The music-world reverberates in the inmost recesses of my hope-heart.

47. /Nirab aji hridaye tale tomar parase/

Your silent touch has filled me, my all, in the very depth of my heart.

48. /Alor swapan nandana ban amare dake/

The dream of Light divine and the beauty of Eden are beckoning you.

49. /Ashru amar jharena tomar lagi khama karo prabhu/

O my Lord Supreme, forgive me. I have failed to shed tears while longing for You.

50. /Tomar paye amar amire sanpibo/

I shall surrender my little “i” to You, and place it at Your Feet.