Ami Jabo

Sri Chinmoy’s translation of the lyrics to “Ami Jabo”:

I shall enter into my heart’s citadel-city.
I am a worshipper of the Fire God;
I am a lover of the Fire God.
I have blossomed today
Into the melody of fiery flames.
The bondage of possession-greed,
The iron control of dark attachment,
The torture of penury,
The pangs of my shattered dreams
Have at last disappeared in a twinkling
    into the farthest, remote unknown.
On my finite lap the Infinite is swinging.
The ever-intoxicating and ever-energising
    Flute of Sri Krishna
Is the very origin of my life’s journey.
The Destruction-Dance of the great Lord Shiva
Ushers in a new creation
Encircling fast my earth-bound life.

Bengali words and translation by Sri Chinmoy. The song appears in Silence Speaks Songbook, New York: Agni Press, 1993. The music is based on the Bengali devotional song “Phire Chalo,” which Sri Chinmoy often sang in concerts.