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Tomar karuna amar kamana
Taba paye mor hiyar jatana
Taba sudha hasi amar sadhana
Mukti nritya amar eshana
Amare pheliya jeona jeona
Bhaba guha ghore amare rekhona

I long for Your Compassion.
I place my heart’s sorrowful pangs
At Your divine Feet.
I meditate to watch
And to implore Your Liberation
To grant me Your Liberation-Dance.
Do not go away
Leaving me here alone.
Do not leave me
Inside the tiny earth-cage.