Deha Ache Ache Byetha
Deha ache ache byetha
Tari sathe mishe
Deha dhari sukhi kabe
Shanti pabe kise
Je kareche man joy
Shudhu sei sukhi
Ar sab brintya chyuta
Pushpa samo dukhi
Translation
The body exists,
Therefore, suffering, too.
Inseparable they are.
He who owns a body
Is always assailed by countless ailments.
World-suffering befriends him.
For him there is no peace of mind.
But he who has conquered
His earth-bound mind
Has made friends with Eternity’s Delight.
The rest are doomed to suffer,
Like a flower forcibly plucked from the tree.
Sri Chinmoy, Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance, part 1, Agni Press, 1978