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Jyotsna rate chander pasheDekhte amai chahi
```
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In the full moon night,Beside the moon
I must see myself. ```
```
Kalpana noy kalpana noyBandhan hara jiban dhara
```
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No imagination:Limitless is the life-flow.
```
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Intense eagernessWill be my companion.
With this hope I live. ```
```
Jiban britha maran brithaBokar abhigyata
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Meaningless life, meaningless death —This is the experience of the fool.
```
```
Charan tale thai pele ajJiban habe dhanya
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If I get my shelter at Your Feet,My life will be blessed.
```
```
Jiban amar haibe kebalMadhumoyi asha nadi
```
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My companion-friend will beThe message of self-giving incantation.
```
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In my outer lifeI shall no more open
My desire-door. ```
```
Maraner bhoye jibanereNahi chharibona
```
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I shall not give up life,Being afraid of death.
```
```
Charidhare mor kamanar moha jal ```
```
Desire, attachmentAll around me.
```Charan tale peyechhi thai
Chahina ar kichhu ```
```
I am at Your Haven-Feet.I want nothing more.
```
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Kusum sama phutite chahiParam prabhur charana tale
```
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Like a flower, I long to blossomAt the Feet of my Lord Supreme.
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Adhirata nahi pabeNirabata dekha
```
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Silence can never be seenBy restlessness.
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Ashanta man tomare kariboAchire bisarjan
```
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Maner atite jete habe janiManere karite joy
```
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Alasata nahi pabeSaphalatar madhurata
```
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Idleness will never haveThe sweetness of success.
```
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O sincere heart, do tell meWhere I can find you.
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```
Durbalata bhitar bahirDurbalata charidhar
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Day and night I shall swimIn the sweetness-hope-river.
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```
Khudra amire haraite habeBrihat amire labhite
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Shephali phuler gandhe ajikeNachiya uthichhe pran
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Dancing, my heartIs awakened today
By the redolence of jasmine. ```
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Asha kusum tomar satheJiban amar chale
```
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Shantir lagi hriday kandichheShantir dekha nai
```
```
Asha kusum tomar ruperNai je kabhu sima
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Ami tomar ei kothatiShunte kebal chai
```
```
I am Yours:This is all I want
To hear from You. ```
```
Jagite haibe nutan bhoreNutan hasite
```
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Man akashe urite chahiAnanta ullase
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```
In the sky of the mindI long to fly
With ecstasy infinite. ```
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Kusumita chitte dibase nishiteTomar bijoy gahibo.
```
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Alik swapan nahe kabhu janiManab jiban manab maran
```Man’s life and man’s death, I know,
Can never be a false dream. ```
```
Martya tomai basbo bhalo paran bhareSwarge jabar age
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```
Earth, I shall love youWith all my heart
Before I leave for Heaven. ```
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Inspiration brings inAspiration.
Aspiration invitesThe Lord Supreme.
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Hiya pure jabo ebarKarbona ar deri
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Jyotir nabhe gaibo amiBishalatar gan
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In the light-flooded skyI shall sing the songs of Infinity.
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Mor asha nadi shukhaye jaiNirash maru bhume
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Shunte barai madhur lageAmar hiyar amar banshi
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Kandibo bhitare kandibo bahireBishal paran lagi
```
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Shikhte habeParam prabhur bijoy giti
Shikhte habe ```
```
Amar chitta sabar chitteNitya bhalobaste habe
Ei duniyar ```
```
Namo namo namoKaruna brishti
Pratikkhane namo ```
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Descend, descend,Compassion-rain,
At every moment descend. ```
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Bhakti bina jibanKeman kare madhur habe
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How can life be sweetWithout devotion?
```
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Kritagyatar hasi janiMulyabihin dhan
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Gratitude-smile, I know,Is invaluable.
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Simar bandhan bhangar ageKeman kare asim jage
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How can the Infinite open its eyesBefore the finite bondage is smashed?
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O surrender-smile,In the depths of my heart,
I love you. ```
```
Andhar achhe achhe aloBechhe nite paro tumi
Jaha tomar lage bhalo ```
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Darkness there is.Light there is.
You can chooseWhichever pleases you.
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Shanti lagi praner jadi jage tibra kandarTabe shudhu jabe dure ashanti andhar
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If there is an intense cryFor silence-life,
Then only darkness-clamourWill disappear.
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He bidhata dao more ichchha shakti ```
```
He bidhata dao more bhakati kusum ```
```
He bidhata dao moreShakti plaban
```
```
He bidhata dao more premer akashDao more
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```
He bidhata dao more dhoirjya baridhiDao more
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```
He bidhata karo more namrata ghasKaro more
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Janani mor karunamoyiYogamaya
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Mother of mine, all Compassion,Yoga enraptured.
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Bhalo manda sabar lagiAruna ane karuna
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For good and bad and for allThe morning sun brings Grace.
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Hiya bane baje ajiAmar Shyamer banshi
```
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Dak esechhe dak esechheBishwa prabhur dak
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```
Call has come,Call has come,
Lord Supreme’s Call. ```
```
Kripa kripa kripaBigalita kripa
Amar manasa purite ```
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Compassion, Compassion, Compassion,Heart-melting Compassion
In my mind-city. ```
```
Shyama mayer charan taleBishwa shanti jage
```
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At the Feet of Mother KaliThe world peace awakes.
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Dekhte chaho dekhte pabeBishwa prabhur rup
```
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Gopane hiya bane eso giri dhari ```
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Dakte tomai chaina amiPete tomai chai
```
```
I do not want to invoke You,I want to have You.
```
```
Bhul kareo gaibona arChaowa paowar gan
```
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Even by mistake,I shall sing no more
The songs of beggingAnd receiving.
```
```
Nirab hayeNirabatar karbo aradhan
```
```
I shall offer my adorationTo silence supreme
In silence. ```
```
Byakul hiyai chahi amiAmar maner rupantar
```
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Shanta chitte bhakti bhareShakti kachhe jabo
```
```
Ar katokal raibo bhabeAgyanatar sathi haye
```
```
How long am I to remain on earthBeing a friend of ignorance?
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Oishi sahasNai je amar nai nai
```
```
Heavenly strengthI have none, none.
```
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Maner sathe ghure beraiHriday kande gopane
```
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Khudra chaowa mukta hayeDekha aji dilo
```
```
Small desiresAre being liberated
Today. ```
```
Chokher jale hiyar baleBasi tomar charan tale
```
```
May my body becomeMy heart-mountain.
May my heart becomeMy love-mountain.
```
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Kende kende ghure beraiJiban maru bhume
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Crying and weeping I roamIn my life-desert-land.
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Kandite chahina paite chahinaChahi je kebal pujite
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I do not want to cry.I do not want to receive.
I only want to worship. ```
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Dine rate bajate habeRupantarer banshi
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```
Day and night I must playTransformation-flute.
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In darkness-nightI must proceed
In search of light. ```
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Dyuloke bhuloke ashar sammilan ```
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On earth and in HeavenHopes assemble.
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Kothai ananda kothai anandaHatashai bhara pran
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Kamanar ban barai tibra jani ```
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Desire-arrows are too severe,I know.
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Chahina ami chahina amiChaowa paowar khudha
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I want not the hungerOf desiring and receiving.
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Maner atite jete habe janiParamer dekha lagi
```Beyond the mind I must go
To see my Lord Supreme. ```
```
Agyanatar ghumer desheThakbe ami chahina
```
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I do not want to liveIn the ignorance-sleep-clime.
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Asha amai kare rajaAsha kare bishwa joyi
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Hope makes meA king,
Hope makes meA world-conqueror.
```
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Diner sheshe rater shesheAmi amai dibo tomai hese hese
```
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At the end of the day,At the end of the night,
I must smilingly give myself to You. ```
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Hiyar jyoti hiyar jyotiAmi tomar chirantaner sathi
```
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Kandte habe manas baneAnya kothao noy
```
```
Haste habe hiya pureAnya kothao noy
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Nachte habe alor desheAnya kothao noy
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Deha man sathe chalilam ajiSatyer sandhane
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Bhitare bahire kandi aharahaNutan jibana lagi
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Jabar dine diye jaboDharanire kritagyatar har
```At the end of my life's journey,
I shall offer to the Mother EarthA gratitude-garland.
```
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Sathi habe akulataEi barashai thaki
```
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Balo prabhu ar katokalRahite habe tomai bhule
```
```
My Lord, do tell me,How long have I to live
Forgetting You? ```
```
My life will only beA sweetness-hope-river.
```
```
Sathi habe sathi habeAtmatyager mantrabani
```
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Bahir jibane basanar duarKhulibona ar khulibona
```
```
O restless mind of mine,Soon I shall cast you away.
```I know, beyond the mind
I must goTo conquer the mind.
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```
Saral hriday tomar dekhaKothai pabo balo
```
```
Weakness within,Weakness without,
Weakness all-where. ```
```
Santaribo dibanishiMadhumoyi asha nadite
```I must lose the little ‘i’
To get the big ‘I’. ```
```
O hope-flowers, with youMy life goes on.
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My heart is crying for peace;No peace can be seen.
```
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O hope-flower, your beautyKnows no limit.
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Phulte hale phuler matoKhulte habe hiyar duar
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The door of your heartMust be kept open
If you want to blossomLike a flower.
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I must wake upWith the new dawn,
With a new smile. ```
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Prabhur charan bhalobasiEi je amar parichoy
```I love my Lord’s Feet.
This is my identification. ```
```
With a flower-blossomed heartI shall sing Your Victory-Songs.
```
```
Prerana ane eshanaEshana ane param prabhure
```
```
This timeI shall enter the heart-city
Without any delay. ```
```
My hope-river is getting dryIn the cheerless desert-land.
```
```
Pleasant, all pleasant,My heart’s deathless flute-melody.
```
```
I shall cry within,I shall cry without
For an infinite heart. ```
```
Benche thaki ami kebalKhudra chaowa niye
```
```
I keep myself aliveOnly with puny desires.
```
```
I must learn how to singVictory-songs of my Lord,
I must learn. ```
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My heart must love dailyAll the hearts in this world.
```
```
Balte chahi gopan kathaKeha shunte chahena
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I long to tell my secret thoughts;Nobody wants to hear.
```
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Samarpaner hasi pran gabhireTomai ami bhalobasi
```
```
My Lord, give me will-power,Give me.
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My Lord, give me devotion-flower,Give me.
```
```
My Lord, give me strength-flood,Give me.
```
```
My Lord, give me love-sky,Give me.
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My Lord, give me patience-sea,Give me.
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```
My Lord, make me humility-grass,Make me.
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```
Barai nithur bhitar bahirAhamika
```
```
Very cruel within, without:Pride.
```
```
Today my Lord KrishnaIs playing His Flute
Inside my heart-garden. ```
```
You want to see,You will see
The Beauty of the Lord Supreme. ```
```
O Lord Krishna,Do come into my heart-garden
Secretly. ```
```
With an eager heart,I want my mind’s transformation.
```
```
With a silence-heart,Devotedly
To Power Goddess I shall go. ```
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With my mind I roam.My heart cries in secrecy.
```
```
Sakal desher jabe hiyaShanti giti geye
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```
To all climes my heart shall goSinging the peace song.
```
```
With the tears of my eyesAnd the strength of my heart,
I sit at Your Feet. ```
```
Tanu hok mor hiyar paharHiya hok mor premer pahar
```
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Timir rate chalte habeAlor sandhane
```
```
Balar mato kichhui ajoBalte shikhini
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```
I have not yet learnedAnything worth telling.
```
```
Where is delight?Where is delight?
My heart is all depression. ```
```
Sabar sathe jukta hayeMukti bhikkha magi
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```
United with all,I must beg for liberation.
```
```
O Light of my heart,O Light of my heart,
I am Your Eternity’s companion. ```
```
I must cryInside my mind-forest,
Nowhere else. ```
```
I must smileIn my heart-city,
Nowhere else. ```
```
I must danceIn the land of light,
Nowhere else. ```
```
With my body and mind,I am on the march today
For the truth-discovery. ```
```
Tomai puje hayechhi amiParam bhagyaban
```
```
Worshipping You,I have become most fortunate.
```
```
Within, without,For a new life
I cry sleeplessly. ```
```
Pranami tomai bhubaner nathParama bhakati bhare
```
```
O Lord of the universe,I bow to You
With my devotion absolute. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, part 2, 1986
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