Ami Jabo

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

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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.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Concern: A Reality of the Heart, Agni Press, 2025
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