Kalo Baran Nai Je Kanu

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Kalo baran nai je Kanu jena kancha sona

Bishwa ruper rup madhuri jyoti diye bona

Amar maner kali dhele pare dekhai tare kalo

Ta nahale priya je mor shudhui ujjwal alo

Alo andhar tahar gara Kanu bishwamoy

Sabar sathe habe amar naba parichoy

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Translation

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My Krishna is not black,

He is pure gold.

He Himself is woven

Into the universal Beauty, Light and Splendour.

He looks dark

Because I have spilled the ink of my mind on Him.

Otherwise, my Beloved is All-Light.

He created Light and Darkness.

He is within and without the Cosmos Vast.

With this knowledge,

I will have a new acquaintance

With the world at large.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Garden of love-light, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/gll_1