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Mother Yogamaya, Mother Yogamaya, Mother,Sleepless, breathless prayer-tears you chose.
Therefore, your earth-life-daysBecame Heaven’s fragrance-rose.
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Mago Yogamaya Mago YogamayaMago Yogamaya Mago
Shatek ashish kusum aniyaAmar hiyai jago
```Translation
```
My Mother Yogamaya, Mother Yogamaya,Mother Yogamaya,
Do bring down from HeavenOne hundred blessing-flowers
To awaken my heart. ```
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Mata Yogamaya janitaBhitare bahire pabita
Paramer kripa khuditaHriday narahe mudita
```Translation
```
My Mother Yogamaya, Mother,Purity in the inner life you were,
Purity in the outer life you were,Lord Supreme’s Compassion-Hunger you were,
Prayer-heart sleepless you were. ```
```
Dushta baro chhilam amiDushta ati dushta
Amai dekhe tabu magoHate param tushta
```Translation
```
My childhood days were floodedWith restless and endless mischief.
Yet my very presence gave youDelight enormous and satisfaction precious.
``` [Dedicated by Sri Chinmoy to his mother, Yogamaya]
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Bhitar bahir dibas ratiChhilam dushtu shishu
Tabu ami tomar koleChhilam tomar Jishu
```Translation
```
Day and nightMy infant inner life and my infant outer life
Became my two perfect mischief-prank-victims.Yet, I know not how I was found
In your Elysian affection-flooded lap,Like Jesus of his Mother Mary.
```
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Tumi je tomar karuna nayanOgo mata Yogamaya
Bishal hriday karechilo dhanAti chhoto taba kaya
```Translation
```
My Mother Yogamaya,You were your compassion-eyes.
Your tiny and fragile earth-frameGave birth to a vastness-heart.
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Baroi bhalo lage amarBalte tomar katha
Pran kanane phute amarOishi nirabata
```Translation
```
Happiness runs to-and-fro inside my heartWhen of You I speak.
Your silence-eye from Heaven descendsAnd blossoms inside my heart-garden.
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Dharar buke esechileEksa sarat age
Tomar smriti smaran kariBaroi anurage
```Translation
```
Into the world you cameTo be a member of the earth-family
For fifty fleeting years,And your Heaven-return now completes
One hundred years — one long century.Your sweetness-reminiscences tearfully gladden
And enlighten us — all your dear ones.```
[Dedicated by Sri Chinmoy to his mother, Yogamaya]
```
Param pita bhagabaneAtma samarpan
Mata Yogamayar chhiloBrata anukhan
```Translation
```My Mother Yogamaya,
Your earth-existence-lifeWas your surrender-worship,
Sleepless and breathless,To the Lord Absolute Supreme.
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Dyulok hate bhakti bhareNemechhile prabhur seba lagi
Seba tahar karechhileModer prane nitya rahe jagi
```Translation
```
To serve the Lord GodWith humility’s devotion-light
Into the world you came.Him you served prayerfully,
Soulfully and sleeplessly,Soulfully and sleeplessly,
Inside each family member. ```
```
Mora chhilam tomar hiyarTomar ankhir ashesh gaurab
Tumi chhile moder lagiParam prabhur kanti saurabh
```Translation
```
Mother, we became the glory-achievementsOf your eyes and heart.
You became the beauty-fragrance ofOur Lord Supreme in the family
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Bhitar bahir dibas ratiChhilam dushtu shishu
Tabu ami tomar koleChhilam tomar Jishu
```Translation
```
Day and nightMy infant inner life and my infant outer life
Became my two perfect mischief-prank-victims.Yet, I know not how I was found
In your elysian affection-flooded lapLike Jesus of his Mother Mary.
```
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MagoAmar sakal chinta bhavana
Deije tomar vishan jatana```
Translation```
O my Mother,All my untold worries and anxieties
Here on earthRuthlessly torment you,
Alas! ```
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Namami mata namami mataNamami mata namami
Tumi amar swapan sudhaAmai laho pranami
```Translation:
```
My Mother, to You I bow,To You I bow,
To You I bow.You are my Nectar-Dream.
Do accept my love-devotion-obeisance. ```
```
Mantu Madal Rani MeriNonai Ranu Kanu
Chitta Hriday sabai tomarTara shashi bhanu
```Translation
```
Mantu-Madal-Rani-Meri-Nonai-Ranu-KanuChitta-Hriday — we are your stars,
We are your moon,We are your sun,
Sempiternally inside your soul we breathe.```
[Dedicated to Sri Chinmoy’s mother, Yogamaya Ghosh]
```
Yogamaya Ghosh Yogamaya Ghosh Yogamaya GhoshDekha nai kabhu
Manab charite apaner dosh ```
```
Yogamaya Shashi KumarYogamaya Shashi Kumar
Swarger martyer pritir jyoti shantir triptirEk parabar
```Translation
```
Yogamaya Shashi Kumar,Yogamaya Shashi Kumar,
A oneness-love-light-peace-satisfaction-lifeboatIn Your earth-journey and Heaven-life.
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Ma Yogamaya ```
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Janani chatrala janani chatralaJanani chatrala
Bhitare bahire nabachetanarAsima nirmala
```
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Sita kunda barab kundaMedash muni ashram
Swarga dapi gariyasiChatral amar vikram
```
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Tomar sneher kangal amiOgo amar chatragram
Gahi tomar bijoy gitiChapi dhare abiram
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Chatragramer shishu amiChatragramer shishu
Amar hiyai kande haseKrishna Buddha Jishu
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Chatragram chatragram chatragramHe amar antarer awapan dham
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Janani chatralaMata chatrala
Mor majheTaba sneher plaban
Devi dhabala ```
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Chatrala mor hiyar jananiSwarna banga deshe
Parama shanti tripti labhecheJananire bhalobese
```
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Janma bhumi chatrala morJanma bhumi
Kripa karo magoTomar charan chumi
```
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Bangladesh Bangladesh BangladeshParamer karunar animesh
Chetanar jagaran samatar parashanBhitare eshana bahire prerana
Sonar Bangla amaderSandhani duniyar nikhuter
```
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Shakpura Shakpura ShakpuraTumi mor Japaner Kamakura
Buddha murti Japaner sugaurabBuddha bani chatralar susaurabh
```
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Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka DhakaDhaka Dhaka Dhaka
Bangladesher rajdhani priti makhaBitapir gaurab prasuner saurabh
Tumi nirbhik tumi mahabirMukta hiyar unnatishir
Sonar Bangla tomar pane cheye thakeTomar swapane tahar parane rakhe
```
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Karnaphuli bhoirabh padma ar meghnaToara ar dila ajwa swarga prerana
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Bahut bachar pare param bhakti kareMa toware nassar koirttyam ajwa assi
Tuiare diba towar snehar kripar banshi ```
```
Ma toar pachhuiyereKataananda pailam
Toar sneha nadir panirAjwa hanchurilam
```
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Ranga mati ranga mati ranga matiBhitare tui baire tui agagora khanti
Mugdha hoigiagor byaggrane toare daileAnanda pai ei katha toare koile
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Chatga ar chatga manat pareToar katha hakkal samat
Toar sneha loi jaijonDuniyar gharat gharat
```From:Sri Chinmoy,My Mother's Prayer-Tears, Agni Press, New York, 1994
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