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Ashar shikha andha ruddhaSupta hiyai peyechi khunje
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Hope-flames I have discoveredInside my blind, closed
And dormant heart. ``````
Nil pakhi ase dharanir bukeDharar mukti lagi
```On Eternity’s road countless obstacles.
Therefore, am I not going to proceed beyond? ``````
Janam dine asha chila satheMaran dine shanti rabe sathe
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Hope accompaniedMy birth-arrival day.
Peace shall accompanyMy death-departure day.
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E jibane shudhu dao go amareSneha bhara ek hiya
He param pita pranati janaiTomare bhalobasiya
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Chinta roge bhoge sabaiChinta roge
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Everybody suffers from thought-ailments,Everybody.
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Maha maya tomar utsaJante chahi
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Akutir shikha kato dure tumiBalo more ogo balo
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Dibanishi hai jibane bajaiMaraner banshi
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Day and night, alas,I play on death-flute.
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Khama tumi karbe amai samoi peleEi barashai benche achi
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Kato kichu janar acheBalar kichu nai
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Kandte habe shishur matoJani kandte habe
Pira dayi pather bhojaAgyanatar bhabe
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Like a child I must cry,Like a child,
In this torturing, heavily loaded,Ignorance-flooded world.
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Ashar pradip kothaiTumi balo amai balo
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Kandte ami chahi prabhuHaste chahina
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I wish to cry, Lord.I do not want to smile.
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Asi nai ami ei dharaniteKandite kebal kandite
Esechi hethai amar amirePrabhur charane sampite
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Atiter sathe mitali kariteChahibona ami ar
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Hasiya hasiya tomar charaneAmar amire rakhibo
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Smiling and smiling,At Your Feet
I shall place my ego-‘i’. ``````
Hai jiban taru keman kareNirash halo
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Alas, how has my lifeBecome dry?
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Akuti jibaneAkuti marane
Akuti akuti akuti ``````
Aspiration in life,Aspiration in death,
Aspiration, aspiration, aspiration. ``````
The blue bird entersInto the world-heart
For the world’s liberation. ``````
Sanataner pathe kato shato badhaTai bujhi ki prabhur pane chalbona
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O great illusion,I want to know your Source.
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O aspiration-flame,Do tell me how far you are,
How far. ``````
When You have the time,You will forgive me.
With that expectation-hopeI am still alive.
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Utsaha diye jagate pranKaribo ajike joy
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I shall conquer the world-heart today,With my offering, my encouragement.
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So many things have I to learn.Nothing do I have to tell.
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O hope-lamp, where are you?Do tell me, do tell.
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Tomar bijoy gahite dharaiAsiyachi ami jani
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To sing Your Victory-Song,Into the world I came.
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I have not come into this worldOnly to cry and cry.
Into the world I cameTo place my little ego-‘i’
At my Lord’s Feet. ``````
With the past I shall notMake friends any more.
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Tomar kotha balte giyeTomai chhoto kari
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When I speak about You,I always underestimate You.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-flowers, part 2, 1989
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