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Ami sukhere dharite dukhere dharechhiAsha haye gechhe dukh
Hatasha bedane shata nipiraneBhenge gechhe mor buk
Dubibar age dhariyachho hatDubite daoni jale
Tai dayamoy jiban amarSampinu charan tale
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I desired to grasp happiness.Alas, all I have grasped is a sky of sorrow.
All my hopes have grown into fathomless pangs.My aspiration-heart is thrown into
The jaws of destruction-night.Yet my perishing life stretches
Its arms towards YouFor Your Protection-Feet.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,One Thousand Lotus Petals, part 1, 2000
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