```
Mukti bagan dake anupanAi ai ai ai ai ai
Bishal amar kripar hiyai ```
```
Liberation-sky sleeplessly is calling me,“Come, come, come, come, come, come
And shelter take insideMy boundless compassion-heart.”
```
```
Simar majhe asim rajeParam prabhu
Simar buke prashphutibe ```
```
The Delight-Dream of the Absolute SupremeIn the core of the finite
Shall unmistakably blossom. ```
```
Sure sure hiya pureMor amire dhire dhire
Bandhbo nashbo aj ```
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Singing sweet and melodious songsInside my heart-citadel
Today I shall slowly and slowlyBind and destroy my ego-life.
```
```
Tomar anan amar swapanTomar nayan amar jiban
Tomar ketan amar sharan ```
```
Your Face is my dream,Your Eye is my life,
Your Banner is the ultimate GoalOf my aspiration-dedication.
```
```
Manab jiban manab maranChira paraner maha swapaner
Puta abiram lila ```
```
Human life and human death —The hallowed beauty-game
Of the Absolute Lord’s Transcendental Dream. ```
```
Kanna lagi nidra jagi haye bibhagiKanna kothai kanna kanna lagi nidra jagi
```
```
Renouncing everything, I remain awakeFor my heart’s aspiration-cry.
Alas, where is my cry,My heart’s inner cry?
```
```
Nai je samoy kemane abhoyKemane ajoy
Kemane chira madhumoy ```
```
No time left.Fearless, how can I be?
Unconquerable, how can I be?Eternity’s delight, how can I be?
```
```
Payer byatha payer byathaBhagna deher durbalata
Sab kichutei hai byarthata ```
```
O my leg pain, O my leg pain,You are the weakness of my shattered health.
Alas, in everything my life is a fruitless failure. ```
```
Bhitar bahir mitthya prachirNahi pratiti manab badhir
```
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Within and without falsehood walksAnd man on purpose hears not.
```
```
Bhitare eshana shikhaBahire basana bal
Taito manab jatana ```
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Within, aspiration-flames.Without, desire-forest.
Therefore, man is his agony. ```
```
Nikhila sharana amiya nayanaAmare bandhiya rakho
```
```
O World-Haven,O Nectar-Eye,
Keep binding me. ```
```
Abanir majhi hiyaphulla sajiTomare sanpinu tomare
```
```
O World-Pilot,My heart-basket-flowers
To You I offer, to You. ```
```
Bedanar sheshe ranjana desheSwaruper khunjiya pabo
```
```
At the end of my excruciating pangs,In the clime of delight,
My self-form I shall discover. ```
```
Kemane kandibo kemane hasiboJibane marane nahi jani
```
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I know not how to cry,I know not how to smile
In life and death. ```
```
Maner rate hiyar prateThakur tumi sathe sathe
```
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In my mind-night, in my heart-dawnWith me You always stay.
```
```
Khandan kare bandhan morNandan priya karo
```
```
Break asunder my bondage-lifeTo make me Your fondest child.
```
```
Eso dibakaraEso nishakara
Eso ambara eso ```
```
O daylight sun,O night-light moon,
O sky, come to me. ```
```
Sabare tushite tomare dakiteTomare pujite habe
```
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To please everybody,I must invoke You,
I must worship You. ```
```
Madhur swapanMadhur jiban
Madhur maran hok ```
```
May my dream be sweet.May my life be sweet.
May my death be sweet. ```
```
Bandhan hara shanti dharaDakiche aji dakiche
```
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The flow of peace that knows no boundsAgain and again is calling me today.
```
```
Ami durbal ami asahaiAmi aji mriyaman
Kemane gahibo hasi bhara chitteTomar bijoy gan
```
```
I am weak.I am helpless.
Today I am almost dead.How can I sing with a happy heart
Your Victory Song? ```
```
Kandite chahina hasite chahinaChahi shudhu more sampite
```
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No crying, no smiling,Only surrender.
```
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Balo balo balo balo nathEkhano samoy ache tomare tushite
```
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Tell, tell, tell, tell me, Lord,Still there is time to please You.
```
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Nil baridhir gabhir hiyaiDekha amar pabe go
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Inside the deep heart of the blue seaYou can find me.
```
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Ashar tarani ashar taraniNiye jao more
Sonali jyotir deshe ```
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Hope-boat, hope-boat, take meTo the land of golden Light.
```
```
Baro bhalo lage rakhiteAmar khudra amire
Tomar charan tale ```
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I deeply love to keepMy little ‘i’ at Your Feet.
```
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Chapal paran prashanta habeEi bharashai achi benche
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Restless vital will be peaceful.With this hope I am alive.
```
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Ashar pathe chalar samayBaroi pelam byatha
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Walking along the hope-roadI am deeply hurt.
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Bhitare bahire amara moderGurur dulali
```
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Within, without,We are our Guru's
Fondness-daughters. ```
```
Chaowar khudha baroi piradayi ```
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Desire-hungerRuthlessly torments.
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Nami nami namiNami nami pranami
```
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I bow, I bow, I bow,I bow, I bow to Thee.
```
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Dharanite bedan giteGaite ami asi nai
```
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To sing the songs of pangsI have not come into the world.
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```
Amar pita bishwa pitaAmar mata bishwa mata
Ei kathati jani ami jani ```
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My Father is the World Father.My Mother is the World Mother.
This truth I know. ```
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Atma tyagi hate habePrabhur tripti lagi
```
```
To please my Lord,I must offer myself
Entirely. ```
```
Jukta hale mukta haboSatya e je maha satya
```
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Liberated we shall beIf we are united.
This truth is the Truth supreme. ```
```
Nahi jani kahar lagiKandi ami kahar lagi hasi
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I know not for whom I cryFor whom I smile.
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Eso eso baso basoAmar hiyar bagane
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O, come, come,Sit down in my heart-garden.
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Dayamayi daya kare jeona aji ```
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O Mother of Compassion,Do not leave me today.
```
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Jatrar halo suruTomare danibo amar sakal
Kamana eshanaMama priyatama guru
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My journey begins.I shall offer you my all —
My desire-life, my aspiration-life,O my Guru Beloved.
```
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O hariye phelechi maTaito kandi pran gabire
```
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I have lost my way.Therefore, I cry
In the depths of my heart. ```
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Parameshwari parameshwariBhakti mukti dao amare
```
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Mother Supreme,Devotion, liberation,
Give me, give me. ```
```
Jiban amar saphal habePele kebal tomar pada dhuli
```
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My life shall be fulfilledOnly if it receives
The dust of Your Feet. ```
```
Bindu ami sindhu haboTomar kripai achire
```
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A drop am I.Ocean I shall become soon,
By Your Grace. ```
```
Param prabhu rag karechoKeman kare kari bishwas
```
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My Lord Supreme,How can I believe
That You are angry with me? ```
```
Param pitar tomar kripar banya nemeKareche aj bhare khama
```
```
Father Supreme,Your Compassion-Flood
Has forgiven me today. ```
```
Bishwa bidhata pratiti nimeshe laho anjali morKhulo khulo mor shatek juger ruddha hiyar dor
```
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O Lord of the Universe,Do accept my heart’s self-offering blossoms.
Open, open my century-heart-door. ```
```
Bhitare hiyar tibra jatanBahire maner kathor shasan
```
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In my inner world,I suffer from my heart’s excruciating pangs.
In my outer life,I suffer from my mind’s lordship-sovereignty.
```
```
Asha kusum hiya niyeAmi benche achi
Asha kusum hiya niye ```
```
With a hope-flower-heartI am alive;
With a hope-flower-heart. ```
```
Janani tomar karuna charanJanma bihin mrittyu bihin
Amar hiyar ashesh ratan ```
```
Mother, Your Compassion-FeetAre my heart’s birthless, deathless
And endless treasures. ```
```
Urdhe nilima sathe sathe satheHiya bihanga nache dibarate
```
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The blue welkin,The measureless height
And my heart’s soul-birdSleeplessly dance.
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Amar bhitar jibane bahir jibaneAjanar dak eseche ajike
```
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In my inner life, in my outer life,From the Unknown, call has come today.
```
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Tomar giti gan na gahileKeman kare pabo tomar priti
```
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How can I get Your LoveIf I sing not Your songs?
```
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Hai hai hai haiAsha bihin chitta amar ajike
```
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Alas, alas, alas, alas,My heart is empty of hope
Today. ```
```
Keno bhule jai tumi je amarHiyar parama dhan
```
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Why do I forget thatYou are my heart’s
Wealth supreme? ```
```
Namer jasher kangal amiTaito bhoye mari
```
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Fear tortures meBecause I beg for name and fame.
```Hiya pure jete habe
Druta bege ati druta bege ```
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Fast, very fastI must enter into my heart-clime.
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Dao dao thai thaiPrabhu aji taba pade
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Give me, give me shelter,Shelter at Your Feet, my Lord, today.
```
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Bhebe bhebe tomar kathaHabo ami atmahara
```
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Thinking and thinking of YouI shall lose myself.
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Urdhe amai jete habeTushte tomai pratikhane
```
```
At every momentI must go high
To satisfy You. ```God and indifference
Never rhyme. ```
```
Bhagaban ar udasinataKakhano milena
```
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God does not knowThe last day of His Duty.
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```
Param janena tar kartabyer shesh din ```
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Tomar khamar baleTomar charan tale
Basite parinu ajiOgo mor hiya majhi
```
```
Today I am able to sit at Your Feet,O my heart’s Pilot,
Because of Your Forgiveness-Power. ```
```
Jiban jethai maran sethaiJani jani jani
```
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I know, I know, I knowWhere life is,
Death, too, there. ```
```
Tomare chhariye kemane rahiboJibaner marubhume
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Leaving You, how can I liveInside my life’s desert-land-breath?
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Ashai amar param sathiTaito benche achi
```
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My supreme friend is my hope.Therefore, I am still alive.
```Khule dao prabhu hiyar duar
Chira jibaner lagi ```
```
Khule dao prabhu hiyar duarChira jibaner lagi
```
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Shunya hate asiyachiShunye phire jabo
```From Immortality’s Nothingness-Void,
We came into existence-life,And into Immortality’s Nothingness-Void
We shall return. ```
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Swarge jabo hese heseDharar bedan niye
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Smiling and smilingI shall go to Heaven
Carrying the tears and pangsOf this earth.
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Ami hate chahi kusum surabhiAmar bhitar jibane
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In my inner life, I would like to beThe fragrance of the flowers.
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Bishwa janani nahi kabhu paboChira bidayer gan
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O Mother of this worldI shall never sing before You
My eternal farewell song. ```
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Nijere danite prati pale paleAsiyachi dhara buke
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I came into the worldTo sacrifice myself
At every moment. ```
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Tomare tushite chahije kebalNahe go sabare tushite
```
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My Lord,I desire to please You only
And not everybody. ```
```
Na kandile keman kare pabo tomar hasiNa hasile keman kare maner andhar nashi
```
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If I do not cry,How can I receive Your Smile?
If I do not smile,How can I destroy my mind-darkness?
```
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Balo balo prabhu kemane phutibo tomar charan taleChupi chupi chupi ati sugopane kathati na kabhu bale
```
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My Lord, tell me, tell meHow I can, in silence supreme,
Be fully blossomed at Your Feet. ```
```
Hriday kande jiban kande dipti shanti lagiParam pita ami tomar kripa plaban magi
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My heart cries, my life cries for light and peace.O my Father Supreme, I invoke Your Compassion-Flood.
```
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Rahi keno dibarati maner andhareKeno nahi puji ami hiyar rajare
```
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Day and night why do I liveInside my darkness-mind?
Why do I not worshipMy Heart-King?
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Phire jabo phire jabo phire jaboTomar charane thai ami pabo
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I shall go back, I shall go back, I shall go back.At Your Feet I shall have my shelter.
```
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Chahina kandite chahina pujiteChahina basite bhalo
Tabu asha kari niye jabe morManer timir kalo
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I do not want to cry.I do not want to worship.
I do not want to love.Yet I hope You will take away
All my mind’s tenebrous darkness. ```
```
Kandi ami dibas rati tomar kripa lagiTripti pelam nitya nutan tomar khama magi
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Day and night I cryFor Your Compassion.
Satisfaction I derive onlyFrom Your ever-new Forgiveness.
```
```
Kakhano kandi kakhano hasi kakhano dubi gabhireHerite chahi barek ami mama hiyar rabire
```
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Sometimes I cry,Sometimes I smile,
Sometimes I dive deep withinTo see only once
The Sun of my heart. ```
```
Khama amai karo mago khama khama khamaHiyar bedan baroi nithur ogo manorama
```
```
Mother, forgive me,Forgive me, forgive me, forgive,
O Mother of Beauty Supreme,Ruthless heart-torture I now am.
```
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Pit pit mit mit sanjher tara sanjher taraAtmahara heri tomar sudha dhara
```
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Twinkling, twinkling evening star, evening star!Watching the flow of your nectar-delight,
Myself I completely lose. ```
```
Shunya hate tomar kache esechilamPurna haye bhitar bahir phire elam
```
```
With empty handsI came to You, my Lord.
I have now come back.Within, without, I am full.
I am now fulfilled. ```
```
Jibane mor tomar bijoy habe habe habeTomar charan dhuli kebal rabe amar bhabe
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Your Victory will blossom in my life.My world will have only the dust of Your Feet.
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```
Nutan asha jaglo hiyai nutan ashaRaibona ar andhar mane sarbanasha
```
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A new hope has dawned inside my heart,A new hope.
No more shall I remain inside my dark,All-destructive darkness-mind.
```
```
Neme eso neme eso neme eso priyatamaToma lagi animesh kande kande hiya mama
```
```
Come down, come down, come down,O my Beloved Supreme.
Sleeplessly for YouMy heart cries and cries.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Your Face is my dream, 2009
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