Africa

1. Africa, Africa srashtar kripa shikha

Africa, Africa,
Srashtar kripa shikha
Soon, very soon, you will fly.
Prabhu pade labhiyacho thai
God’s Supreme Vision-Song.
Bhubaner sushobita rong

2. Africa... anna bihina bastra binina

Africa Africa Africa Africa
Anna bihina bastra bihina
Laho laho mor akuti dipika

3. Egypt... a cradle of consciousness-lift

Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt!
A cradle of consciousness-lift.
Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt!
Your death-defying pyramids,
Our Lord Supreme’s satisfaction-deeds.
Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt!
Your soulful Nile, your fruitful Cairo
Together are smashing darkness-harrow.

4. Alexandria... ancient Egypt’s world-splendour

Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria!
Ancient Egypt’s world-splendour, world-wonder Utopia.
Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great, Alexander!
Thunder-vital, thunder-eyes, thunder-feet, all thunder.
Power-hungry, he desired the conquest of humanity-sea.
But now the world is being conquered
With a oneness-heart-ecstasy.

5. Mali... O Mali tomar hiyar duare

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, O Mali!
Tomar hiyar duare esechi sange pushpa shephali
Agyan hate manab jatir bandhan mukti lagiya
Animeshe tumi praphulla chitte nijere ditecho sanpiya

Translation

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali, O Mali!
I have come to your heart's door with jasmine-redolence.
To liberate humanity from ignorance-bondage,
You are offering your entire being, cheerfully and sleeplessly.

6. Morocco... smriti patai sada jena

Maroc Maroc Morocco Morakko
Smriti patai sada jena thako
Bhitare prachin bahire nabin
Hridaye shakati nayane bhakati
Apurba dan tai gahi taba bijoyer gan

Translation

Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco!
Ever you abide in my reminiscence-life.
Within, culture ancient; without, culture modern.
In your heart is power; in your eye devotion.
This is your unique gift to humanity.
Therefore, we sing your victory-song.

7. Morocco... ever you abide

Morocco, Morocco, Morocco, Morocco!
Ever you abide in my reminiscence-life.
Within, culture ancient; without, culture modern.
In your heart is power; in your eye devotion.
This is your unique gift to humanity.
Therefore, we sing your victory-song.

8. Agadir... tumi shanti oikkyer

Agadir, Agadir, Agadir,
Tumi shantir oikkyer nir
Saralata namrata udarata purnata
Taba hiya shatadal sudha ananda bal
Agadir Agadir Agadir
pabitratar jagrata bir

Translation

Agadir, Agadir, Agadir, O nest of unity-peace!
O simplicity-humility-self-offering-fulfilment,
Your lotus-heart is nectar-delight-energy.
Agadir, Agadir, Agadir, purity’s sleepless hero!

9. Uganda, heartbeat of Africa-heart

Uganda, heartbeat of Africa-heart!
A splendid clime-culture-art.
In the comity of nations you shine
With your blossomed and shared dreams divine.

Antarctica

10. Antarctica... jenechi tomare naba

Antarctica Antarctica
Antarctica Antarctica
Jenechi tomare naba mahadesh
Jenechi hiyar shikha

11. Urdhe tulchi

Urdhe tulchi dharanire ek abhinna hiyai
Deba muhurta ar tar jaya dhwani suru halo

Asia

12. Eshiya... taba name japi hasiya

Eshiya eshiya eshiya eshiya
Taba name japi hasiya kandiya

Bangladesh

13. Bangladesh... paramer karunar

Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh
Paramer karunar animesh
Chetanar jagaran samatar parashan
Bhitare eshana bahire prerana
Sonar Bangla amader
Sandhani duniyar nikhuter

14. Bipul harasha nabin barashe

Bipul harashe nabin barashe
Jagiche moder pran
Banglar pran ek hok aji
Subishal sumahan
Khandita nahe janani Banga
Antare raje bishwa priti
Gupta danab bhrukuti moder
Parane jagai bhranta bhiti
Tamasi rajani haye jabe bhor
Udibe tapan purbachale
Sonar Bangla amar Bangla
Jagibe abar amita bale
Naba barasher hriday gabhire
Rayeche gopane mukti asha
Chira adrita arjya rishir
Phire pabo mora mauna bhasha

Translation

With great joy in the New Year
Our hearts are awakening.
Let the hearts of all the Bengalis
Become one, great and vast.
Bengal is not two, Bengal is not divided;
In one Bengal, let the world-love abide.
The torture of the undivine hostile forces
Creates false fear in the heart of Bengal.
A tenebrous night will blossom into beauty’s day.
The sun of wisdom-light will dawn.
The golden Bengal, the immortal Bengal,
Will once more see the Light of the Infinite.
In the heart of the New Year
The liberation-hope will feed us,
We shall once more receive the silence-language
Of Immortality from the Aryan sages of the hoary past.

China

15. China, Chin, Chin

China, Chin, Chin, China, Chin, Chin,
Play on your heart-violin.
Your ancient wisdom-core
Opened the world’s mind-door.
Your culture’s summit-height,
Excellence-fulness-delight.

Hong Kong

16. Hong Kong... I am singing

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong!
I am singing our oneness-fulness-song.
Dynamism-flood, your soul’s sky-reaching task.
In prosperity-sunshine you bask.
Asia’s largest wonder-water park!
Your heart has won island-beauty’s mark!

India

17. Amar janani Bharata janani

Amar janani Bharata janani
Amar swapane amar sharane
Amerika aspriha nartan
Nashibe dharar sima bandhan

18. Dhaka

Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka Dakha
Bangla desher Rajdhani priti makha
Bitapir gaurab prasuner Saurabh
Tumi nirbhik tumi mahabir
Mukta hiya Unnati shir
Sonar bangla toma pane cheye thake
Tomar swapane Tahar parane rakhe

19. Bande Mataram, Mother I bow to Thee

Bande Mataram, Mother I bow to Thee.
O dream-heart for the world’s Oneness-Home-Tree.
Your soul, Eternity’s Silence-Truth-Song.
Your life, Creator’s Vision-Victory-Gong.

20. Bharati janani Bharata janani

Bharata janani Bharata janani
Tumije amar hiyar abani
Bharata janani Bharata janani
Tumi je dharar jyotir sharani
Ekadhare tumi asimer pan
Amiya plaban amarar dhan
Tomar majhare jage bare bare
Rupantarer paramer swapani

21. Bharat dulal Bharat dulali

Bharat dulal Bharat dulali
Jagichhe abar agni mantre
Oi je bajichhe Bharat mayer
Abahan giti gabhira mandre
Nikhil janabe Bharate pranati
Bajibe Bharata bijay danka
Agni pujari jyotir senani
Duribo amara bishwa shanka
Bharat Bharat e maha Bharate
Rajibe achire charama shanti
Mitthya dainya pabe samapti
Bharat hridaye phutibe kanti

Translation

The sons and daughters of India are arising again with incantation-fire.
The deep and sonorous notes are being played to invoke Mother India.
To India the world shall offer its salutation.
Once again India’s Victory shall be proclaimed.
We are the soldiers of light and the worshippers of the Fire-God.
Away we shall chase world-fear.
India! India! In this great land of Mother India, before long the Peace of the Beyond shall reign supreme.
Falsehood and emptiness forever shall end.
Beauty’s light and delight shall blossom, grow and sport in the love of India’s heart.

22. I dearly love my India

I dearly love my India
And its age-old silence-peace.
I dearly love my America
And its child-heart’s beauty-increase.

Indonesia

23. Indonesia... softness, sweetness

Indonesia, Indonesia, Indonesia,
Softness, sweetness, oneness-ambrosia.
You are the golden link between two continents: Asia, Australia.
Your matchless prides: Java, Bali Sumatra, Jakarta.
You are your mountain-heights, you are your volcano-power.
Islam, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu — all faiths have built a oneness-tower.

24. Sukhabhumi

Sukhabhumi sukhabhumi
Taba puta pada chumi
Akatare anukhan
Sukh kara bitaran
Ananda rasi rasi
Priti bhara mukhe hasi
Sukhabhumi sukhabhumi
Dhanya tumi dhanya tumi

[Composed by Sri Chinmoy during a visit to Indonesia.]

25. Bali... tomare sampinu

Bali Bali Bali Bali Bali Bali Bali
Tomare sampinu dhanya bader thali
Bali Bali
Bali Bali Bali Bali Bali
Antare taba maha mata maha kali

Translation

Bali, Bali, Bali,
To you I offer my heart’s gratitude-shrine.
In you abides the sovereign Mother-Power Kali.

26. Bali... tumi karo mor man khali

Bali Bali Bali Bali
Tumi karo mor man khali
Bali Bali Bali Bali
Bharat sathe hiyar bandhan
Bharat sathe oikya sthapan
Ek ek ek ek jati dharma
Urdha loker satyer marma

Translation

Bali, Bali, Bali, Bali,
You make my mind tranquil emptiness-fulness.
Bali, Bali, Bali, Bali,
A heart-bridge between you and India,
A oneness-life between you and India.
Only one race and one code of life,
The quintessence of Truth’s pinnacle-heights.

27. Java... bhitare bahire ekatar abha

Java Java Java Java Java Java
Bhitare bahire ekatar abha
Pabitra pran pabitra dhyan
Nirabadhi gaho prabhu jaya gan
Java dwip manohar abhiram
Maha shantir ananda dham

28. Sumatra... toma sathe hok suru sujatra

Sumatra Sumatra Sumatra
Toma sathe hok suru sujatra
Hindu khrishthan ar musulman
Ekatar shanti taba mahadan
Indonesiar prachar bani
Danite dharai taba hiya khani

29. Borobudur

Borobudurer bhiti stapan
Buddha deber kripar plaban
Moitri dipti shanti tripti
Nai hetha nai nishar supti

Japan

30. Japan... a soulful flower-garden

Japan, Japan, Japan!
A soulful flower-garden.
Clearly you see,
Quickly you do.
Silence-ecstasy
Your property true.
Japan, Japan, Japan!
High Heaven’s hallowed Plan.

Malaysia

31. Kuala Lumpur... daring within

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala,
Daring within, charming without, voila!
Malaysia's mounting aspiration-height,
Malaysia's blossoming dedication-light.
Fondness-child of two clasping rivers.
Your heart with nectar-delight quivers.
India's religion, culture and art,
Your awakening journey's splendid start.

32. Borneo... druta gati pragatire

Borneo Borneo Borneo
Druta gati pragatire khule diyo
Anatara shatadal parimal
Hiya bhara saralata taba bal
Borneo, Borneo, Borneo
Laho mor eshanar uttariyo

33. Borneo... priti bhara hiya khani

Borneo Borneo Borneo
Priti bhara hiya khani aji niyo
Ogo mama antara nil pakhi
Hetha karo darashan prema rakhi
Tumi mita prakritir adihin
Sumadhur tomader swapna bin

34. Kuching... your heart and my heart

Kuching, Kuching, Kuching, Kuching, Kuching,
Your heart and my heart have made a oneness-ring.
Your soulful beauty’s ecstasy-acme-height
Shall spread everywhere Infinity’s blossoming Light.

35. O my long-short Eternity’s

O my long-short Eternity’s
Earth-planet-traveller-pilgrim-soul,
In your Borneo life-days
You played a splendid head-hunter-Dayak-role.
You passed through ignorance-tunnel-night
Speedily to reach God-Kingdom-Height.

Nepal

36. Nepal... bhitare bahire tumi je dayal

Nepal Nepal Nepal Nepal
Bhitare bahire tumi je dayal
Gurkha tomai janai pranati
Dehe antare asim shakati
Hindu bauddha abhinna pran
Taba chetanar ei maha dan

Philippines

37. I am a true Filipino

I am a true Filipino.
Division-hungry mind, no, no!
My heart shall give a oneness-feast;
I shall top the perfection-list!

Singapore

38. Singapore, Singapore, O Singapore!

Singapore, Singapore, O Singapore!
Power and beauty’s splendour-shore.
O bold lion-strength, O swift deer-speed,
Curiosity-world you gloriously feed.
Free is your duty’s service-delight;
Sure is your giant confidence-height.

Sri Lanka

39. Sri Lanka... you are mahanandam danka

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka!
You are mahanandam danka.
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka!
Lord Buddha’s august Grace,
Vivekananda’s victory-face
You love and treasure beyond measure.
O ancient singhal dwip,
Your body-soul-beauty deep.

40. Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri!

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri!
Lord Buddha’s Compassion-Tree.
You are your heart’s magic name,
You are your life’s classic fame,
You are your soul’s trance-glow-height,
World-pilgrims’ destination-delight.

41. Sri Lanka... O soulful ancient heart

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka!
O soulful ancient heart, O powerful modern arm,
Serenity’s transcending fragrance,
Simplicity’s illumining charm.
Religions’ oneness-shelter-nest;
The world is your surprise-fulfilled guest.

42. India, Ceylon: Ek bhai ek bon

India, Ceylon:
Ek bhai ek bon
In India, Buddha opened His Vision-Eye,
On Ceylon, Buddha placed His mystic Feet.
May two climes enjoy once more oneness-freedom-sky,
Together declare their splendour-fulness-heartbeat.

43. Singhal dwip... tomar hiya

Singhal dwip singhal dwip singhal
Tomar hiyar prashphutita puta shatadal
Sabare dakiche sabare basiche aji bhalo
Ek sathe sathe nashibe dharar ghor kalo

44. Anuradhapura... bhitare bahire

Anuradhapura, Anuradhapura, Anuradha!
Bhitare bahire nahi mano tumi kono badha
Within, without, you admit no obstacles;
You bravely shatter ignorance-shackles.
Your stupas and caves are your inner strength;
To you bows the world of infinite length.

45. Colombo... a golden hive of activity

Colombo, Colombo, Colombo!
A golden hive of activity.
Within, without, you are a radiance-reality.
America-conqueror Swami Vivekananda in the East
Touched your heart first and gave you
His glory’s blessing-light-feast.

46. Kandy, Kandy, a world heritage

Kandy, Kandy, a world heritage
UNESCO’s wisdom-declaration,
Unity’s diversity-dynamism;
Pilgrim-souls breathe your illumination.

47. Ratnapura... Adam’s Peak

Ratnapura, Ratnapura, Ratnapura!
Adam’s Peak, Lord Shiva’s Trance-Eye-Height,
Lord Buddha’s Compassion-Blessing-Light,
Your heart’s and your life’s treasures supreme.
Your soul is, indeed, a God-revealed dream.

Thailand

48. Thailand... Great Lord Buddha’s

Thailand, Thailand, Thailand Thailand!
Great Lord Buddha’s Compassion-Hand.
In a small body the Pinnacle-Voice.
The world’s quick softness-fulness-choice.
Thailand, Thailand, Thailand, Thailand!
Peace-hunger-lives play your oneness-band.

49. Thai... tumi mor bon bhai

Thai thai thai thai
Tumi mor bon bhai
Thai thai thai thai
Rahi hiya anginai
Thai thai thai thai
Buddha pade labhi thai
Thai thai thai thai
Karunar simanai

Translation

Thai, Thai, Thai, Thai,
You are my sister, you are my brother.
Thai, Thai, Thai, Thai,
We all live in our oneness-heart-garden.
Thai, Thai, Thai, Thai,
We have taken refuge at the Feet
Of the Lord Buddha.
Thai, Thai, Thai, Thai,
His Compassion knows no bounds.

50. Bangkok... a giant rare determination

Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok!
A giant, rare determination-rock.
Within, without, your monk-discipline-choice;
They take and give the world with a soundless voice.
Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok!
Spirit’s treasure-clime you bravely unlock.

51. Chiang Mai... a flowing heart

Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai!
A flowing heart, a twinkling eye.
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai,
Soul-reality’s oneness-eye.
With you, I swim the sea of light;
With you, I climb ecstasy’s height.
To you, I give my pilgrim-soul;
To me, you give your fulfilled goal.

52. Hua Hin... tomar majhare bajai

Hua Hin, Hua Hin, Hua Hin, Hua Hin,
Tomar majhare bahai amar hiya bin
Hese khele jagatere tumi karecho apan
Charidhare heri shudhu mahananda brindaban

53. Phuket... fantasy’s and ecstacy’s

Phuket, Phuket, Phuket, Phuket, Phuket!
Fantasy’s and ecstasy’s perfection-net.
Simplicity, complexity, together play;
Poverty and prosperity unfailingly pray.
Phuket, Phuket, O enchanting island,
In you, pilgrims see a large, self-giving hand.

Viet Nam

54. Viet Nam... you are your life’s

Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Viet Nam!
You are your life’s progress-joy-drum.
Your crying heart’s streaming tears no more;
Your boat is touching the Golden Shore.

55. Mekong Delta, Mekong!

Mekong Delta, Mekong!
Life-take and life-give-gong.
Mother Nature’s moon-breath
Strangled and killed by death.
Beauty’s new-born life and heart
Give Mekong the God-start.

Australia

56. O my Australia, I love your beauty’s

O My Australia, Australia, Australia!
I love your beauty’s vastness green.
I love your heart’s sweet unseen cry.
Your new soul knows no bondage-screen.
It beckons your body’s strength to fly.
O my Australia, Australia, Australia!
No foe have you, a matchless surprise!
Your simple, soulful life of love,
At God’s express Hour Choice shall rise.
Yours is the trumpet-triumph here and above.
O my Australia, Australia, Australia!

57. Australia... your oneness-heart

Australia, Australia, my Australia!
Your oneness-heart, your vastness-life
Challenge the strength of ignorance-knife.
Australia, Australia, my Australia!
You take a drop and give the ocean,
You take a ray and give the sun,
You take a gratitude-plant
And give the gratitude-tree.
In you the nectar-bliss of satisfaction free.

58. Australia, Australia! Your beauty’s sky

Australia, Australia!
Your beauty’s sky, your duty’s land
Have won the Supreme’s Blessing-Hand.
Compassion-heart and oneness-friend,
Hearken your victory’s glory-band.

59. Australia, do have my Indian heart!

Australia, do have my Indian heart!
Therein abides the Vedic vision-start.
The Ind of yore with its Himalayan lore
Has touched your spacious body,
Your precious core.

60. A fountain-heart, a mountain-soul

A fountain-heart, a mountain-soul,
O great Australia of mine!
For me, for all, your zenith-goal:
Success-march, progress-dive divine.

61. Australia... your heart for God

Australia, Australia, Australia, Australia,
Your heart for God, your life for man!
Heaven and earth your dream-eyes span.

62. O fauna, O flora of Australia

O fauna, O flora of Australia,
Your souls create a Utopia.
Lo, southern sea and southern sky
Love and enjoy your victory-eye.

63. O my Australian children

My sweet Canberra children,
My sweet Melbourne children,
My Adelaide children,
My Brisbane children,
My Sydney children,
My Australian children,
I love you, my heart loves you,
My soul blesses you,
My Supreme needs you,
My Beloved Supreme is fond of you.
I am for you.
I am all for you forever,
Throughout Eternity in your heart-garden.

64. Australia... paramanande diyechi tomai

Australia Australia Australia Australia
Paramanande diyechi tomai mor shatadal hiya

65. My Indian mind is flying

My Indian mind is flying
To offer you my admiration-gong.
My Indian heart is flying
To offer you my aspiration-song.

New Zealand

66. New Zealand... within, without

New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand!
Within, without, God-Beauty’s Hand.
Softness-life and oneness-heart you are;
The whole world loves you from near and far.
The lamb land, lamb land, the number one;
Ignorance-supremacy you shun.

Europe

67. Europe, Europe, O my Europe!

Europe, Europe, O my Europe!
Yours is the mind of brilliance-scope.
Your wisdom-sun you share with all,
Comity of nations big and small.
Today’s wonder-achievements high,
To you offer their gratitude-sky.

68. Europe... you are the achievement-beauty’s

Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe,
You are the achievement-beauty's
Sky-climbing rope.

Austria

69. Austria... ananda pai tomar hridaye jagiya

Austria, Austria, Austria, Austria
Ananda pai tomar hridaye jagiya
Austria Austria Austria Austria
Dhanya halem taba ankhi sathe hasiya
Austria Austria Austria Austria
Sangit gyane bichitra taru shankha
Nil pakhi nil unmukta taba pakha

70. Austria... not big in earthly size

Austria, Austria, Austria, Austria!
Not big in earthly size,
But won the Heavenly prize
Of neutrality-lore
And reached the wisdom-shore.
Austria, Austria, Austria, Austria!
U.N. Pilot: your gift supreme.
He flowers the world’s oneness-dream.

Belgium

71. Belgium, Belgium, heart-beauty’s

Belgium, Belgium, heart-beauty’s height.
Belgium, Belgium, soul-mystery’s light.
Belgium, Belgium, battlefield-hero.
Belgium, Belgium, indolence-zero.
Belgium, Belgium, splendour-renaissance.
Belgium, Belgium, I am my obeisance.

Czechoslovakia

72. Czechoslovakia... world-attention you command

Czechoslovakia,
World attention you command,
Self-perfection you demand,
Heart’s music-profundity you own,
Life’s poetry-summit in you is grown.

Denmark

73. Denmark... home-beauty’s fulness-spark

Denmark, Denmark, Denmark!
Home-beauty’s fulness-spark.
Host unparalleled, host,
You have the right to boast.
Deeply, sweetly, fondly
You love the world-family.
Copenhagen’s soul’s charm: Within and without warm.

Finland

74. Finland... O flying Finns triumphant!

Finland, Finland, Finland!
O flying Finns triumphant!
Patience within, speed without,
Smile-glories all-where you sprout.

France

75. Vive la France!

Vive la France! Vive la France! Vive la France!
Your wisdom-sea is your Himalaya dance.
Vive la France! Vive la France! Vive!
Your renaissance-skies eternally shall live.
The wonder of wonders: your culture-role.
Your “Marseillaise” has won the cosmos-soul.

76. France cannot be France

France cannot be France without greatness.
France cannot be France without greatness.

[Words of President Charles de Gaulle]

Germany

77. Germany... the world’s top brains company

Germany, Germany, Germany!
The world’s top-brains company.
Drunk deep India’s Upanishad lore,
Max Muller all-where placed its nectar-core.

Great Britain

78. Great Britain... pinnacle-majesty’s fountain

Great Britain, Great Britain,
Pinnacle-majesty’s fountain.
Profundity-heart, nobility-soul,
Goodness-flooded fulness-goal.

Greece

79. Greecer chhilo chaoa khudha

Greecer chhilo chaowa khudha
Tai peyeche birjya sudha
Athens tomai pranam kare
Vishwa sabha baran kare

Translation

Greece had the longing hunger.
Therefore, it received strength-nectar.
Athens, the world-assembly bows to you
And receives you in silence-admiration.

Hungary

80. Hungary... unnati taba tara tari

Hungary Hungary Hungary
Unnati taba tara tari
Tumi mor hridaye peyecho thai
Tumi mor bon tumi mor bhai
Toma majhe raje atandra khudha
Pabe tumi jani asimer Sudha

Translation

Hungary, Hungary, Hungary!
In my heart is your blessing-presence.
You are at once my affection-sister and affection-brother.
In you resides sleepless hunger-light.
I know, yours will be Immortality’s nectar-delight.

Iceland

81. Iceland... you are your life’s charity-hand

Iceland, Iceland, Iceland, Iceland,
You are your life’s charity-hand.
Hospitality’s sleepless door,
Kindness, oneness and fulness-core.
Iceland, Iceland, Iceland, Iceland,
World peace-dreamers’ perfection-stand.

Italy

82. Italy and Italy’s Rome

Italy and Italy’s Rome
Own the world’s fondness-home.
Michelangelo, da Vinci,
Mona Lisa and Vatican-tree,
Lead the world to nectar-sea
In sweet silence-secrecy.

83. Sicily... heart-dreamers’

Sicily, Sicily, Sicily, Sicily!
Heart-dreamers’, life-explorers’ jubilee.
Your Mount Etna, Mount,
Breathless beauty-fount.
Your Taormina Tower,
Sweetness-fragrance-flower.
The sun-god blesses your life every day;
Compassion-gratitude-game, you two play.

Macedonia

84. I am indeed a Macedonian soul

I am, indeed, a Macedonian soul.
My nation’s progress-joy my only goal.
No compromise with ignorance-nights around;
Under their leaderships we shall never be found.

Malta

85. Malta, humanity’s fondness-nest

Malta, humanity’s fondness-nest
You bring to the fore every nation’s very best.
In you the world-faiths have found their oneness-choice.
In a smallness-body, earth-illumination-voice.

86. Amar name jahaj diye

Amar name jahaj diye
Amai tumi karle ashirbad
Diye more aro tumi
Kritagyatar swad

87. Bhitar bahir gahi mora

Bhitar bahir gahi mora Malta bijoy giti
Taito labhe moder hiya Malta hiyar priti

88. Malta khuleche hiyar duar

Malta khuleche hiyar duar
Taito hayeche apan sabar
Chhoto dehe baro swapaner hasi
Malta tomare mora bhalobasi

89. Mulya deije Malta sabar bishwase

Mulya deije Malta sabar bishwase
Malta nache sakal jatir nishwase

90. Malta Malta tumi je tomar hiya

Malta Malta tumi je tomar hiyar asim shakati
Astra shakti nahi chaha tumi taito janai pranati

91. Hasite nachita esechi

Hasite nachite esechi amara Malta hriday kanane
Param prabhure dibo ananda abhinna ek chetane

92. O Knights of Saint John, Knights!

O Knights of Saint John, Knights!
You braved ignorance-nights.
O Knights of Malta, Knights!
You smashed ignorance-nights.
In you the Christ: Compassion-giver,
With you the Christ: Protection-healer.

93. Malta, where the sun shines

“Malta, where the sun shines from the heart.”
Malta, divinity’s perfection-start!

Netherlands

94. Holland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Holland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
All-where your tulips’ self-giving fragrance-hands.
Rembrandt, Renaissance-zenith-artist-soul;
Erasmus, tolerance-virtue’s perfect role.
Holland, Holland — within, purity-flower;
Soulfully ready at God’s Supreme Hour.

Norway

95. Norway... long-lasting sun-smile-day

Norway, Norway, Norway!
Long-lasting sun-smile-day.
Independence-kingdom-pride,
No division-nights to hide.
Norway, oneness-power-song,
You strike the Nobel Peace-gong.
Origin: music-harmony,
Great exploration-company.
Your fondness-child, Trygve Lie,
U.N. first General-tree.

96. Norway... peace-dreamers’ oneness-play

Norway, Norway, Norway!
Peace-dreamers’ oneness-play.
Your heart’s silence-fragrance-light
Knows no division-night.

Poland

97. Poland, Divinity’s patience

Poland, Divinity’s patience and poise,
Endurance-choice and determination-voice.
Streaming tears and unending fears no more;
A promise-blossoming heart and a golden shore.
Compassion-ocean, Holy Father, your child;
Supreme transformer of the world’s ignorance wild.

98. Poland... no more a tearful land

Poland, Poland, Poland!
No more a tearful land.
An ocean-deep hope-thrill,
A mountain-high promise-zeal.

Spain

99. O Spain... your life within

O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain!
Your life within is power-victor sovereign.
O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain!
Confidence-sky and freedom-sun, no bondage-chain.
O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain, O Spain!
Hunger sleepless for the Lord’s Compassion-Rain.

Sweden

100. Sweden... you own a splendid vision

Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden,
You own a splendid vision-ken.
Your Nobel Prize is the world’s Himalayan treasure;
Its length, its height, its depth beyond measure.
You are your teeming consciousness-lakes of soulfulness.
Stillness within, stillness without: a life of perfection-fulness.

Switzerland

101. Switzerland... God’s Vision-Reality-Land

Switzerland, Switzerland, Switzerland!
God’s Vision-Reality-Land.
Beauty-centre, duty-centre, mountain-centre,
Open my heart and do enter!
Love-song, service-song, surrender-song
Here, ever, soulfully throng.

Yugoslavia

102. Yugoslavia... na dekhe na jene

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia!
Na dekhe na jene dharecho amare bhalobasiya
Shanti labhinu tomar hiyai aji kandiya
Tripti labhinu tomar jibane ajji hasiya
Purane tyajiya nutane dakiya
Bhitare jagiya bahire daniya
Paramer pade uthiyacho tumi prashphutiya

Translation

Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia!
Seeing me not and knowing me not,
You have clasped me with your self-giving life.
Crying and crying and crying in the depths of your heart,
Peace I have achieved today.
Smiling and smiling and smiling around your life,
Satisfaction I have achieved today.
Casting aside the old, you have beckoned the new.
Awakened in the inner world,
You are sleeplessly serving the outer world.
At the Feet of the Absolute Lord Supreme
You are now fully blossomed.

North and South America

103. North America, South America

North America, South America,
North, South, North, South,
May you have a full heart
And a oneness-mouth.

Argentina

104. Argentina... aloker jhalaker

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!
Aloker jhalaker paramer rabhasher bina
Taba nabhe samyer oikyer nil pakhi ure
Dhara shune ongkar jhankar taba hiya pure

Translation

Argentina, Argentina, Argentina, Argentina!
Yours is the life-core
That is flooded with the Light
Of the Absolute Beyond
And with ecstasy’s lightning-speed.
The blue soul-bird flies in the firmament
Of your equality's oneness-peace.
The whole world astonishingly hears
The soundless-sound-resonance
In the depth of your heart-citadel.

Canada

105. Canada, Canada, pranati janai

Canada, Canada, pranati janai pranati janai
Tomar prasun hriday gabhire mor bon bhai
Subishal abhaya nahi hetha kalarab
Tomar nayane tomar anane ashanti nai
Maha ajanar sudha sangite amare harai

Translation

Canada, Canada, to you I bow and bow.
In the inmost recesses of your flower-pure heart
I discover my Canadian sisters and brothers.
Supremely vast is your body’s existence-life.
In your vision-eye and on your determination-face
Wild unrest fails to breathe.
I lose myself, my very existence,
Inside the great unknown:
Your Immortality’s Nectar-Song.

106. I thank you, Canada

I thank you, Canada, I thank!
Because you have shown me your compassion-bank.
I thank you, Canada, I thank!
You are your body’s spacious length.
You are your heart’s precious strength.
You are your soul’s oneness-light.
In you I have my trust-delight.

107. O my Canada, you are very vast

O my Canada, you are very vast.
Can you not be very high, too?
Try, you can.
O my Canada, why do you always follow?
Can you not lead from now on?
Try, you can.
You think the world does not admire you.
Can you not demand the world’s admiration?
Try, you can.
You certainly can.

108. O good Canada’s oneness-heart

O good Canada's oneness-heart
In you I see the perfection-start.
Your blue vision-worlds run and sail.
Your gold reality-worlds never fail.
Your beauty’s soulful cry succeeds.
Your duty’s fruitful smile proceeds.
Beyond within, your vastness-chart.

109. America, Canada, your oneness-hands

America, Canada, your oneness-hands,
Supreme amity’s perfect fondness-lands.
Canada, America.

110. Canada, world-peace-dreamers’ utopia

Canada, world-peace-dreamers’ utopia,
Oneness-life, fulness-heart-ambrosia.
My gratitude-heart-shrine to you I give;
In your compassion-ocean-eyes I live.

111. Canada Canada bishwa shantir

Canada Canada bishwa shantir dak diyecho
Bishwa jyotir gan geyecho
Sabar age sabar age
Puta hiyar anurage
Nutan asha nutan bhasa
Nutan rabi atma chhabi
Tumi aji more diyecho

112. Canada Bharat Bharat Canada

Canada Bharat Bharat Canada
Bharata barsha
Choitali thali mitali dipali
Ek apurba harsha

113. Canada deha taba bishalata

Canada deha taba bishalata
Hiya taba madhurata
Shantir bani ditecho dharare
Nijhare nehari sabar majhare
Tumi je amar hiyar pakhir simahin nirabata
Bhitare bahire swarga dhamer madhumoy saphalata

114. Ottawa... Canada’s peace-blossom

Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa!
Canada’s peace-blossom-fragrance-delight.
World-harmony’s pioneer-perfection-height.
Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa!
Canada, God’s Dream-Sky-Reality-Sun.
The Supreme Lord’s Heart-Song you have begun.

Chile

115. Chile... chaityer shoirjyer jhilimili

Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile!
Chaityer shoirjyer jhilimili
Ekadhare pramoder paribar
Durgati krandan durbar
Prachiner ankhi nabiner rakhi
Joy hok joy hok hok joy
Swadhinata antar nirbhoy

Translation

Chile, Chile, Chile, Chile!
In you, I see the splendour-jubilee
Of consciousness-flooded power-life.
You are at once a oneness-family
Of stupendous mirth and untold misfortune,
Streaming tears and excruciating pangs.
You embody the seer-vision of the hoary past
And the measureless fulness-love
Of tomorrow's dawn.
Victory — your victory we solemnly proclaim
In your indomitable independence-light
Of success-progress-life.

Costa Rica

116. Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Costa Rica, Costa Rica,
Within, without, peace-sea: Eureka!
Military power, no! no! no!
In oneness-strength you grow and glow.
Arias, your pole-star, long live, long;
We sing all-where his victory-song.

Mexico

117. Mexico... softness, boldness

Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!
Softness, boldness your beauty’s core.
Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!
Wisdom-freedom, your oneness-lore.
Your past, present, future: all angel-glow!
Your vision-eye, a sleepless river-flow.

118. Acapulco... within, without

Acapulco, Acapulco, Aca!
Within, without a life soulful, blanca.
“The pearl of the Pacific”, your motto sublime.
O rare owner of ancient time and modern time!

119. Mazatlan... O snow-white heart

Mazatlan, Mazatlan, Mazatlan!
O snow-white heart in God’s Vision-Plan!
A stupendous soul in a tiny frame,
The boat and the Boatman
Offer their fondness-game.

Panama

120. Panama... O heart-feeding panorama!

Panama, Panama, Panama,
O heart-feeding panorama!
The world’s sleepless attention,
Your Panama-beauty’s perfection.
Small in body, large in heart,
To smash the pride of ignorance-dart.
For all, your Panama Canal-soul;
All long for its possession-goal.

121. Honour, Justice and Liberty

Honour, Justice and Liberty.
Honour, Justice and Liberty.
Honour, Justice and Liberty.
Honour, Justice and Liberty.

[Motto of the Republic of Panama]

Peru

122. Peru... pabitar shashi ekatar meru

Peru, Peru, Peru, Peru, Peru!
Pabitar shashi ekatar meru
Tomar lagiya urdher kripa sopan
Tumije tomar nimner trisha bagan
Tomar parane swapanir dak
Tomar nayane ushashir shankh
Gaurab shir saurabh nir
Kulu kulu swane nadi anadir

Translation

Peru, Peru, Peru, Peru!
You are purity-moon and unity-mount.
For you, the compassion-flights
Of the higher worlds.
And you are the quenchless thirst
Of your heart-garden.
The supreme Dreamer is beckoning you.
Your eyes blow the dawn’s victory-conch.
You are your lofty glory’s height.
You are your fragrance-affection-nest.
Murmuring, through you is flowing
The birthless and deathless life-river.

Suriname

123. Suriname... manorama prakritir

Suriname, Suriname, Suriname!
Manorama prakritir hiya dham
Ramsewak Shankar rastrapati
Dao tumi sabakare subhamati
Apanare bitariya taba deshe
Animeshe hese hese bhalobese

Translation

Suriname, Suriname, Suriname!
The heart-abode of nature’s pristine beauty.
President Ramsewak Shankar,
To each and every countryman of yours
You offer your kindness-thoughts and goodness-life.
You are your life’s self-offering,
With a sleeplessly smiling, love-flooded heart.

Uruguay

124. Uruguay... a oneness-heart

Uruguay, Uruguay, Uruguay!
A oneness-heart is the only way:
This truth you speak and feel.
Highly you enjoy ecstasy’s thrill.
A newness-life, your daily choice;
Beauty and power mark your voice.

U.S.A.

125. America... great you are

America, America, America!
Great you are, good you are,
Brave you are, kind you are.
O my America, America.
Your Heaven-freedom is earth’s aspiration-choice.
With you, in you, is God-Hour’s Victory-Voice.

Venezuela

126. Venezuela... tumi paramer

Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela
Tumi paramer paramananda khela
Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela
Nutan ashar nutan bhashar vela
Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela
Tomar bhabane nache sabakar mela

Translation

Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela!
You are the cosmos-delight-game
Of the Absolute Supreme.
Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela!
You are a new hope-boat, sleeplessly carrying
A new message-dawn.
Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela!
In your heart-home dances the oneness-assembly
Of all nations.

Oneness-Dream-Boat-Shore

127. Oneness-Dream-Boat-Shore

Oneness-Dream-Boat-Shore:
Supreme’s Sun-Smile-Core.

128. Soviet Union

Soviet Union.
Soviet Union.
Soviet Union.

129. U.S.S.R.... God-blossoming

U.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.!
God-blossoming, brightest vastness-star.
Soviet Union!
You are your glory Olympian.

130. Russia Bharat Bharat Russia

Russia Bharat Bharat Russia
Sathe sathe chale hasiya hasiya
Ek bhab ek mati ek gati
Chidakashe ati druta unnati

Translation

Russia, India, India, Russia!
Smiling and smiling,
They are moving together,
Forward, upward and inward.
They are marching together,
They are flying together,
They are diving together.
With oneness in willingness,
With oneness in inspiration,
With oneness in one goal,
With faster than the fastest
Progress-speed,
They are flying
In their oneness-heart’s sky.

131. Russia... utecho jagiya

Russia Russia Russia Russia
Uthecho jagiya timir nashiya
Punorai bishwas bhagabane
Nijere ditecho tar jaya gane

Translation

Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia!
You are awakened,
Having destroyed darkness-night.
Once more you have regained
Your complete faith in God,
The Lord Absolute Supreme.
And now you are sleeplessly
Offering your very existence,
Singing and singing His Victory-Songs.

132. Ami Russian ami Russian

Ami Russian ami Russian
Rus rus rus ami
Prabhu jaya gan gahi arbar
Shanti sagare nami

Translation

I am a Russian soul.
Once more I sing
My Lord’s Victory-Songs,
Diving in the sea of Peace.

133. Comrades dharo hath

Comrades dharo hath dharo hath
Amader ek hiya ek nath
Comrades ekatar suprabhat
Paramer pada tale pranipat
Comrades duniyar ghare ghare
Khunje pabo prithibhara antare
[Dedicated to President Mikhail Gorbachev]

Translation

Comrades, join hands, join hands.
One heart, one Lord have we.
Comrades, our oneness-dawn is blossoming.
Let us place our heads at the Feet of our
Lord Beloved Supreme.
Comrades, in humanity’s each and every home
We shall discover the Heart Universal,
Flooded with love.

134. I am Russian, I am American

I am Russian,
I am American,
I am Indian, too.
In God’s vastness-green
And oneness blue.
I am a Russian body.
I am an American mind.
I am an Indian Heart.
God’s global manifestation
On earth I start.

135. Kandiya hasiya turiya lagiya

Kandiya hasiya turiya lagiya
Russia jegeche Russia phuteche ajike
Pranam janai ma hiya tai
Asim pathar Russia hiyar majhike

136. Moscow... power within

Moscow, Moscow, Moscow, Moscow!
Power within, above, below;
World-charm, world-sound, world-attention;
Pilgrim-souls’ sweet, fond affection.

Estonia

137. Estonia... for you and your life

Estonia, Estonia, Estonia!
For you and your life,
No more push, no more pull, no more!
Your heart has reached your hope’s
Fulfilling green-blue-gold shore.
Sleeplessly, breathlessly drink you deep ambrosia.

Antigua

138. Antigua... perfect land

Antigua, Antigua, Antigua!
Perfect land, perfect friend, perfect closeness.
No stranger you see, no remoteness.
Antigua, Antigua, Antigua!
Columbus found your sublime beauty;
You still offer pristine purity.

Bahamas

139. O grand Bahama... grand!

O grand Bahama, Bahama, Bahama grand!
Great multiplicity in good oneness-land.
Here we swim and sail,
No nature’s bondage-jail.
Bahama, Bahama, Bahama, Bahama,
O sleepless, O breathless panorama!

140. Forward, upward, onward, together

Forward, upward, onward, together.
Forward, upward, onward, together.
Forward, upward, onward, together.
Forward, upward, onward, together.
Forward, upward, onward, together.
Forward, upward, onward, together.

[Motto of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas]

Bermuda

141. Bermuda... swapaner khudha

Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda
Swapaner khudha bastab sudha

Translation

Bermuda, Bermuda, Bermuda!
You are at once my hunger-dream
And nectar-reality.

142. Bermuda dila more

Bermuda dila more naba asha
Swarge martye ek bhasha

Translation

A new hope
Bermuda has given me.
There, one voice unites
Heaven and earth.

Dominica

143. Dominica, unparalleled bird-land

Dominica, unparalleled bird-land!
Soulful, fruitful — always a helping hand.
Columbus discovered your outer space;
Today the whole world loves your inner grace.
Prime Minister Mary Charles, Mary,
Your sublime self-giving is legendary.

Puerto Rico

144. O my Puerto Rico, your soul

O my Puerto Rico!
Your soul is Beauty’s flow,
Your heart is Duty’s glow.
O my Puerto Rico!
Your simple life of Truth
Is God’s Perfection-Ruth.
To you I bow, to you I bow,
In our Lord’s Eternity-Now.
To you I bow, to you I bow,
O my Puerto Rico!

145. O my Puerto Rico... your kindness

O my Puerto Rico, O my Puerto Rico,
Your kindness-life I fail to measure;
Your oneness-heart I truly treasure.
O my Puerto Rico, O my Puerto Rico,
Long before others cared,
You and your heart dared
To love me and feed me
With your soul’s ecstasy.

146. O softness, sweetness

O softness, sweetness, Puerto Rican soul,
Yours is the blue-green self-giving role.
Aspiring land, inspiring friend,
Second to none your oneness-run.
Perfection-satisfaction your goal.

147. Puerto Rico... simplicity, humility

Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico!
Simplicity, humility, consciousness-flow.
God the Compassion, your Pilot.
With your child-heart Him you have caught.

148. First is Puerto Rico

First is Puerto Rico,
Second is Puerto Rico,
Always is Puerto Rico.

[Words of Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon of Puerto Rico]

149. I have faith that at the end (1)

I have faith that at the end of the road I will see a people
with their confidence in God and with their lives filled with
spiritual significance and moral purpose.
I have faith in finding there a people
with greater confidence in themselves,
in finding each Puerto Rican
standing firmly on his own feet.
And I have this hope because I have faith
in God and in Puerto Rico.
[Words of Rafael Hernandez Colon,
Governor of Puerto Rico 1973-1977, 1985-1993]

150. I have faith that at the end (2)

I have faith that at the end of the road I will see a people
with their confidence in God and with their lives filled with
spiritual significance and moral purpose.
I have faith in finding there a people
with greater confidence in themselves,
in finding each Puerto Rican
standing firmly on his own feet.
And I have this hope because I have faith
in God and in Puerto Rico.
[Words of Rafael Hernandez Colon,
Governor of Puerto Rico 1973-1977, 1985-1993]

151. Spaniards came

Spaniards came.
They conquered.
Perhaps they helped.
But they could have made better use of their paternal concern.
Americans have come.
They are helping.
Momentous is their contribution.
Yet you need more of their attention,
Sympathy and opportunity.
Let them come and let them go, if so is the Will of God.
But you try to live dauntless, deep within.
You try to listen to the dictates of your inner soul.
Yours is the mounting cry,
Yours is the Golden Shore,
Yours is the Promised Land.
May God shower His choicest Blessings upon you,
My Puerto Rico!

Samoa

152. Samoa, simplicity’s heart-land

Samoa, simplicity’s heart-land,
Your life is nature’s perfect hand.
Preserve, preserve environment –
Yours is the voice of enlightenment.
Every moment you treasure hope-light;
Nowhere you see the doubtful night.
[Dedicated to Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana]

153. Samoa... tumi je amar purnata ogo

Samoa, Samoa, Samoa, Samoa!
Tumi je amar purnata ogo
Saralata shishu pabita hriday
Bijoy bijoy tomar bijoy
Joy joy joy joy
Charidhare aji tomar bijoy

Translation

Samoa, Samoa, Samoa, Samoa!
In you, I am completely fulfilled.
O simplicity’s child and purity’s core,
Everywhere is your victory today.

Trinidad and Tobago

154. Trinidad, Tobago, twin heavenly flames!

Trinidad, Tobago, twin heavenly flames!
Sweetness-heart and oneness-soul God-Games.
The British flag, the French flag, the Dutch flag
Captured the soulful beauty’s isles to brag.
Now you are your own smile and sun
And soul-courage light, bondage-night are done!

World songs

155. A rare American aspiration

A rare American aspiration:
God the Silence-Night.
A rare European aspiration:
God the Love-Sea.
A rare African aspiration:
   God the Peace-Sky.
A rare Asian aspiration:
God the Perfection-Day.

156. Oneness-earth

Oneness-earth, oneness:
A life of fulness.
Division-mind dies,
Oneness-heart flies.
Heaven’s God-length: Oneness-earth’s strength.
Today’s Vision-plan: Tomorrow’s God-man.

157. Oneness-World-Peace-Family

Oneness-World-Peace-Family,
God’s Existence-Glow,
God’s Consciousness-Flow,
God’s Length, God’s Depth, smile eternally.
Oneness-culture, fulness-rapture,
Sports world’s splendour-festival,
God and His Victory’s arrival.

158. O World-Gratitude-Day! I pray for you

O World Gratitude Day!
I pray for you, I pray.
Man’s feeble climbing ray
Is one with God’s Vision-Play.
Compassion: highest gift.
Gratitude: fastest lift.
Only satisfaction-seed
Can feed man and God’s need.

159. Peace in the world’s oneness-home

Peace in the world’s oneness-home
Is the supreme fulfilment
Of humanity’s birthless
And deathless promise to God.

160. Welcome, World Family Day!

Welcome, World Family Day!
O, come and sing and play!
Heart is oneness, life is happiness.
God is proud of His creation
And His children’s dedication.
Our sunlit fulness-core,
God’s Summit-Glory’s Shore.