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SNIGDHA SAJAL MEGHA KAJJAL TITHITE
TOMÁR SAUNGE DEKHÁ HOY CHILO
JÚTHIKÁ VIITHITE

SNIGDHA SAJAL MEGHA KAJJAL TITHITE
TOMÁR CARAŃE BEJE CALE CHILO NÚPUR
MOR HÁTE CHILO KŚUDRA DIIPER SHIKHÁ
TOMÁR NAYANE CHILO PUŚPITA DRUMA RÁJI SUMADHURA
MOR COKHE CHILO ASHRU JHARAŃÁ LIKHÁ
TUMI ÁR ÁMI MÁJHA KHÁNE KEHO NÁI
E MILAN CHILO KŚUDRA O BRIHATE
JÚTHIKÁ VIITHITE

SNIGDHA SAJAL MEGH KAJJAL TITHITE
TUMI ESE CHILE SUSMITA TÁLE
PARÁGER SAORABHE
ÁMI CALE CHINU KAMPRA VAKŚE
AJÁNÁR ANUBHAVE
TÁR PAR ÁMI BHÚLIÁ GIYÁCHI
KI BÁ CHINU ÁMI KABE
PRAJINÁ SAMBODHITE
JÚTHIKÁ VIITHITE

SNIGDHA SAJAL MEGHA KAJJAL TITHITE
TOMÁR SAUNGE DEKHÁ HOY CHILO
JÚTHIKÁ VIITHITE







On that dark day with softly wet clouds,
I saw You on the magnolia flower lane.

At Your feet,
ankle bells were sounding.

In my hand,
the small flame of a lamp was burning.

In Your eyes,
a sweetly flowered plant lay reflected.

And from my eyes,
a fountain of tears emerged.

There was no one besides You and me.
This was a meeting between the small and the great.

You came with smiling rhythm
and the fragrance of pollen.

I moved with a throbbing heart
and unknown feelings.

I forgot, afterwards,
drifting into intuitive knowledge,
what I was and where I was.