1994 (18/10/1984) K

PÁOÁRI ÁSHÁ CEYE JÁOÁY
JÁNI HE PRIYA SUKH ÁCHE

KÁCHE NÁ ÁSÁ BHÁLONÁ BÁSÁ
TOMÁR ICCHÁY RAYECHE
JÁNI HE PRIYA SUKH ÁCHE

KATA JE PHOT́E PHÚL KE TÁR RÁKHE KHONJA
KATA JE SMITA DIIPA NIVIYÁ JÁY ROJ
HISÁB RÁKHI NÁ KEHOI RÁKHE NÁ
JÁNI E SATYA TAVA KÁCHE
JÁNI HE PRIYA SUKH ÁCHE

ÁMIO TEMANI ANÁDARE PHOT́Á
APARICITA PHÚL DHÚLI PARE LOT́Á
MANERI SAKALI SURABHI JÁI D́HÁLI
JHARE PAŔÁ PARÁGERI MÁJHE
JÁNI HE PRIYA SUKH ÁCHE

PÁOÁRI ÁSHÁ CEYE JÁOÁY
JÁNI HE PRIYA SUKH ÁCHE

O dear,
I know that in maintaining the hope of attaining You,
pleasure is to be found.

It remains up to Your wish
whether or not You come,
whether or not You love me.

Who can keep count
of how many flowers bloomed?
Of how many smiling lamps
daily become extinguished?

Of it, I do not keep any account
neither does anyone else.
I know this truth to pertain to only You.

I too, similarly bloomed without honour
and, like any unknown flower,
eventually dropped on the ground.

And yet, in that dropped pollen,
all the fragrance of my mind lies contained.