KENO, BÁNSHURI BÁJÁLE BOLO NÁ
CHILUM NIJER KÁJE LOBHA MOHA BHAYA LÁJE
KARE DILE ÁNAMANÁ
KENO BÁNSHURI BÁJÁLE BOLO NÁ
KÁN PETE BASE THÁKI MANER MÁDHURII MÁKHI
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KÁN PETE BASE THÁKI MANER MÁDHURII MÁKHI
SAKAL APÚRŃATÁ TOMÁRI RAḾGE D́HÁKI
SAB KICHU NIYE NILE VEŃU DHVANI REKHE DILE
JÁKE BHÚLITE PÁRI NÁ
KENO BÁNSHURI BÁJÁLE BOLO NÁ
JE BÁNSHII DOLÁ DILO VISHVERA PRATI KOŃE
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JE BÁNSHII DOLÁ DILO VISHVERA PRATI KOŃE
JE BÁNSHII CHANDA DILO SAKAL JIIVER MANE
JE DHVANIR ANURÁGE METECHI SURE RÁGE
SE JE PRABHU TAVA KARUŃÁ
KENO BÁNSHURI BÁJÁLE BOLO NÁ
Tell me,
why do You play the flute?
I was busy with my work,
carrying in me greed, infatuation, fear and shyness,
yet You made me unconcerned.
I sit with ears attuned,
absorbing my mind in sweetness,
and inundating all my defects in Your colour.
Taking them all away,
You gave the sound of Your flute,
which now, I cannot forget.
That flute sound oscillates each corner of the world.
It has filled the minds of all with rhythm.
By the love of that sound,
I frenzy with melody and tune.
All this is nothing but Your mercy.