TUMI NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE ÁCHO
NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
TUMI NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
TIIRTHE TIRTHE PATHE JANAPADE
VRITHÁI MARECHI GHÚRE
ÁMI, VRITHÁI MARECHI GHÚRE
NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
TUMI NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
SHAUNKHA BÁJÁYE ÁRATII KARECHI
D́AUNKÁ NINÁDE DHVANI TÚLIYÁCHI
SAB KICHU KARIYÁO DEKHIYÁCHI
ÁSONI GO HRDI PURE
TUMI, ÁSONI GO HRDI PURE
NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
TUMI NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
AGNI JVALÁYE HOMA KARIYÁCHI
PAINCA PRADIIPE SHIKHÁ DHARIYÁCHI
KOŚÁ KUŚI D́HELE SNÁNA KARÁYECHI
STUTI KARECHI ÁNKHI NIIRE
ÁRO CALE GECHO SARE
TUMI, ÁRO CALE GECHO SARE
NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
TUMI NIKATE THEKEO DÚRE
Though You exist nearest to me,
You remain far.
I searched You wastefully
in places of pilgrimage,
on roads and ways.
I performed lamp reverences
with conch blows.
I raised sounds with drumbeats.
I carried out all this
but found that You did not come into my heart.
Lighting fire,
I performed oblations of fire.
I kindled my lamp with five flames.
I bathed You
by pouring water into special utensil.
I prayed to You with tearful eyes.
But I observed
that by performing all this,
You went still further away.