Bandhu ámár balite páro
Kon deshete tháko
Álor kheláy rúper meláy
Ámáy kena d́áko
Manera gahane
Manera gahane kakhano gopane
Kambukant́he kabhu káńe káńe
Madhumákhá svare d́eke jáo more
Kśudra bhávaná bhuláye rákho
D́háliyá sudhádhárá
D́háliyá sudhádhárá kare ápanahárá
Nikaśa kálo kleshe jyotite d́háko
My Abiding Friend, can You say
In which land You remain?
Through play of light and pageant of form,
Why do You summon me?
In a recess of the mind
In a recess of the mind, ever mystifying,
Sometimes in shouts, sometimes in whispers,
You go on calling me with honey-coated voice;
You keep overlooking my ignoble thoughts.
Showering a stream of nectar—
Showering a stream of nectar, inducing oblivion,
Truly dark anguish You envelop with effulgence.
