Jan 17, 2011

I know to you is not unknown

 জানি তোমার অজানা নাহি গো
jani tomar ojana nahi go (audio: Debabrata Biswas)

I know to you is not unknown
What it is that lurks in my mind
I want to keep it a secret
Revealed it is in my two eyes

Lest I say what I do not mean
I keep away, afar I go
I bide my time on the wayside
Do come and see in my two eyes
What it is that lurks in my mind

Encircled is my room of prayer
In dense darkness of night endless
Pierce that very darkness
With the lightning spark of your smile

My solitary day and night
I spend threading rosary beads
Unmindfully I sing a song
Oh do come now and then,
Do hear and sense
What it is that lurks in my mind



Another version by Anandamayee Majumdar:

I know nothing is veiled from you
About the secrets of my heart.
Even as I try to hold back
Your eyes take in every hint.

Afraid to bare my soul,
Afraid to falter feverishly,
I amble away on my path.
You take in every hint,
About the secrets of my heart.

I cherish my hidden altar
In an endless, inky silence.
But your pealing laughter
Ruthlessly shatters my facade.

Every waking moment
I spend in contemplation,
Welding your thoughts
In my solitude,
Breathing life into them,
Singing absently.
You take in every hint,
About the secrets of my heart.




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