I am bound, to break free I want

জড়ায়ে আছে বাধা ছাড়ায়ে যেতে চাই
joraye aachhey bandha
(Tagore's own translation)

I am bound, to break free I want

I cringe in pain as I try

I go to you to seek freedom

I curl in shame as I speak

I know you reign supreme in life

No riches, no treasure like you
Yet I cling on, I cannot leave
The little I have in my home

Dust settles on my heart
It conceals you from me
A thousand deaths it brings
I hate it from my core
Yet it is that I love

So much there is to do
Much have I neglected
Many are the failures
More so the evasions
So it is when I beseech
Praying for my welfare
My heart squirms in fear