Your secret, it cannot remain within

গোপন কথাটি রবে না গোপনে
Gopono kawthati robe na gopone

Your secret, it cannot remain within
Emerge it will in your eyes so silent
Oh no, remain it cannot a secret.

With the radiance of a smile
It sings through the flute,
It plays on your lips in solitary dreams --
Oh no, remain it can not a secret.

Bees begin to hum,
Eager to sip light, Ashok* blossoms
Flush with sweet melancholy.

The heart is a shivering lotus 
In the golden, solemn dawn;
Oh no, remain it can not a secret.


*Ashok - the name of a tree with crimson flowers in spring, in Bengal.