Friend, my dear friend from afar

কী বেদনা মোর জানো সে কি 
Kee bedona mor jano she ki (audio)

Friend, my dear friend from afar,
Do you sense the root of my pain?
Lightning startles 
The sheer deep darkness tonight.
My heart trembles ever so often
         With the flurry of rains,
                            Can you tell? 
  Will my eager wakefulness,
     Full of longing, go in vain?

Friend, my dear friend from afar,
The Maloti you had once sown
                          Outside my gates,
Was tended by a moist breeze
And has burst into bloom;
                             Can you tell? 

Your lute that you had tuned for me,
Is now at play in my hands,
Ringing out in mournful lament,
             Have you forgotten it?