If my heart fails to discover you

যদি তোমার দেখা না

Jodi tomar dekha na pai probhu  (audio: Purba Dam)


(Another version by Rumela Sengupta:)

If sight you I do not
In this life now Oh Lord
Let me remember then
That found you I have not

Let me then not forget

Anguish let it sear me
In my sleep and my dreams

Even as the days pass
Transacting in this world
Even as my hands both
Fill up with wealth untold
Still nothing have I got
Let me remember that
Let me then not forget
Anguish let it sear me
In my sleep and my dreams

If in lazy leisure
I sit down on the way
If with great care I place
A mat on the dust to sleep
Let me remember that
The road lies still ahead
Let me then not forget
Anguish let it sear me
In my sleep and my dreams

Much as I make merry
Let music fill my room
Many arrangements I make
To decorate my abode
Let me remember that
I am yet to bring you home
Let me then not forget
Anguish let it sear me
In my sleep and my dreams

- 27th August 1909