Who shall free Beauty

সুন্দরের বন্ধন নিষ্ঠুরের হাতে
Shundorero bondhon

Who shall free Beauty,
Fettered at the hands of the heartless?
Who shall wipe the hapless tears
Of the crushed?
The earth aches with
The cries of the fearful,
Nailed, harrowed,
By venomous spears of injustice.
Who shall safeguard the weak
From the plague of the powerful?
Who has the tenderness to embrace
The smothered soul?

Forgive I could not

ক্ষমিতে পারিলাম না যে
khomite parilam na
(audio)

Forgive I could not
Do forgive this failing of mine
You who are Oh Lord
The refuge of the penitent

Shamed to death it is
This hapless love of mine
Ashamed of its weakness
Do forgive this failing of mine
You who are Oh Lord
The refuge of the penitent

Embrace her I could not
It is love that I have spurned
To punish the sinner
It is only sin I have summoned

The wretched one who lies
Weighed by sin at your feet
I know forgive her you will
Forgive you will not
My failing to forgive

Why could love not accept it all

সব কিছু কেন নিল না
shob kichhu keno nilona

Why could love not accept it all
Both the good and the bad
Why couldn’t it resolve in itself
All doubts all dilemnas

Muddy streams carried by rivers
Lost they are in bosom of seas

The luminance of forgiveness
It is but the halo divine
Around the joy and bliss of love
Embracing both good and the bad

Hold your silence dear friend

নীরবে থাকিস সখী
nirobey thakish shokhi

Hold your silence dear friend
Your love-rose has it’s thorns
Keep them pinned to your heart

Sweet nectar you offered
To your beloved one
His thirst quenched it is not
Would it be fair right now
To pour in it poison

The guilt that torments you
Searing you deep within
Why let it blaze out

Bound are two strangers

কোন্ বাঁধনের গ্রন্থি
kon bandhoner gronthi

Bound are two strangers in which knot
In a darkness so filled with doubts
Drifting in aimless winds
Rolling in rippling waves
Sails the boat that united them
To which shores of separation

You who reside away from home

হায় হায় রে হায় পরবাসী
haay haay re porobashi

You who reside away from home
Roam distant lands far from your kin
To which unseen shores do you drift

Lured by a destiny unknown
Do you not hear the dirge of doom
Wafting on winds in far azures
One there is who fashions a noose
Hard of heart merciless he is

Behind the clouds so picturesque
Lurks a thunderclap terrible
Silent chuckle of providence
Mocks your hope of impunity

Tides of love will sweep us away

প্রেমের জোয়ারে ভাসাবে দোঁহারে
premer jowarey bhashabe dohare

Tides of love will sweep us away
The two of us afloat on waves
Lift the anchor, untie the boat
Leaving behind cares and worries
Unfurl the sails, let us cast off
Waves billow in the gusty winds
Sways the heart rolling and rippling
Oarsman! Throw caution to the winds
Care not which direction we take
Unfurl the sails, let us cast off

Ever indebted is love

জেনো প্রেম চিরঋণী আপনারি হরষে
jeno prem chiro reeni

My dearest do know
Ever indebted is love
Obliged to it’s own thrill of joy
In forgiveness of all faults
It repays all that it owes
All disgrace erased in it
Blemishes all disappear
Sprinkled with it’s sweet nectar

My cup of joy brims over

আমার জীবনপাত্র উচ্ছলিয়া মাধুরী করেছ দান
amar jibono patro uchholiya (audio)

My cup of joy brims over
With the sweetness you bestow
You know not what it is worth

Like the tuberose unseen by eyes
Scents the night with sweet dreams
You fill my life with your song

Time has come to say farewell
Do lift your radiant face
Offer at your feet I will
A life fulfilled in sweet death
One whom you never did know
Silent night of his secret pain
May it now come to an end.

Eludes my grasp

ধরা সে যে দেয় নাই, দেয় নাই

dhora shey jey dey nai

Eludes my grasp, stays out of reach
One I wish to give myself to
Where is he in which secret nook
Screened amidst the daily trifles

My dream you are, do be fulfilled
My youth let it glow in beauty
Bring with you the cool southern breeze
To kiss the blossoms in forests

Lift this mist of melancholy
Breathe new life into my being
Distressed desires of life so parched
Fumble and flounder in the dark
Hoping to find expression
In pulse of the lost wayward wind
In fragrance of the withered flowers

In precious prime of life

জীবনে পরম লগন কোরো না হেলা
jibone poromo logono koro na hela

Do not trifle with the moments
In precious prime of life
Oh fair maiden so full of pride
Trickle away will hours in vain
This mere play come to end
Cease will all trade of sweet nothings

Stealthily steps in your soulmate
Stands beside you unseen unknown
Smiling he sails away with the tide
Forgoing rare riches
Staking all your sorrow
Do welcome him into your life
Oh fair maiden so full of pride

When depart will spring with its blooms
How will you wreathe a welcome crown
Oh fair maiden so full of pride

In distant breeze will play the flute
In vacant gaze, in streaming tears
Will the long hours go by
Echo will those farewell footsteps
From dawn to dusk into the night
Oh fair maiden so full of pride

Why do you turn away

ফিরে যাও কেন ফিরে ফিরে যাও
phirey jao keno phirey phirey jao

Why do you turn away 
Carrying with you your wishes unfulfilled
Always at a distance
Unknown you remain in a land unseen
Near you come yet not close 
Carrying with you your wishes unfulfilled

Fathom you I cannot
Whom and what have you
Found within yourself
That you care not
To seek anything beyond

Unspoken your sorrow
Flickers up in your eyes
In a wordless appeal

Doe that in my fantasy forest do glide

মায়াবনবিহারিণী হরিণী
mayabonobiharini horini

Doe who in my fantasy forest do glide
In deepest dreams does she reside,
Why do I pledge to ensnare? … Illusion

Afar, rapt on her own, let her remain,
Let me in tune to the flute’s refrain
Sweet strings of her soul do caress … Fruitless

The winds of spring will ruffle the heart
The murmur of thunder will make it start
Yearning soul will beguile … 

From afar for her forever will I pine,
With the thread of severance will entwine,
This strange captivity sans chain … In vain

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