I know he.. comes forth..

সে যে বাহির হল আমি জানি
(shey .. jey .. bahir .. holo)

I know he.. comes forth..
I hear.. the voice.. in my heart..

The sky.. is.. abuzz with whispers
The when.. and where.. of their sojourns..
At the seashore.. in the forest.. yonder..

Too.. bad.. I’ve set up home.. so.. far away
How.. long.. a path.. they’ll have to take
I splay my heart.. all over the trail..
May.. their footsteps.. tread.. my pain..

That is what I wish

সেই তো আমি চাই
shei to aami chaai

That is what I wish
I do not fret for an end to my arduous effort
I do not quest for the fruit of my action
Who can bear that unbearable load
As soon as it bears fruit, I let it go to dust
To begin afresh from a nascent bud

Thus is my life beset with eager yearning
With each new effort, ever a new agony
I expend what I receive and seek yet again
The giving never ends and so I go on taking