I searched for You in the woods and in the forest
But I failed to find You anywhere.
I searched for You on land, in the ocean, in the neblua,
In every nook and corner I searched,
I don't know where You are.

Do You not desire to think of those
Who has immense love for You?
Do You not have any place in Your mind for those
Who has dedicated their life for Your cause?

But I realize today, You reside in my mind.
You brought effulgence and dispelled my ignorance.
Searching in the outer world,
I am sending my nearest to the farthest place.

Translated from Bengali

VANE UPAVANE KHUṊJIYÁ KHUṊJIYÁ
KONAKHÁNE TAVA DEKHÁ NÁ PÁI
BHÚDHARE SÁGARE NIIHÁRIKÁ PARE
KOTHÁY ÁCHA TÁ JÁNÁ NÁI

JE TOMÁRE BHÁLOBÁSE TÁR KATHÁ
BHÁVITE NÁHI KI KONA VYÁKULATÁ
TOMÁRE JIIVAN JE DIYE DIYECHE,
TÁR TARE MANE NÁHI KI T́HÁṊI

ÁJ BUJHILÁM MANETE RAYECHA
MANOBHÚMI ÁLO KARIYÁ REKHECHA
BÁHIR VISHVE KHUṊJIYÁ KHUṊJIYÁ
KÁCHERE DÚRE PÁT́HÁTE CÁI

13-12-1983