Translation
On the auspicious day of your birth,
the light of dawn arrives in a new form,
smiling in new ways, moment by moment.
Today, nectar overflows through the skies and the breeze.
To where does the brimming heart float away
on a tide of delight?
In the joy of fulfilment, today, in entrancing rhythm,
sweet memories flood the mind.
Today, in the blue sky on the cool breeze,
birds are chirruping.
In flower-buds on trees, in smiling blossoms,
a stream of honey flows.
Today, close to all, in the midst of all,
I have found you in every heart.
Translated from Bengali
Latin Sanskrit
TAVA SHUBHA JANMADINE—
PRABHÁTER ÁLO NAVA RÚPE ÁSE,
NAVA BHÁVE HÁSE KŚAŃE KŚAŃE.
ÁJ ÁKÁSHE VÁTÁSE SUDHÁ UPACIYÁ JÁY,
KHUSHIIR JOYÁRE UDVELA HIYÁ KOTHÁY BHÁSIYÁ JÁY,
ÁJ PÁOYÁR ÁNANDE MOHANA CHANDE
MADHU SMRTI PAŔE MANE.
ÁJ NIILÁKÁSHE SNIGDHA VÁTÁSE
PÁKHIIRÁ GÁIYÁ JÁY,
GÁCHER MUKULE HÁSIMÁKHÁ PHULE
MADHU DHÁRÁ VAHE’ JÁY,
ÁJ SAKALER KÁCHE SAKALER MÁJHE
TOMÁRE PEYECHI PRÁŃE PRÁŃE.
20-11-1982