Translation
In return for Your unlimited, immeasurable love,
Alas, what have I given You?
With both hands, I have taken everything,
I did not learn to give, I only learned to take.
You filled my life with flowers, fruits, beauty and taste.
You blessed me with intellect, radiance and sweetness.
You gave me more than I deserved.
Now, please grant me only this much:
The right and strength
To hold You in my heart.
O companion in pain
All the sweetness of my life,
I offer unto You in abundance.
Translated from Bengali
Latin Sanskrit
TOMÁR E ASIIMA APÁR BHÁLOBÁSÁR
VINIMAYE HÁY KII BÁ DIYECHI
DUHÁTE NIYECHI SAB
DITE SHIKHI NI NITE SHIKHECHI
PHULE PHALE RÚPE RASE
PRÁŃKE ÁMÁR DIYECHO BHARE
BUDDHIDIIPTI MADHURATÁ
CÁOYÁRO BESHII DIYECHO MORE
SHUDHU DÁO BALÁR ADHIKÁRA
TOMÁRE ÁMÁR HRDAYE DHARECHI
PARÁŃER SAKALA MADHU
DUHKHERA BAṊDHU
TOMÁTE ÁMI UJÁŔI D́HELECHI
17-01-1983