Ever watching the path I've grown weary,
Tired of my own uncleanness.
All of my filth, the flashing of vanity,
Let it mix with the dirt of earth.

Lord, let my head be kept bent down
To the dust from Your foot;
Dignify the birth of me
With a ray of Your grandeur.
Oft I come, and oft I leave,
Mid Your unfading splendor.

Please don't keep me cast far off,
Drifting in transit with introversion.
By Your great feat, the grant of compassion,
Kindly permit me to cross.

Translated from Bengali

ÁMI PATHA CEYE CEYE KLÁNTA HAI NI
KLÁNTA NIJER GLÁNITE
MOR JATA GLÁNI MADA JHALKÁNI
DÁO MÁT́ITE MISHITE

MOR MÁTHÁ NATA KARE REKHE DÁO PRABHU
TOMÁR CARAŃ DHÚLITE
UNNATA KARO ÁMÁR SATTÁ
TAVA GAORAVADYUTITE
(ÁMI) BÁRE BÁRE ÁSI BÁRE BÁRE JÁI
TAVA AMLÁN ÁLOTE

REKHO NÁKO MORE DÚRE PHELE DIYE
PRATISAIṊCARE GATITE BHÁSIYE
KARUŃÁR DÁNE TAVA AVADÁNE
DÁO ÁMÁRE CALITE

29-01-1985