Translation
Under dense cloud cover, you came,
smothering your body with the lustre of rain clouds.
The auspicious memory of that day
awakens a thrill in my heart, even today.
How many days have passed,
how many ages have passed,
how many colors have arisen
in the [beauteous] forms of the earth?
The ancient story of that day
still intoxicates with its lost melodies.
Coming and going is for everyone.
You alone are eternal.
You were, are, and will always remain.
You let yourself be grasped only in that rain.
Translated from Bengali
Latin Sanskrit
BHARÁ BÁDALE TUMI ESECHILE
JALADER CHAT́Á MÁKHIYÁ GÁ’Y,
SE DINER SEI PUŃYA SMRTIT́I
AJO PRÁŃE SHIHARAŃ JÁGÁY.
KATA DIN GECHE KATA JUG GECHE
DHARAŃIIR RÚPE KATA RAUṊ ESECHE,
SE DINER SEI PURONO KATHÁT́I
HÁRÁNO SURETE ÁJO MÁTÁY.
ÁSÁ-JÁOYÁ ÁCHE SAKALER SÁTHE
TUMI SHUDHU ÁCHO NITYA BALITE,
TUMI CHILE ÁCHO THÁKIYÁ JÁIBE
DHARÁ DILE SHUDHU SE VARAŚÁY.
30-01-1983