For you, I have stayed awake
always gazing upon your path
having woven a garland for you and
engaging the mind in thoughts of you.

Why did you tie me up with ropes that bind,
O why did you tie me up?
Why did you wash me away in water that flows from the eyes,
о why did you wash me away?
No matter the circumstance, I cannot forget you!
What a great predicament have I fallen into!

So come, love, in secret, into my contemplation,
becoming mine in solitude.

Translated from Bengali

ÁMI TOMÁRA LÁGIYÁ JÁGIYÁ RAYECHI
SATATA TOMÁR PATHA CEYE
TOMÁR LÁGIYÁ MÁLÁ GEṊTHE ÁR
TOMÁR BHÁVANÁ MANE NIYE

KENA BÁṊDHLE ÁMÁY BÁṊDHANAD́ORE
BÁṊDHLE KENA GO
KENA BHÁSÁO ÁMÁY ÁṊKHIRA LORE
BHÁSÁO KENA GO
ÁMI KICHUTE TOMÁY BHULITE PÁRI NÁ
PAŔILÁM E KII MAHÁ DÁYE

TÁI ESO GO GOPANE ÁMÁRA MANANE
EKÁNTE MOR HAYE GIYE

04-02-1983