Forget not,
O Lord,
this tiny little entity of Yours.

I have come from You
and remain within You.
Please do not expel me.

Since the beginning of creation
You have been with me,
in the stream of thought waves.
Our lives remain interwoven just
as the sandal breeze flows through the illusory sky.
Therefore, do not move me away from You.

Everybody has good and bad qualities
but my bad qualities far outshine my good ones.
So, caught in the sorrow of a dark night,
please do not be unkind to me.

Translated from Bengali

BHÚLO NÁ PRABHÚ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ
TOMÁ HOTE ÁSIÁCHI
TOMÁRI MÁJHE ÁCHI
TOMÁR BÁHIRE PHELO NÁ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ
BHÚLO NÁ PRABHÚ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ

SRIŚT́IR ÁDI HOTE
ÁCHO SÁTHE BHÁVA SHROTE
SRIŚT́IR ÁDI HOTE
ÁCHO SÁTHE BHÁVA SHROTE
DAKHINA MALAYÁNILE
PRÁŃE PRÁŃE ÁCHO MILE
NIJERE DÚRE SARIYONÁ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ

BHÚLO NÁ PRABHÚ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ
JIIVA THÁKE DOŚE GUŃE
MOR DOŚE D́HÁKE GUŃE
JIIVA THÁKE DOŚE GUŃE
MOR DOŚE D́HÁKE GUŃE
TAMASÁVRITA LOKE
KENDE MARI DUHKHE SHOKE
MOR PRATI NIDAYA HOYO NÁ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ
BHÚLO NÁ PRABHÚ
E TAVA KAŃÁRE BHÚLO NÁ

27-09-1985