O Lord, at your feet, today,
I am entreating you:
May my brothers
march onwards with full hearts,
pushing aside adversity.

If a mist comes
to cover up the sunrise mountain,
if despair washes over light,
smearing it with blackness,
stay by their side. Make them shine
with this [vermillion] mark.


If doubt enters to break
the rhythm of the march,
give them the joy of life.
May my brothers attain
the dust of the Savior’s feet.

Translated from Bengali

HE PRABHU TOMÁR CARAŃE
ÁJ ÁMI JÁCIYÁ CALI,
BHRÁTÁ MOR PÚRŃA PRÁŃE
CALUK VIPATTI T́HELI’.

JADI ÁSE KUYÁSHÁ
UDAYÁCALERE D́HÁKI’
JADI BHÁSE NIRÁSHÁ
ÁLOKE KÁLOTE MÁKHI’,
TUMI SÁTHE SÁTHE THÁKI’
E PHOṊT́ÁY DIO UJALI’.

JADI ÁSE KONA DVANDVA
BHÁUṊGITE CALÁRI CHANDA,
DÁNIO JIIVANÁNANDA
BHRÁTÁ PÁK TRÁTÁR PADADHÚLI.

11-11-1988