Come, O Vaeshákha, dispel lethargy.
Those who have been sleeping for age after age—
break their slumber.

Many years have gone by
[since] humans came to this earth.
They’ve shed many a tear down the cheek of time,
weeping even in their sleep.

Today the light-showering full-moon night has arrived.
The dawn of the new shows the way.
Death’s frown receded into the distance
and even the horizons smiled.

Translated from Bengali

VAESHÁKH TUMI ESO JAŔIMÁ SARIO.
JUGE JUGE JÁRÁ GHUMÁIYÁ CHILO
TÁDER GHUM BHÁUṊGIO.

ANEK VARAŚ CALIYÁ GIYÁCHE
MÁNUS E VASUDHÁTE ESECHE,
KÁLER KAPOLE ANEK KEṊDECHE
KEṊDECHE NIDRÁTEO.

ÁLOJHARÁ ÁJ PÚRŃIMÁ ELO
NÚTANER ÚŚÁ DISHÁ DEKHÁILA,
KÁLER BHRUKUT́I DÚRE SARE’ GELO
HÁSILO DIGVALAYO.

23-08-1990