It was a full-moon night when you came.
The clouds were playing
hide-and-seek with the moon.
The nebulae in the distant skies
were stippled with sandalpaste.
A newly hatched gosling seemed to have lost its way

Many a moonlit night came
and went while the seat of the heart remained vacant!
The sound of your footsteps was heard,
and the heart filled with nectar.
That gosling returned, and recognized the path.

Translated from Bengali

TUMI JAKHAN ESECHILE
TAKHAN PÚRŃIMÁ CHILO
LUKOCURI CÁṊDER SAUṊGE
MEGHER CAL CHILO

DÚR ÁKÁSHER NIIHÁRIKÁ
CANDANETE CHILO ÁṊKÁ
NAVÁGATA EK BALÁKÁ
PATH BHULECHILO

KATA JYOTSNÁ ELO GELO
HIYÁR ÁSAN SHÚNYA CHILO
TOMÁR PADADHVANI HALO
HIYÁ SUDHÁY BHARE GELO
SEI BALÁKÁ ÁBÁR ELO
PATH CINE NILO

24-09-1983