Bengali Poetry (Translated)

In the Heart's Shadow

On paths of unknown mystery,
from finite to infinite steps,
an inexpressible longing plays
with tiny particles
outside and within,
eternal games
in countless forms, with joy.

What is truth in this world,
I know its name as sorrow,
in the maya-shrouded mindscape, in consciousness
the eternal play moves through all the heart...

Why then do I circle
like a madman in life-filled desire?
When will this mind dissolve
in Brahman!— when will words fall silent in divine rapture?

In the soul's gradual unfolding,
through fresh experiences, individual being
rises in the wheel of birth and return.

I have scattered seeds of life's longing
age after age... in hope's pulsing,
with varied harvest
at whose feet shall I bow today?

In self-consciousness's supreme knowledge
the infinite sways moment to moment,
beyond the senses at last
in eternity's hidden purpose—
like a distant flute that rises
in the heart's reflection. Unseen light
circles, falls as thousand rays,
why do they make me forget myself?
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