169 (25/12/1982) D


ESECHILE PRABHU GHUM BHÁUNGÁTE
CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE
ÁMÁY, CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE

TOMÁRE BHULIÁ VIPATHE CALECHI
PÁRI NI NIJE KE KÁJE NITE
CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE
ÁMÁY, CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE

KATA DIN GECHE SANDHYÁ HOYECHE
KATA VIBHAÁVARI KÁNDIYÁ KET́ECHE
CALITE PÁRINI, PATH PÁINI GO
ÁPANI ESECHO NITE SÁTHE
ÁJ, ÁPANI ESECHO NITE SÁTHE
CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE
ÁMÁY, CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE

SAB YÁTANÁR SAB HATÁSHÁR
SHEŚA HOLO TUMI ESE JETE
CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE
ÁMÁY, CETANÁRA PATHE? NIYE JETE







You came, O Lord,
to rouse me from slumber,
to lead me on along the path of consciousness.

Alas, forgetting You,
I was moving on a wrong path.
I could not keep myself on the right track.
Many a day had passed,
many evenings had come and gone,
many a night had passed in agony.

I could not follow the right path.
I could not move on the right track.

But today You have come in person
to guide me along the path of consciousness.
With Your gracious arrival,
all my pains and all my despairs,
are now over.