GOLOKE CHILE YADI SUKHE
BHULOKA DYULOKA KENO DOLÁLE?
NIRÁLÁY CHILE MÚKA MUKHE
SABE KII KATHÁ KAHITE ÁNILE
BHULOKA DYULOKA KENO DOLÁLE
ABHRḾLEHI HIMÁLAYA
ATAL PRASHÁNTA UDAKÁSHAY
MERUR SHUBHRA TUHIN NILAY
MARU DEKHITE KI RACILE
BHULOKA DYULOKA KENO BHOLÁLE
CHILO AMÁVASYÁR TAMASÁ
CHILO NÁ KONO ÁSHÁ NIRÁSHÁ
AVÁTA AJINÁTA BHÁLOBÁSÁ
TÁRI MÁJHE RAUNGA KENO PHOT́ÁLE
BHULOKA DYULOKA KENO BHOLÁLE
GOLOKE CHILE YADI SUKHE
BHULOKA DYULOKA KENO DOLÁLE
If You were happy in the spiritual realm
why did You oscillate between heaven and earth?
When You existed in silent isolation
what story so needed to be told
that You had to bring everyone here?
The sky-sweeping Himalayas
the deepest tranquil ocean
the North Pole
abode of white hoar-frost
the expansive desert
why did You create all these things?
There was only deep darkness before
neither hope nor despair.
Only a vacuum of love.
In the midst of that
why did You manifest colour?