Kuhelir rate tamasate

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Kuhelir ráte tamasáte
Niirava carańe esechile
Tái cira ajáná raye gele

Timirávrta chilo nishá
Ámár cokhe chilo ghumer neshá
Anádi asheś se tamasá
Nijer maner rauṋe ráuṋiye dile

Carańapáte jyotimaiṋjiire
Dhvani jegechilo dhiire dhiire
Cetaná elo marme gabhiire
Dekhe' hese' tumi lukiye gele

Bengali script

কুহেলির রাতে তমসাতে
নীরব চরণে এসেছিলে
তাই চির অজানা রয়ে গেলে

তিমিরাবৃত ছিল নিশা
আমার চোখে ছিল ঘুমের নেশা
অনাদি অশেষ সে তমসা
নিজের মনের রঙে রাঙিয়ে দিলে

চরণপাতে জ্যোতিমঞ্জীরে
ধ্বনি জেগেছিল ধীরে ধীরে
চেতনা এলো মর্মে গভীরে
দেখে' হেসে' তুমি লুকিয়ে গেলে

Translation

To ignorance and vice on night of fog,
With quiet feet You had come;
Hence unknown You went on staying evermore.

The night had been darkness-covered;
On my eyes had been sleep's drunkenness.
That darkness, both birthless and endless,
You rendered bright with own mind's color.

Through footsteps with anklets lustrous,
Bit by bit a resonance had risen up.
Deep at heart's core came sensation;
You are seen smiling, though hidden gone.

Translation source · English

Source: Sarkarverse https://sarkarverse.org/wiki/Kuhelir_rate_tamasate
Source revision: 135559
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Date: 1986 September 8
Theme: Contemplation
Language: Bengali
Music: Dadra
Source: Sarkarverse
Status: Available