আবার আমার হাতে বীণা দাও তুলি,
আবার আসুক ফিরে হারা গানগুলি।
সহসা কঠিন শীতে মানসের জলে
পদ্মবন মরে যায়, হংস দলে দলে
সারি বেঁধে উড়ে যায় সুদূর দক্ষিণে
জনহীন কাশফুল্ল নদীর পুলিনে;
আবার বসন্তে তারা ফিরে আসে যথা
বহি লয়ে আনন্দের কলমুখরতা--
তেমনি আমার যত উড়ে-যাওয়া গান
আবার আসুক ফিরে, মৌন এ পরান
ভরি উতরোলে; তারা শুনাক এবার
সমুদ্রতীরের তান, অজ্ঞাত রাজার
অগম্য রাজ্যের যত অপরূপ কথা,
সীমাশূন্য নির্জনের অপূর্ব বারতা।

I CAME NEAREST to you, though I did not know it,-when I came to hurt you.
I owned you at last as my master when I fought against you to be defeated.
I merely made my debt to you burdensome when I robbed you in secret.
I struggled in my pride against your current only to feel all your force in my breast.
Rebelliously I put out the light in my house and your sky surprised me with its stars.

I HAD GONE a-begging from door to door in the village path, when thy golden chariot appeared in the distance like a gorgeous dream and I wondered who was this King-of all kings!
My hopes rose high and methought my evil days were at an end, and I stood waiting for alms to be given unasked and for wealth scattered on all sides in the dust.
The chariot stopped where I stood. Thy glance fell on me and thou camest down with a smile. I felt that the luck of my life had come at last Then of a sudden thou didst hold out thy right hand and say 'What hast thou to give to me?'
Ah, what a kingly jest was it to open thy palm to a beggar to beg! I was confused and stood undecided, and then from my wallet I slowly took out the least little grain of corn and gave it to thee.
But how great my surprise when at the day's end I emptied my bag on the floor to find a least little grain of gold among the poor heap. I bitterly wept and wished that I had had the heart to give thee my all.