Ele ar gele na kaye na bale

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Ele ár gele ná kaye ná bale
E keman ásá jáoyá tava
Jáhá enechile sabi phele gele
Nile ná já balechile nobo

Phul niye áj káṋdiyá calechi
Nije gáṋthá málá chiṋŕiyá phelechi
Gáner arghya phelá jáy náko
Tári áche shudhu anubhava

Mádhurii bheseche áṋkhir dháráy
Shyámalimá geche márava jváláy
Maner mukutá háre chilo gáṋthá
Tái táre mane rekhe dobo

Bengali script

এলে আর গেলে না কয়ে না বলে’
এ কেমন আসা-যাওয়া তব
যাহা এনেছিলে সবই ফেলে’ গেলে
নিলে না যা’ বলেছিলে নোব

ফুল নিয়ে আজ কাঁদিয়া চলেছি
নিজে গাঁথা মালা ছিঁড়িয়া ফেলেছি
গানের অর্ঘ্য ফেলা যায় নাকো
তারই আছে শুধু অনুভব

মাধুরী ভেসেছে আঁখির ধারায়
শ্যামলিমা গেছে মারব জ্বালায়
মনের মুকুতা হারে ছিল গাঁথা
তাই তারে মনে রেখে’ দোব

Translation

You came and departed, speaking nothing;
Of which sort was this, Your visit?
What You'd brought, all You did leave;
You did not take what You'd said You will.

Now with the blooms, crying I've moved on;
Ripping it, I have flung the self-strung garland.
But the offerings of song can't be discarded;
Just feeling for Him lies therein.

Sweetness has floated off on a stream from the eyes;
Verdancy has perished by a desert's fire.
But the psychic pearl, on a necklace it was threaded;
So in mind I will let that be preserved.

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Date: 1984-12-03
Theme: Longing
Language: Bengali
Music: Dadra
Source: Sarkarverse
Status: Available