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  • Three Songs of Lalon Phokir : Lalon Phokir
    translated from Bengali to English by Sudipto Chatterjee






    His play knows no end…
    no telling what shape He'll take, and when…
    How will you understand the Saain's Divine Play?

    Water of the Ganga is called Holy.
    But it's the same water filling
    The puddle on the road we call dirty!
    That is how the Saain shapes Himself…
    in size with the vessel He fills!

    How will you understand the Saain's Divine Play?

    He is the room and its occupant,
    as well as the thief that steals from it!
    He is His own Magistrate,
    sentencing Himself to chains!

    How will you understand the Saain's Divine Play?

    Eternal streams flow out of the One.
    You and I are nothing in it, nameless.
    Lalon says, "If only I knew 'me,'
    all riddles would be solved!"

    How will you understand the Saain's Divine Play?


    Published December 25, 2007



    অলংকরণ (Artwork) : Nilanjana Basu
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