After how many days will I be united
With the person after my own heart?
Day and night thirsting like a chatak bird
Staring at the dark, new moon
Longing to serve with complete devotion
I am unable, because of a lifelong curse
After how many days will I be united
With the person after my own heart?
Just as lightning briefly flashes in clouds
Hiding what was there to be discovered;
Having lost sight of the dark-complexioned one
I seek the same visage in this mirror
After how many days will I be united
With the person after my own heart?
-Fakir Lalon Shah
Translated by Anirban (@bhalomanush)
“মিলন হবে কত দিনে?”
The video of the song from Moner Manush is on YouTube here.
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