I am not going to bring a lamp and light it in my window

Subhransu Maitra

Ami jalbo na mor batayone pradip ani…
Original: Rabindranath Thakur
Translation: Subhransu Maitra

I am not going to bring a lamp and light it in my window.
I am going to sit down and hear the profound, dark-loaded words.
May this body and soul of mine merge into the vast night,
may the odour of my pain lie hidden in this secret inflorescence of my heart.
My whole heart is going to launch and disappear among the stars
where that dark veena plays light into being.
This is the end of all my days of path search,
now I have arrived rudderless beyond all spaces, all regions
and I am sitting without fear and hoping I know not what.