Hiding in my Heart

by Kumud Biswas

You were hiding in my heart
But I could never see
I always looked for you
In the outside world
I never looked within my heart
In all my love, in all my sufferings and hopes
You were always close to me
But I never went to you
When I happily played
As my joy you remained with me
I passed my time unaware of this
Hidden in the heart of my heart
You give tunes to my songs
Which I sing in my joys and sorrows
Yet I never sing about you.

Translation of the devotional song – Amar hiyar majhe lukiye chhile dekhte ami paini – from the collection Gitalekha by Rabindranath Tagore. Its best recording is by Debabrata Biswas. The original with its swaralipi or notation is at http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/3792.

25-Jul-2014

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Comments on this Poem

Thank you Rupradha.

TagoreBlog
30-Jul-2014 06:26 AM

the song is extra ordinary, so is your poem..

Rupradha
29-Jul-2014 09:07 AM

Dear Rdashby, this is a song and not an argument in a philosophical disquisition.

TagoreBlog
26-Jul-2014 01:22 AM

The poet cannot be blamed, even by himself in this beautiful poem, for not singing 'about' God. God is a principle in our lives the experience of which is not in terms of 'you' but of truth, beauty and love that is a celebration of God.

rdashby
25-Jul-2014 21:27 PM