Sundara Hate Sundara Tumi Nandana

by Sri Chinmoy

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Lyrics

Sundara hate sundara tumi 
Nandana bana majhe 
Nishidin jena antare mor 
Tomari murati raje 
Tumi chhara mor nayan andhar 
Sakali mithya sakali asar 
Chaudike mor bishwa bhubane 
Bedanar sur baje 
Pabo kigo dekha nimesher tare 
Ei jibaner majhe

Translation

You are beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful,
Beauty unparalleled in the garden of Eden.
Day and night may Thy Image abide 
n the very depth of my heart.
Without You my eyes have no vision ?
Everything is an illusion, everything is barren.
All around me, within and without,
The melody of tenebrous pangs I hear.
My world is filled with excruciating pangs.
O Lord, O my beautiful Lord,
O my Lord of Beauty,
In this lifetime, even for a fleeting second,
May I be blessed with the boon to see Thy Face.

This song appears in:

Vivekananda: An Ancient Silence-Heart (page 196)
Garden of Love-Light, Part 1 (page 18)
One Thousand Lotus Petals -- Part 1 (page 32)