Jibaner sukh maraner dukh Michha maya kigo sakali Hetha jato jani tato nahi jani Tabu janibar akul pipasa Hetha jato pai tato nahi pai Andhar bhariya hriday akashe bijali
Is it all utterly false and illusory, What I call happiness in life And what I call suffering in death? Here in this world, the more I know, The more I do not know. Knowledge-light and ignorance-night Have equal hold on my life. Yet I cherish an insatiable thirst for wisdom-light. Here in my life, fulfilment and unfulfilment together live. My heart-sky is all dark, Yet I see there illumining flashes of lightning.