Nil pakhi ure akashe
Ami hetha mari hatashe
Hiya pakhi mor kandichhe
Jare dekhe tare bandhichhe

The blue bird is flying in the blue sky.
Alas, here below I am dying in utter frustration.
The bird of my heart is crying most soulfully.
It is binding all around —Time, space and man —With its infinite freedom-light.