IN THE NIGHT the song came to me; but you were not there. It found the words for which I had been seeking all day. Yes, in the stillness a moment after dark they throbbed into music, even as the stars then began to pulse with light; but you were not there. My hope was to sing it to you in the morning; but, try as I might, though the music came, the words hung back, when you were beside me.
পরিচিত সীমানার বেড়া-ঘেরা থাকি ছেটো বিশ্বে; বিপুল অপরিচিত নিকটেই রয়েছে অদৃশ্যে। সেথাকার বাঁশিরবে অনামা ফুলের মৃদুগন্ধে জানা না-জানার মাঝে বাণী ফিরে ছায়াময় ছন্দে।