THE WORLD today is wild with the delirium of hatred, the conflicts are cruel and unceasing in anguish, crooked are its paths, tangled its bonds of greed. All creatures are crying for a new birth of thine, O Thou of boundless life, save them, rouse thine eternal voice of hope, Let Love's lotus with its inexhaustible treasure of honey open its petals in thy light. O Serene, O Free, in thine immeasurable mercy and goodness wipe away all dark stains from the heart of this earth. Thou giver of immortal gifts give us the power of renunciation and claim from us our pride. In the splendour of a new sunrise of wisdom let the blind gain their sight and let life come to the souls that are dead. O Serene, O Free, in thine immeasurable mercy and goodness wipe away all dark stains from the heart of this earth. Man's heart is anguished with the fever of unrest, with the poison of self-seeking, with a thirst that knows no end. Countries far and wide flaunt on their foreheads the blood-red mark of hatred. Touch them with thy right hand, make them one in spirit, bring harmony into their life, bring rhythm of beauty. O Serene, O Free, in thine immeasurable mercy and goodness wipe away all dark stains from the heart of this earth.
সকাল-সাঁজে ধায় যে ওরা নানা কাজে। আমি কেবল বসে আছি, আপন মনে কাঁটা বাছি পথের মাঝে, সকাল-সাঁজে। এ পথ বেয়ে সে আসে তাই আছি চেয়ে। কতই কাঁটা বাজে পায়ে, কতই ধুলা লাগে গায়ে, মরি লাজে, সকাল-সাঁজে।
