आजि गोधूलि-लगने, एइ बादल-गगने,
तार चरण-ध्बनि आमि हृदय़े गणि–
‘से आसिबे’(=आएगा) आमार मन बले – सारा(=सदा)-बेला,
अकारण-पुलके आँखि भासे जले॥
अधीर-पबने तार उत्तरीय़, दूरेर परशन(=स्पर्शन) दिल कि ओ(र)
रजनी-गन्धार परिमले, ‘से आसिबे’ आमार मन बले।
उतला(=उद्विग्न) हय़ेछे मालतीर लता, फुरालो ना ताहार मनेर कथा।
बने बने आजि एकि काना-कानि (वार्ता),
किसेर बारता(=वार्ता) ओरा पेय़ेछे ना जानि,
काँपन लागे दिग्-अङ्गनार बुकेर(=वक्षस्य) आँचले–
‘से आसिबे’ आमार मन बले॥
English shrIjit
Today at this hour of the dusk, beneath these overcast skies
I count in my heart the steps of His feet –
“He will come”, so says my mind throughout the day,
And these eyes well up in causeless joy.
This sash of His, fluttering in the restless wind;
Is this His touch offered from but a distance?
“He will come”, so says my mind,
Down a whiff of air fragrant with Rajanigandhā[i].
Anxious are these vines of Mālatī[ii],
Her heart’s content she hasn’t exhausted.
What’s this whispering ‘cross the forests today –
I know not what message have they,
The ānchal quivers o’er the breasts of the Diganganā[iii] –
“He will come”, so says my mind.