Lyrics by Ajoyoddyanath Pakrashi
Music: Traditional
Mano chalo Nija Niketane
Shangshar o bideshe, bidesheri beshe
Bhromo keno okarone?
O heart, lets return to the real abode!
Here in this foreign land, why wander aimlessly
in stranger's guise?
Bishoyo panchoko ar bhutogon
Shob tor par, keu noy apan.
Poro preme keno hoye ocheytan
Bhulicho apono jone?
Your material senses and all earthly bindings
All are strangers to you, none are really yours;
Blinded by infatuations with strangers,
why do you forget Who is truly yours?
Satto pathe mon koro arohon
Premer alo jali, chalo onukhon
Shangete shombol rakho purno dhan
Gopone rokkhi jatane
Lovo moho aji, pathe dosshugan
Pathiker kore shorbossho mochon
Paromo jatone rakhore prohori
Shama dama dui jone.
Ascend the path of Truth, O mind!
Kindle your lamp of love, always be guided by its light
As your provision for the journey, bring with you
the virtues, carefully concealed; for, like highwaymen,
Greed and delusion wait to rob traveler's wealth.
And keep beside you constantly as guards,
Tranquility of mind and self-control.
Shadhu songe name ache pathadham
Shranto hole totha hole koribe bishram
Patho vranto hole, shudhaibe path
Shei patho nibash gane.
Jodi dekho pathe, bhoyeri akar
Pranpone diyo dohair Rajar
Shey pathe Rajar probolo pratam
Shomono dore jar shashone
Companionship with the saintly being will be for you
a welcome rest-house by the road;
there rest your weary limbs awhile.
If ever you should be in doubt of the path, ask your way to him
who watches over there.
If anything along the path should frighten you,
then call upon the Name of the Lord with all your heart;
For He is the Mighty Ruler of that path,
Even ignorance and death is afraid of His command.
Mano Chalo Nija Niketane
Mano Chalo Nija Niketane
O heart, lets return to the real abode!
O heart, now lets return to the realm of the Lord.
Reference Links: http://www.techofheart.co/2012/05/mano-chalo-nija-niketane-o-heart-lets.html
