Alo Lagi Ratri Jagi

```

Alo lagi ratri jagi

Shir tuliche sabuj lata

Kaligulir akulata

Jagalona prane amar

Kono byakulata

Ami shudhu ghumiye roy

Niye badhirata

```

Translation

```

To see the light,

A tiny blade of grass remains wide awake all night.

To see the light,

The buds offer their devoted eagerness.

Alas, neither a blade of grass nor the buds

Can awaken my aspiration-flame.

I sleep and sleep,

My ears tightly closed.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance, part 5, Agni Press, 1981
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