Alo lagi ratri jagi
Shir tuliche sabuj lataKaligulir akulata
Jagalona prane amarKono byakulata
Ami shudhu ghumiye royNiye 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 budsCan 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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