_Sri Chinmoy:_ My Indian life is bowing to you, an illumination-soul of Japan, for your supreme blessings.

Now I wish to offer a soulful song to you, our most esteemed Brother-Friend, Mr. Matsumoto. This song I composed, and now some of my students from Japan, America, Canada and France will sing it. The song is written in Bengali, my mother tongue, so first I wish to read out the English translation.

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Akishige Matsumoto,

Ceaseless aspiration-fire you are!

In you Japan has discovered

Benevolence-fulness unparalleled,

That sleeplessly shines

In your life's meditation-light.

O flower-blossomed heart of Japan,

India has flung open her heart's door to you

And is beckoning your aspiration-peace-flooded eyes

And offering her soul's oneness-love.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Japan, my life bows to your heart, Agni Press, 1984
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