Bahirer Hasi Nahi Jachi Mago

```

Bahirer hasi nahi jachi mago

Jachi antara hasi

Nirabata majhe antar pure

Baje taba madhu banshi

Bahire bhitare kena byabadhan

Bahire janai nati

Phire jena pai pujite tomai

Antare shubha mati

```

Translation

```

Mother, I do not seek for an outer smile.

I seek only for inner smile.

I know perfectly well

That it is only in the inner silence

That Your Nectar-Flute is being played.

I do not know, alas, why there is such a gulf

Between the inner life and the outer life

And why I always want to bow down to You

As a mere show in the outer life.

Why do I get satisfaction

Only from my outer obeisance?

May I get back the inner devoted will

To worship You in silence,

Sincerely and devotedly, in my inner life.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy, Pole-Star Promise-Light, part 2, 1977
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/psps_2