When You Came
Jakhon Eshechiley (When you came)
By Rabindranath Tagore
(Translated by Snehendu Kar)
When you came,
It was a dim twilight.
The moon had not yet arisen
Across the ocean shore.
Dear forever unknown,
I recognized you at once
With my sixth sense.
Your lingering song
Filled my longing soul
And we became one.
When you left, alone,
In the darkness of night,
The moon had climbed
On the bosom of the sky.
Your fragrant garland
Was lying on the wayside.
I could surmise, for whom
You left this adoring boon.
Prem (Love): Geetabitaan, Song 275, p. 381,
Kolkata: Visva- Bharati
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