kuShmaaNDera mane mane baRo abhimaana,
baa(n)shera maachaaTi taara puShpaka bimaana.
bhuleo maaTira paane taakaaya naa taai,
chandrasooryataarakaare kare `bhaai bhaai'.
nabhashchara ba'le taa(n)ra manera bishbaasa,
shoonya-paane cheye taai chhaaRe se nishbaasa.
bhaabe, `shudhu moTaa ei bo(n)Taakhaanaa more
be(n)dhechhe dharaara saathe kuTumbitaaDore;
bo(n)Taa jadi kaaTaa paRe takhani palake
uRe jaaba aapanaara jyotirmaya loke.'
bo(n)Taa jabe kaaTaa gela, bujhila se khaa(n)Ti---
soorya taara keha naya, sabai taara maaTi.
bolataa kahila, e je kShudra mauchaaka,
erai tare madhukara eta kare jaa(n)ka!
madhukara kahe taare, tumi eso bhaai,
aaro kShudra mauchaaka racho dekhe jaai.
aamra kahe, ekadina, he maakaala bhaai,
aachhinu banera maajhe samaana sabaai;
maanuSha laiyaa ela aapanaara ruchi---
moolyabheda shuru hala, saamya gela ghuchi.
kahila bhikShaara jhuli Taakaara thalire,
aamaraa kuTumba do(n)he bhule geli ki re?
thali bale, kuTumbitaa tumio bhulite
aamaara jaa aachhe gele tomaara jhulite.
kerosina-shikhaa bale maaTira pradeepe,
bhaai ba'le Daako jadi deba galaa Tipe.
henakaale gaganete uThilena chaa(n)daa;
kerosina bali uThe, eso mora daadaa.
praacheerera chhidre eka naamagotraheena
phuTiyaachhe chhoTo phula atishaya deena.
dhik-dhik kare taare kaanane sabaai;
soorya uThi bale taare, bhaalo aachhi bhaai?.
jathaasaadhya-bhaalo bale, ogo aaro-bhaalo,
kon sbargapuree tumi kare thaako aalo?
aaro-bhaalo ke(n)de kahe, aami thaaki haaya
akarmaNya daambhikera akShama eerShaaya.
bajra kahe, doore aami thaaki jatakShaNa
aamara garjane bale meghera garjana,
bidyutera jyoti bali mora jyoti raTe,
maathaaya paRile tabe bale--- `bajra baTe!'
rathajaatraa, lokaaraNya, mahaa dhumadhaama---
bhakteraa luTaaye pathe karichhe praNaama.
patha bhaabe `aami deba', ratha bhaabe `aami',
moorti bhaabe `aami deba'--- haase antaryaamee.
shaibaala dighire bale uchcha kari shira,
likhe rekho, eka pho(n)Taa dilema shishira.
`kata baRo aami' kahe nakala heeraaTi.
taai to sandeha kari naha Thika khaa(n)Ti.
dhbaniTire pratidhbani sadaa byangga kare,
dhbani-kaachhe RiNee se je paachhe dharaa paRe.
chandra kahe, bishbe aalo diyechhi chhaRaaye,
kalangka jaa aachhe taahaa aachhe mora gaaye.
uttama nishchinte chale adhamera saathe,
tinii madhyama jini chalena taphaate.
tapana-udaye habe mahimaara kShaya,
tabu prabhaatera chaa(n)da shaantamukhe kaya,
apekShaa kariyaa aachhi astasindhuteere
praNaama kariyaa jaaba udita rabire.
ke laibe mora kaarya, kahe sandhyaarabi---
shuniyaa jagat rahe niruttara chhabi.
maaTira pradeepa chhila; se kahila, sbaamee,
aamaara jeTuku saadhya kariba taa aami.
raatre jadi sooryashoke jhare ashrudhaaraa
soorya naahi phere, shudhu byartha haya taaraa.
nadeera epaara kahe chhaaRiyaa nishbaasa,
o paarete sarbasukha aamaara bishbaasa.
nadeera o paara basi deerghashbaasa chhaaRe---
kahe, jaahaa kichhu sukha sakalai o paare.
phula kahe phukaariyaa, phala, ore phala,
kata doore rayechhisa bal more bal!
phala kahe mahaashaya, kena haa(n)kaahaa(n)ki---
tomaarai antare aami nirantara thaaki.
he samudra, chirakaala kee tomaara bhaaShaa?
samudra kahila, mora ananta jijnaasaa.
kisera stabdhataa taba ogo giribara?
himaadri kahila, mora chiraniruttara.
shishu puShpa aa(n)khi meli herila e dharaa---
shyaamala, sundara, snigdha, geetagandha-bharaa;
bishbajagatere Daaki kahila, he priya,
aami jatakaala thaaki tumio thaakiyo.
adRiShTere shudhaalema, chiradina pichhe
amogha niShThura bale ke more Thelichhe?
se kahila, phire dekho. dekhilema thaami,
sammukhe Thelichhe more pashchaatera aami.