Ruins

Stanchions of 

cathedral

temple 

or a castle 

ornate once by time

to be over run

over grown

with neglect.  

Excavated,  

museumed,

become treasured

antiquity

charu

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Ruins

Amar Hiyar Majhe-A Tagore song

Transliteration

amar hiyar majhe lukiye chilen 

dekhte ami pai ni

tomae dekhte ami pai ni

amar hiyar majhe lukiye chilen

dekhte ami pai ni

tomae dekhte ami pai ni

bahir-pane chokh melechi(2)

amar hridoy pane chai ni

amar hiyar majhe lukiye chilen 

dekhte ami pai ni

tomae dekhte ami pai ni

amar shakol bhalobasae shakol aghat shakol ashae

tumi chile amar kache tumi chile, ami tomar kache jai ni.

dekhte ami pai ni

tomae dekhte ami pai ni

tumi mor anondo hoe chilen amar khelay(2)

anonde tai bhulechilem(2), keteche din healae

gopon rohi gobhir prane amar dukkho sukher gane(2)

sur diecho tumi, 
ami tomar gan to gai ni
amar hiyar majhe lukiye chilen dekhte ami pai ni

tomae dekhte ami pai ni

Translation

You were hiding within my heart, 

but I did not see/find you

I looked everywhere outside, just not within my heart.

You were in all my love, all despair and all  hopes

I was not with you in yours

You were hiding within my heart, 

but I could not see/find you

You were pure joy of my plays/games

In that joy I spent my carefree childhood 

Buried deep within my heart, you were the notes 

of my songs of joy and misery

I just did not sing your songs.

You were hiding within my heart, 

but I could not see/find you