Ananda-Dhaaraa Bohicche Bhubone (The Stream Of Happiness)

Thanks to Indrani Nandy for the translation of this song of optimism by Tagore. We welcome your comments and questions about it. Use this form for contributing your own translation of a poem. .
Bengali Version

The stream of happiness is constantly flowing through the world.
Day and Night, the nectar of life spills over in the endless sky
The sun and the moon drink that nectar in cupfuls -
(Hence) They are lighted (so) bright with eternal glow.
The earth is eternally filled with life and rays (of hope/love).
Why are you sitting all alone,
Consumed by self ?
Look around you, widen your heart -
All pains are really small, trivial (compared to this vast happiness);
Let love fill up your vacant life.

(This translation was contributed by Indrani Nandy)

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