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Song Name: Amar Jivan

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali

 

LYRICS:

(1)

āmāra jīvana – my life; sadā – always; pāpe – sinful activity; rata – attracted to; nāhiko – there is not; punyera – of good; leṣa – a minute amount; parere – to people; udvega – trouble; diyāchi – I have given; je – which; koto – so much; diyāchi – I have given jīvere kleśa

 

(2)

nija – my own; sukha – pleasure; lāgi’ – on account of; pāpe – sins; nāhi – not; ḍori – hiding; doyā-hīna – without mercyl swārtha-paro – attached to my own gain; para-sukhe – others’ happiness; duḥkhī – miserable; sadā – always; mithya-bhāṣī – speaking falsity; para-duḥkha – others’ miseries; sukha-karo – becoming happy

 

(3)

aśeṣa – endless; kāmanā – desires; hṛdi – heart; mājhe – in; mora – my; krodhī – anger; dambha-parāyana – attached to arrongance; mada-matta – maddened by pride; sadā – always; viṣaye mohita – bewildered by sense objects; hiḿsā-garva – violence and pride; vibhūṣana – ornaments

 

(4)

nidra – sleep; ālasya – laziness; hata – crushed; sukārye – good actions; virata – detached; akārye – misdeeds; udyogī – enthusiastic; āmi – I; pratiṣṭha – recognition; lāgiyā – I feel;  śāṭhya-ācaraṇa – devious behavior; lobha-hata – crushed by greed; sadā – always; kāmī – lusty

 

(5)

e – this; heno – such; durjana – wicked person; saj-jana-varjita – rejected by saintly personalities; aparādhi – offensive; nirantara – perpetually; śubha-kārya-śūnya – void of auspicious deeds; sadānartha-manāḥ – mentality of continuous offences; nānā – various; duḥkhe – sufferings; jara jara – wasted

 

(6)

bārdhakye – old age; ekhona – now; upāya-vihīna – without a way; tā’te – in that; dīna akiρcana – destitute and fallen; bhakativinoda – Bhaktivinoda Thakura; prabhura – of the Lord; caraṇe – lotus feet; kore – he does; duḥkha – sorrowful; nivedana –  request

 

UPDATED: July 11, 2009