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With an ear to the path of Your arrival | With an ear to the path of Your arrival, | ||
I have kept alert for | I have kept alert for age after age. | ||
Of the garland You gave me— | |||
Of the garland You gave me, only thread remains | |||
All the flowers have fallen away. | All the flowers have fallen away. | ||
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Yet, ever and always do I— | Yet, ever and always do I— | ||
Ever and always do I gaze all around, | Ever and always do I gaze all around, | ||
Counting the seconds of each hour.{{#tag:ref|Technically, a ''pal'' (পল) is a period of time amounting to 24 seconds, and a ''prahar'' (প্রহর) amounts to three hours.|group="nb"}} | Counting the seconds of each passing hour.{{#tag:ref|Technically, a ''pal'' (পল) is a period of time amounting to 24 seconds, and a ''prahar'' (প্রহর) amounts to three hours.|group="nb"}} | ||
This tiredness of eager waiting, | This tiredness of eager waiting, | ||