with love interlude

Ghona kaalo jongoler bhetor diye hente hente

Walking through the dense dark forest

Ami obosheshe pouchhe gechhi kholamela lokaloye

I've finally reached the open countryside

Jomat baadha ondhokarer haat dhore dhore

Holding the hands of solidified darkness

Ami ekhon pouchhe gechhi suryodoyer kachhe

I've now reached the sunrise

Sakalbelar roktim surjo aar mukto batas dekhbo bole

To see the crimson sun and the free air of the morning

Ami dhorechhilam kaalo kapore dhaaka duto haat

I held two hands covered in black cloth

Ondhokare pari diyechhilam ghono oronnyer

I crossed the dark dense forest

Thik moddhokhan diye jekhane chokher

Right through the middle where

Drishyomoyota chhilo shunyo

Visibility was zero

Kongo boner durgomo chorai utorai paar hote giye

While crossing difficult terrain of the Congo forest

Ami juddho korechhi hingsro hayena aar nekorer shathe bahu baar

I fought many times with fierce hyenas and wolves

Kobra vaipar aar maambaser bhetor diye jete jete

Passing through cobras vipers and mambas

Shokto haate shapurer bashi bajiye bosh korechhi tader hingsrota

With my firm hands playing the snake charmer's flute I tamed their ferocity

Oshohay manusher artonaade Daryen Gap-er akash batas

The sky and air of the Darien Gap

Fhete porchhe bar bar

Have been shattered again and again by the cries of helpless people

Aar ami shei dukhe koshthe khan khan hoyechhi shotobar

And I've been broken into pieces hundreds of times in that sorrow and pain

Kintu tarporo ami thami ni

Yet I did not stop

Ami Kongo sesh kore Daryen Gap-er bhetor diye

I finished Congo and through the Darien Gap

Eshe porchhi Amazon-er Rain Forest-e

I've come to the Amazon rainforest

Protiti oronnyer hingsro ondhokare khoto hoyechhi bar bar

Wounded again and again in the fierce darkness of every forest

Ek mutho shubhro rod-er ashay amar deho hoyechhe churmar