This is an old Bengali chant, included in Cosmic Chants in translation.

Song Form

A: Door of my heart, open wide I keep for Thee. x2
B: Wilt Thou come, wilt Thou come? Just for once, come to me? x2
A′: Will my days fly away without seeing Thee, my Lord? x2
B′: Night and day, night and day, I look for Thee night and day. x2

Lines A and A′ share a similar melody, and so do lines B and B′.

Notes

• Once you’ve gone through the full song form several times in the standard way, you may want to repeat a line for emphasis. Line B or line B′ works well, sung extra in sets of two, to deepen the devotion and the focus on that phrase.

• A natural ending for the chant is to repeat line A several extra times.

Listen to SRF Recordings

Videos on YouTube

• 2022 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Bro. Devananda)

• Door of My Heart (YSS monastics in Tamil)

• 2020 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (90-minute)

• 2026 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (90-minute)

Audio Recordings

• Door of My Heart (Sr. Ishwari), from the album Light the Lamp of Thy Love
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