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125th Departure Day Of Fakir Lalon Shah
Fakir Lalon Saiji said to his disciples, I am leaving. Lalon folded his shawl and took his rest; the disciples sat around him absorbed. At one point Lalon turned the shawl from his brow aside and said, let me hear your last song.
Carry me across, O merciful moon, forgive
my offences, O Lord
in this prison of the world.
A sinful, lowly creature, O Lord,
if You do not grant passage and reveal Your mercy,
saviour of the fallen, destroyer of the fallen,
who will speak for You today?
Without Your grace
where, and who, could ever attain the goal?
I am a sinner, so I call out:
give devotion to my heart.
In water, on land, in every place
all glory is Yours in the threefold world;
not understanding, the witless Lalon
sank into a fearful, darksome whirl.
The song ended. Folding his shawl upon the dust, Fakir Lalon sank into eternal rest. The year of Fakir Lalon's birth is not known; he passed away on 17 October 1890, corresponding to 1 Kartik of 1297 in the Bengali era, and he lived 116 years.
As far as is known, this was Fakir Lalon Saiji's last song. After singing it he fell into eternal sleep. The silence of mourning descended upon the village of Cheuria. And how could he ever come back? Even if he could not be found again, the words he left behind shine brighter each day in the sky and the wind. His words are not for casting away; rather, hearing them makes the heart tremble.
If all goes well, on 17 October 2015, 1 Kartik of 1422 in the Bengali era, the Tirodhan Dibas of Fakir Lalon Saiji will be observed at his Akhra home. His devotees will flock in from every country of the world.
The programme will run for five days. All through the night his songs will be chanted. The guests will listen, carried away in deep communion. Such a scene is of another kind — you can only realise it by seeing it with your own eyes! KushtiaTown.com extends an invitation to everyone.
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Venue: Fakir Lalon Saiji's Akhra, Kumarkhali, Kushtia - 7000
