Come Spring, touch me now

রাঙিয়ে দিয়ে যাও
Rangiye diye jaao (audio link: Hemanta Mukhopadhyay)


a translation meant for an English rendition of the song
(Find an English rendition of this song in Youtube here:)

Come Spring, touch me now
as you make your way to go
your tender brush
this secret show
your smiling ever-youthful face
loving tears, all the flow

red and purple, touch my soul
pink and orange, touch my toil 
blue and saffron, touch my soul.
Spark my flame, light my room
paint my night, paint my gloom.

Wake me up 
wake me up, as you go
awake my pulse 
awake my pulse, as you go.

Like a sky, making stars in the night
like a spring, falling out, out of plight
like thunder, rumbling in the heart of space
like a dance forming in the universe

undulate undulate 
lead my path, lead my way
free my chains, free my stay

translated by Anandamayee Majumdar, 12 March 2017




(another version by Rumela):

Colour me in crimson

Colour me in saffron

As you take your leave

Colour me in all shades

Of your own emotions

Those you kept a secret

Those you let bloom in youthful smile

Those you let flow in soulful tears

Let your hues brush upon my soul

Colour each and every action

Alight upon the flame of the evening lamp

Caress the sleeplessness of a dark night

Do arouse me before you go

A gentle nudge of your feet to

Make my blood pulse to your rhythm

Like a star lighting up the dark night

Like a spring bursting through the rocks

Like a rumble raging within the cloud

Like the rhythm that vibrates

In the heart of the dancing cosmos

Do let my heart sway to your beat

Even as you take your leave

Freeing me from fetters of tears