আমি কী গান গাব যে ভেবে না পাই
Ami ki gaan gaabo je bhebe na paai (audio: Sagar Sen)
In my quest of a song
I delve into the sullen sky,
The monsoon breeze
Replete with longing.
There is a passionate eloquence,
A dancing gig, strange, mysterious,
Among the trees blowing in the wind,
Which I yearn to learn,
Spend hours to assimilate
My body responds to a
Wave of unearthly melodies,
Deluging me
In streams of splendor
A secret thrives in the chasm
Of my shadowed consciousness,
In the twilight haze of my dreams,
Which I pine to possess
Very deeply.
Dear Prof. Majumdar
ReplyDeleteI'm an avid reader of your blog. I was looking for the meaning of a song I've heard recently (and loved very much!). Could you please post it on the blog, or mail the translation to me? I shall be highly grateful.
'Gohono Megher Chhaya', sung by Manna Dey.
That's not a Tagore song. AFAIK the lyrics for that song were due to Pulak Banerjee, a popular writer of "modern" & film songs in Bengal from the 60s onwards, years after Tagore's death.
DeleteIt's not a Rabindra Sangeet
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