Sunday, 10 April 2011

Alo amar, alo ogo, alo bhubon bhora

Alo amar, alo ogo, alo bhubon bhora
alo noyon dhoa amar, alo hridoe hara.
Nache alo nache, o bhai, amar praner kachhe --
baje alo baje, o bhai, hridoe binar majhe --
jage akash, chhoţe batash, hashe shokol dhora.
Alor srote pal tulechhe hajar projapoti.
Alor đheue uţhlo mete mollika maloti.
Meghe meghe shona, o bhai, jae na manik gona --
patae patae hashi, o bhai, pulok rashi rashi.
Shuronodir kul ḍubechhe shudha-nijhor-jhora.

A poem By Tagore


Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Close-up on a Bengali word handwritten with angular, jaunty letters
Born 7 May 1861(1861-05-07)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died 7 August 1941(1941-08-07) (aged 80)
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Pen name Gurudev/Bhanu Shingho
Occupation Poet, writer, lecturer
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Bengali
Alma mater St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta
Genres Poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, educationist, spiritualist, philosopher, internationalist, painter, cultural relativist, orator, composer, song-writer, singer, artist
Subjects Literature
Literary movement Bengal Renaissance
Notable work(s) Gitanjali
Gora
Ghare-Baire
Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature
1913
Spouse(s) Mrinalini Devi (1873–1901)