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Rabindranath Tagore, the author and composer of the national and state anthems of India, Bangladesh and West Bengal "Banglar Maṭi Banglar Jol" (Bengali: বাংলার মাটি বাংলার জল, pronounced [ˈbaŋlaɾ ˈmaʈi ˈbaŋlaɾ dʒɔl]; "Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal") is a Bengali prayer [1] [2] and patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore and is the ...
The word amar is a possession meaning "my" or "mine" and the word sonar is the adjectival form of the root word sona, meaning "gold". sonar literally means "made of gold" or "golden", but it is used as a term of endearment meaning "beloved", but in the song the words Sonar Bangla may be interpreted to express the preciousness of Bengal.
Bharata Bhagya Bidhata (Bengali: ভারত ভাগ্য বিধাতা, lit. 'Dispenser of India's destiny') is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn in Bengali. [1] It was composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. The first stanza of the song has been adopted as the National Anthem of India. [2] [3] [4]
The song is the first track of this album. [1] Shahidullah was posthumously awarded with the best lyricist of 1998 by the Bangladesh Film Journalists Association. [2] The song was popularized in West Bengal by singer Kabir Suman, by releasing a duet album with Sabina Yasmin, titled, Tero (2006). The song is featured in this album. [3]
The Khandana Bhava–Bandhana was written by Swami Vivekananda in Bengali as a hymn to his guru, Sri Ramakrishna. The English translation by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood is used by English-speaking Vedanta Centers in the evening vesper worship services: Breaker of this world's chain, We adore Thee, whom all men love.
Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali: রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; pronounced [robindɾo ʃoŋɡit]), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, [1] the first Indian [2] and also the first non-European to receive such recognition. [3]
Tagore in 1912, when Gitanjali was being translated to English. Song Offerings (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি) is a volume of lyrics by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, rendered into English by the poet himself, for which he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1]
These lyrics, which were earlier brought out in several issues of Bharati magazine, were first anthologized in 1884. Later, Tagore described composing these songs in his reminiscences Jiban Smriti . Rabindranath Tagore wrote his first substantial poems titled Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali in Brajabuli under the pseudonym Bhānusiṃha at age ...