

What a quilt thou hast spread at tip of banyans 'long ev'ry bank, What beauty, what shades, what affection, what tenderness O Mother, time seeth in Ogrohayon smiles sweet all through fields of paddy. O Mother, aroma of mango orchard in Falgun driveth me crazy, O ma, goriber dhôn ja ache tai dibo côrontôle,Īmi pôrer ghôre kinbo na ar, ma, tor bhushon bole gôlar phãshi.įorever thy skies be, thine air like a flute set my heart in tune O ma, amar je bhai tara shôbai, o ma, tomar rakhal tomar cashi.ĭe go tor payer dhula, she je amar mathar manik hôbe. Tomar dhane-bhôra anginate jibôner din kaṭe Shara din pakhi-ḍaka chayay-ḍhaka tomar pollibaṭe, Tôkhon khêladhula shôkol phele, o ma, tomar kole chuṭe ashi.ĭhenu-côra tomar maṭhe, pare jabar kheyaghaṭe, Tui din phurale shondhakale ki dip jalish ghôre,

Tomari dhulamaṭi ôngge makhi dhonno jibôn mani. Ma, tor bôdonkhani molin hole, o ma, ami nôyonjôle bhashi. Ma, tor mukher bani amar kane lage shudhar môto, Ki ãcol bichayecho bôṭer mule, nodir kule kule. Ki shobha, ki chaya go, ki sneho, ki maya go, O ma, Ôghrane tor bhôra khete ami ki dekhechi modhur hashi. O ma, phagune tor amer bone ghrane pagol kôre, Only the first ten lines of this song currently constitute Bangladesh's national anthem. The following provides the lyrics of the "Amar Sonar Bangla" as written by Rabindranath Tagore. The instrumental orchestra rendition was composed by Samar Das. Only those lines are given in the following section.

The first ten (10) lines of this song constitute Bangladesh's national anthem, adopted in 1971 during its liberation war. Indira Devi, Tagore's niece, Satyendranath Tagore's daughter, jotted down the musical notation hearing it from Tagore himself (this was the common norm, Tagore singing the song, and someone formally jotting down the musical notations). The song along with the musical notation (referred to as swaralipi in Bengali), first appeared in the periodical musical journal Shongeet Biggnan Probeshika in the same month and year. The lyrics first appeared in the September issues of " Bongodorshon" and " Baul" simultaneously, in 1905. Along with a host of others, songs such as this were meant to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal, to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide. This divide of Bengal, being along communal lines– East Bengal and Assam having a majority of Muslims and West Bengal having a majority of Hindus–is claimed to have undermined India's national movement against the UK's imperialism and to have been politically motivated. The song was written in 1905 during the first partition of Bengal, when the ruling British Empire had an undivided province of Bengal Presidency split into two parts the decision was announced on 19 July by the then-Viceroy of India Lord Curzon, taking effect on 16 October.
