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A phonetic transliteration of the first line of his original song in Bengali is provided along with the English version for the curious. The list sorted by Bengali alphabet is also available there. Staff notation links may now be found on the Lyrics and Data Page of the associated Song.
Gitanjali. Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian & the only Indian to receive this honour.
- Rabindranatha Tagore
- 1910
The National Anthem of India is entitled ‘Jana Gana Mana’. The song was originally composed in Bengali by India’s first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on December 11, 1911. The parent song, ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’ is a Brahmo hymn which has five verses and only the first verse has been adopted as National Anthem.
Bengali. It contained 157 songs. Later on the English translation, by Tagore himself, of the Bengali book with. 1st Nov 1912. The book contained 103 songs out of which 53 were taken from the Bengali version. Gitanjali in English earned Tagore The Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
Etymology. 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.
It contained 157 songs. Later on the English translation, by Tagore himself, of the Bengali book with the same name, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats, was published from India Society, London on 1st Nov 1912. The book contained 103 songs out of which 53 were taken from the Bengali version.
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1. Bengali lyric, English transliteration, notes of the song i.e. parjaay, upa-parjaay, taal, raag, written on, collection, swarabita number and many more. 2. Each Bengali lyric can be downloaded or printed online, given in pdf format. 3. Bengali notation /swaralipi. Alternate notations are also provided where these are available. 4.
