Bengali national anthem
region: | Bengal |
Title: | Amar Sonar Bangla ("My Golden Bengal") |
Text: | Rabindranath Tagoreund |
Composer: | Rabindranath Thakur |
National anthem since: | 1972 |
Original text:
Amar Sonar Bangla
Ami tomay bhalobashi,
Ciradin tomar akas, tomar batas, amar prane
Grandma amar prane, bajay basi.
Sonar Bamla, Ami tomay bhalobasi.
O ma, Fagune tor amer bane ghrane pagal kare, mari hay, hay re
O ma, Fagune tor amer bane ghrane pagal kare,
O ma, aghrane tor bhara ksete ki dekhechi ami ki dekhechi madhur hasi
Sonar Bamla ami tomay bhalo basi, ki sobha, ki chaya go ki sneha,
ki maya go ki acal bichayecha
bater mule, nadir kule kule.
Ma, tor mukher bani amar kane lage suhar mato,
mari hay hay re ma,
tor nadankhani malin hale, o ma, ami nayanjale bhasi.
German translation (from English):
My golden Bengal, I love you.
Your skies and your air always make my heart sing
As if it were a flute.
In spring, O my mother, the fragrance of your mango groves
Me wild with delight.
Ah, what bliss!
In the fall, O my mother, in the full blooming paddy fields
I saw everything covered with sweet smiles.
Ah, what beauty, what colors, what love
And what tenderness!
What a colorful carpet you spread under the banyan trees
And along the river banks!
Oh my mother, words from your lips
Are like nectar to my ears.
Ah, what bliss!
When sadness, O my mother, makes your countenance heavy,
Are eyes filled with tears!