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Lyric and background history of song e monihar amay
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This page contains lyric of Tagore song e monihar amay and its transliteration in English with background history. Background of the song includes the place and date of the song written by Rabindranath, name of the newspaper or magazine the song was first published in and the name of the person who had prepared the notation or swaralipi. This page also contains the musical composition of song like parjaay, taal, raag and ango.
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Musical composition and background history of the song:
Parjaay: Puja (489)
Upa-parjaay: Bibidha
Taal: Ektaal
Raag: Iman
Written on: 1913 (8 Bhadra 1320)
Place: Cheyen Walk
Collection: Geetimalya
Swarabitan: 41
Notation by: Dinendranath Tagore
Notes: This song was composed on 24th August, 1913 at London, about three months prior to the day when he had received the news of achieving the Nobel Prize. Kalidas Nag in his memoire ‘Gaayok Rabindranath’, writes –
… we sat with him at the center, Manomohan Ghosh at one side and the Chancellor Brojendranath Sil at the other. We all started pressing him to sing a song. His did sing the song ‘ E Monihaar Aamay Naahi Saaje …’, but the reason behind selecting this song was revealed a lot later. …
In a letter written to Bankimchandra Ray Rabindranath had written –
… I don’t feel like staying here anymore. I sincerely feel that my job is finished. When jobs appear to be mightier than devotion then it is time to brush it aside and leave the scene. I feel my time has come. I feel the rush to return …
This part of the letter elaborates the state of mind, the conflicting emotions between acheivement and rejection that was prevailing within his mind while he was being praised from all corners prior to receiving the Nobel Prize in the year 1913. This song was in fact written couple of months prior to the Prize giving ceremony.
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Transliteration in English
E monihaar aamay naahi saaje - Ere porte gele laage, ere chnirte gele baaje. Kantho je rodh kare, sur to naahi sare - Oi dike je mon pore roy, mon laage na kaaje. Taai to bose aachhi, E haar tomay parai jodi tabei aami bnaachi. Phulomaalar dore boriya lawo more - Tomar kaache dekhai ne mukh monimaalar laaje.
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