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Lyric and background history of song ami chitrangada
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This page contains lyric of Tagore song ami chitrangada 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: Chitrangada (Scene 5)
Taal: Tritaal
Raag: Sahana
Written on: 1936
Collection: Chitrangada
Swarabitan: 17 (Chitrangada)
Notation by: Shailajaranjan Majumdar
Notes: This song, written at Shantiniketan, was first published in 21st July, 1936.
Inspired by Pratima devi, his daughter in law, Rabindranath had converted 'Chitrangada' into a dance-drama merely within a week. It was staged on the New Empire, Kolkata for four consecutive days starting from 9th March, 1936. Jamuna Sen, elder daughter of Nandalal Basu, had enacted the role of ugly Chitrangada. She is quoted by Roma Chakraborty in her book 'Bhora Thaak Smriti-sudhay' –
... He had once told me while performing on the concluding song 'Aami Chitrangada aami rajendra-nandini ...' – 'You must not ever ignore the fact that you are the princess. Your expressions and actions must always proclaim that. His pleasing expressions helped us to evaluate our success. We had to start once again when he was not content and this was how our learning continued. ...
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Transliteration in English
Aami chitrangada, aami raajendronondini. Nohi debi, nohi saamanya naari. Puja kori more raakhibe urdhe Se nohi nohi, Hela kori more raakhibe pichhe Se nohi nohi. Jodi paarshe raakho more Sankate sampade, Sammoti daao jodi kotthin brote Sahay hote, Paabe tabe tumi chinite more. Aaj shudhu kori nibedan - Aami chitrangada raajendronondini.
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