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Lyric and background history of song bina bajao he
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This page contains lyric of Tagore song bina bajao he 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 (409)
Upa-parjaay: Bibidha
Taal: Dhamaar
Raag: Purvi
Anga: Dhrupad
Written on: 1908
Swarabitan: 25
Notation by: Kangalicharan Sen
Bhanga Gaan
Notes: This song in Bishnupuri purvi, was published in winter 1908. It was derived from a hindi song "Been Bajay Re" (Dhrupad) in raag Purvi, Taal Dhamaar.
This song has been one of the favourite songs of Rabindranath. It finds reference twice in his letters written to Ranu Adhkari (Lady Ranu Mukherjee later, 1906-2000). The first one reads -
... We seem to lose ourselves whenever there is a music playing within. As if the great Master of our being is revealed. This revelation is, in fact, liberation. That is the reason why I wish to tune the Veena within myself to the truth, I wish to try my hardest and rein in my mind, I wish to cleanse and refine my intellectual faculty - and that is why I wish to stall my earthly emotions and look away from personal achievements and all trivial desires - then only my instrument, thus tuned, shall start producing mellifluous melodies in the hands of my Master. ... As you know I often sing a song in the evening :
Beena baajao hey, mamo antare ...
He continues again on the same topic in around three months (Bhanusingher Patrabali) -
... I wish to inscribe the song, that I often sing in the evening -'Beena baajao hey, mamo antare ...', forever in your heart - so that your heart would remain completely preoccupied with it and not even a tempest shall be able to shake you. It is not only you whom I intend to say that, it is my earnest desire that I may position myself solemnly at the centre of my brimming soul devotedly, well-above the bustling thoroughfare and trifling emotions.
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Beena baajao hey mamo antare. Sajane bijane, bandhu, sukhe dukhe bipade - Aanondito taan shunao hey mamo antare.
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