Lyric and background history of song jatobar alo jalate chai

This page contains lyric of Tagore song jatobar alo jalate chai 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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Jatobaar aalo jwaalate chaai,
Nibe jaay baare baare  
Aamar jibane tomar aason
Gobhir andhakare.
Je lataati aachhe shukaayechhe mul
Knuri dhore shudhu, naahi phote phul,
Aamar jibane tabo seba taai
Bedonaar upahaare.
Pujagourab punyobibhab
Kichhu naahi, naahi lesh,
E tabo pujaari poriya esechhe
Lajjaar dino besh.
Utsabe taar aase naai keho,
Baaje naai bnaashi, saaje naai geho -
Kaadia tomaay enechhe daakiya
Bhaanga mondir-dwaare.

• Lyric and background history with taal, raag, parjaay. Transliterate in English.
• Bengali notation / swaralipi
• Staff notation (Western)
• English translation
• Hindi translation