Lyric and background history of song kal rater bela gan

This page contains lyric of Tagore song kal rater bela gan 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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Kaal raater bela gaan elo mor mone,
Takhon tumi chhile na mor sone.
Je kathati bolbo tomay bole 
Kaatlo jiban nirab chokher jole
Sei kathati surer homanale
Uttlo jwole ekti aandhar khane -
Takhon tumi chhile na mor sone.
Bhebechhilem aajke sakal hole
Sei kathati tomay jaabo bole.
Phuler udaas subas beray ghure 
Paakhir gaane aakash gelo pure,
Sei kathati laaglo na sei sure
Jatoi proyas kori poranpane -
Jakhon tumi aachho aamar sone.

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