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Lyric and background history of song kothay alo kothay
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This page contains lyric of Tagore song kothay alo kothay 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 (129)
Upa-parjaay: Biraha
Taal: Jhampak
Raag: Desh
Written on: 1909 (Asharh 1316)
Place: Bolpur
Collection: Geetanjali
Swarabitan: 11 (Ketaki) / 37
Notation by: Dinendranath Tagore
Notes: This song finds mention in 'Rabirashmi', 2nd part, written by Charuchandra Bandopadhyay -
... I had been to Silaidaha on invitation from Rabindranath. His vessel was anchored from the alluvium opposite to the 'Kachhari' and adjacent to the one for Ajitkumar [Chakraborty], who was recuperating from ill health. I took shelter in the boat assigned for Ajit.
How can I ever forget the degree of attention he had rendered to me while my stay. He was eager to satisfy my appetite before his, all the time being concerned about my well-being, asking Ajit - You must look after your friend, he must not face difficulty of any sort. ...
... Rain and thunderstorm greeted us in the evening. The poet reiterated - come on Ajit, treat our guest with songs. He then came up with two songs - Aaji jharer raate tomar obhisaar ... and Kothay aalo ore kothay aalo ... .
I had taken both the songs with me with an intention to publish them in 'Probasi'. The piece of paper on which the poet had written the songs is still with me.
Although neither of the songs were ever published in 'Probasi'.
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Transliteration in English
Kothay aalo, kothay ore aalo ! Birohanole jwaalo re taare jwaalo. Royechhe deep, naa aachhe shikha, Ei ki bhaalechhilo re likha - Ihaar cheye maron se je bhaalo. Birohaanole prodipkhaani jwaalo. Bedonaaduti gaahichhe, 'Ore praan, Tomar laagi jaagen bhagobaan. Nishithe ghano andhokaare Daaken tore premobhisaare, Dukkho diye raakhen tor maan. Tomar laagi jaagen bhagobaan'. Gagontal giyechhe meghe bhori, Baadalojal porichhe jhori jhori. E ghor raate kisher laagi Paran mamo sahosa jaagi Emon keno korichhe mori mori. Baadol-jal porichhe jhori jhori. Bijuli shudhu khonik aabha haane, Nibirotaro timiro chokhe aane. Jaani naa kotha anek dure Baajilo gaan gobhir sure, Sakal praan taanichhe pathopaane. Nibirotaro timiro chokhe aane. Kothay aalo, kothay ore aalo ! Birohaanole jwaalo re taare jwaalo. Daakichhe megh, hnaakichhe haawa, Samoy gele hobe naa jaawa, Nibiro nishaa nikashoghono kaalo. Paraan diye premer deep jwaalo.
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