Lyric and background history of song matir buker majhe

This page contains lyric of Tagore song matir buker majhe 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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Maatir buker maajhe bondi je jal miliye thaake
Maati paay na paay na, maati paay na taake.
Kabe kaatiye bnaadhon paaliye jakhon jaay se dure
Aakashpure go,
Takhon kaalo megher sajol chhaaya shunye aanke,
Sudur shunye aanke -
Maati paay na paay na, maati paay na taake.
Sheshe bajro taare baajai byatha bahnijwaalay,
Jhanja taare digbidike knaadiye chaalay.
Takhon kaachher dhan je durer theke kaachhe aase
Buker paashe go,
Takhon chokher jale naame se je chokher jaler daake -
Aakul chokher jale daake -
Maati paay na paay na, maati paay na taake.

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