Lyric and background history of song pothik he oi je

This page contains lyric of Tagore song pothik he oi je 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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Pothik hey, oi je chale, oi je chale   songi tomar dale dale.
Onnomone thaaki kone,   chamok laage khane khane -
Hatthat shuni jale sthale paayer dhoni aakashtale.
Pothik hey, pothik hey, jete jete pather theke
Aamay tumi jeyo deke.
Juge juge baare baare   esechhile aamar dwaare -
Hatthat je taai jaante paai, tomar chala  hridaytale.

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