Lyric and background history of song shuno sokhi bajoi banshi

This page contains lyric of Tagore song shuno sokhi bajoi banshi 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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Shuna, sakhi, baajai baanshi.
Shashikarabeuhala nikhila shunyatala   ek harasharasaraashi.
Dakkhinapabanabichanchala torugana,   chanchala jamunabari.
Kusumasubasa udaas bhailo, sakhi   udaas hriday hamari.
Bigalita marama, charana khalitagati,   sharama bharama gai dur.
Nayana baaribhara, garagara antara,   hridaya pulakaparipur.
Kaha sakhi, kaha sakhi, minati raakha sakhi,   so ki hamari shyam.
Gagane gagane dhwanichhe baanshari    bajaay hamari naam.
Kato kato yuga sakhi, punnya karanu ham,   debata karanu deheyan -
Tab to milala, sakhi, shyamaratana mama -   shyama paraanaka praan.
Shunata shunata tab mohana baanshi,   japata japata tab naame
Saadh bhaila may praana milaayaba    chaand-ujala jamuname !
Chalaha turitagati, shyama chakita ati -   dharaha sakhijana haat.
Nidamagana mahi, bhaay dara kachu nahi,  bhaanu chale tabo saath.

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