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School Songs

 

Song No. 14

Alo amar alo ogo alo bhuwan bhora
Alo nayan dhowa amar alo hirday hara
Nache alo nache O Bhai amar pranar kache
Baje alo baje O Bhai hriday binar majhe
Jage akash, chhote batash, hashe shakal dhara
Alor srote pal tulechhe hajar prajapati
Alor dheve uthlo neche mullika malati
Meghe meghe sonar bhai jaina manik gona
Patai patai hashi obhai pulak rashi rashi
Shuranadir cool dubeche sudha nijhar jhara

-Rabindra Nath Tagore


INTERPRETATION

Light, my light, the world feeling light, the eyekissing light, heart-sweetning light.

Ah, the light dances, my darling at the centre of my life; the light strikes at the chords of my love; the sky opens, the wind runs, wild laughter passes over the earth.

The butterflies spread their sails on the sea of light.

Lilies and jasmines surge the arest of the waves of light.

The light is shattered into gold on every cloud, and it scatters gems in profusions.

Mirth spreads from leaf to leaf and gladness without measure. The heaven's river has drowned its banks, and the flood of joy is abroad.