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Type of song: Bengali folk song: Bhatiali

Song1

Janam Dukhi Kapal Pora,

Guru, Ami Akjana

Amar Dukkhe Dukkhe Janam galo go

Amaye Ke Dibe re santana

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English translation

Oh Lord! I am unfortunate and deprived from birth. My life is passing in sorrows, who is there to console me--

Word/phrase meanings:

Janam: Birth

Dukhi: Deprived

Kapal Pora: unfortunate

Guru: Teacher [in this song the word has been used for ‘God’]

Ami: I

Dukkhe: sorrows

Santana: Console

Akjana: alone

Type of song: Bengali folk song: Bhatiali

Song2

Ei Bhabosagare re

Kamne Dibo Pari re

Dibanishi Kandi re

Nadeer Kule Baia

English translation:

How can I cross this ocean like life ---

Word/phrase meanings:

Ei: This

Bhabosagar: Ocean like life

Kamne: How

Dibo pari re: cross

Dibanishi: day and night

Kandi : weep

Nadder kule: by the bank of river

Baia: sitting