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Aamar mukti aloy aloy

Aamar mukti aloy aloy ei aakashe
Aamar mukti dhulay dhulay ghase ghase
Amar mukti sarbajaner maner majhe
Dukkha-bipad tuchha kora kothin kaaje

My deliverance is in the lighted firmament, in every dust particle and in every grass of the earth ... My salvation is in the universal mind and in my exertions defying all dangers and disappointments.

Lyrics and translation copied from here: http://www.parabaas.com/rabindranath/articles/pNarasingha.html


For those who don't know, it is a poem (a song, actually) by Rabindranath Tagore
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  1. Anonymous5:51 PM, February 25, 2007

    That was nice. Who wrote that?
    And what mood is this today?

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  2. Syrals8:17 PM, February 25, 2007

    I liked the verse, especially the last line. Good thought for the day. :)

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  3. Sudipta Chatterjee8:17 PM, February 25, 2007

    Sky, I'll take my chances with your anonymity and say that you are indeed limitlesssky! :)

    Anyway, I answered your question by updating the blog. And the mood? Well, I'll talk about it sometime later. Some things are best left unsaid! :)

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  4. Sudipta Chatterjee8:18 PM, February 25, 2007

    Syrals, yes... beautiful, isn't it?

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  5. Anonymous10:54 PM, February 25, 2007

    Is this after kicking footbal..or Vodka shots...??

    Thats a long feat...btw!!

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  6. Anonymous5:36 AM, February 26, 2007

    Beautiful. Is this from Gitanjali, or just a random song? I had personally loved gitanjali very much.

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  7. Arunava Chatterjee10:46 AM, February 26, 2007

    What's wrong with you? Or what's right, for that matter?

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  8. Sudipta Chatterjee11:30 AM, February 26, 2007

    R, this is a mood: nothing before or after. What is the long feat?

    Suyog, I don't think this is from the Gitanjali --- it is a popular song. Yes, the Gitanjali is a beautiful read any day.

    Wonderful person, I told you :)

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  9. Anonymous11:50 AM, February 26, 2007

    The chronicles of Sudipta: the man, the machine, and everything inbetween

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  10. Sudipta Chatterjee12:01 PM, February 26, 2007

    Raman, yes... that suddenly makes sense, doesn't it?

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  11. Anonymous1:53 PM, February 26, 2007

    Salvation....nirvana....!!

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  12. Prerona2:52 PM, February 26, 2007

    nice :)
    what i love about rabindra nath thakur is a) his range b) the layeredness ... each time i reread it, i find new meanings.

    and who could say that someone who wrote say "lukochuri" could also write - or even just have thoughts - something like "hay go (baethay kotha jai dube jaye, jaye go"

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  13. Sudipta Chatterjee6:06 PM, February 26, 2007

    R, I agree!

    Prerona, oh yes of course! And each time we just seem to read into the words exactly the words we want to hear. You actually compel me to write about this on my next blog post --- thanks! :)

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  14. ~Nayan~8:32 AM, February 28, 2007

    I have heard Mita Huq's version of this song
    excellent...

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  15. Sudipta Chatterjee9:16 AM, February 28, 2007

    Nayan, yes of course... she has sung it well! P.S. - Welcome onboard!

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  16. tamanna2:34 PM, August 09, 2011

    sudipta i saw ur blog sply. this one gr8 one really so self satisfying cant explain........
    thanx for the feeling u provided thru ur words
    regards abhilasha
    tamanna.zindagi@gmail.com

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  17. Sudipta Chatterjee4:33 PM, August 09, 2011

    Abhilasha, thank you. And welcome onboard :)

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