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Amar Shonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) (Bangla:???? ????? ?????) is a song written and composed by the poet Rabindranath Tagore. The first ten lines of which were adopted in 1972 as the Bangladeshi national anthem . The word Shonar literally means 'made of gold', but in the song Shonar Bangla expresses the preciousness of Bengal. The song was written in 1906 during the period of Bangabhanga (Bangla Bongobhongo - 1905 Partition of Bengal) - when Bengal was divided in two halves by the British government based on religion. This song, along with a host of others, was written to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal. Warning: template has been deprecated.

44077 Amar Shonar Bangla Rabindranath Tagore

Bangla (Bengali) script	Transliteration	Literal translation
???? ????? ????? ???? ????? ?????, ??? ?????? ????????	Amar Shonar Bangla Amar shonar Bangla, Ami tomae bhalobashi.	My Bengal of Gold My Bengal of Gold (Precious), I love you.
?????? ????? ????, ????? ????? ???? ?????? ?????? ??????	Chirodin tomar akash, Tomar batash, Amar prane Bajae bashi.	Forever your skies, your air set my heart in tune As if it were a flute.
? ??, ?????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ???? ???-- (??? ????, ???? ??) ? ??, ??????? ??? ??? ??????, (???) ?? ?????? ???? ??????	O ma, phagune tor amer bone Ghrane pagol kore, Mori hae, hae re, O ma, oghrane tor bhora khete Ami ki dekhechhi modhur hashi.	In spring, O mother mine, the fragrance from your mango groves Makes me wild with joy Ah, what a thrill! In autumn, O mother mine, In the full blossomed paddy fields I have seen spread all over sweet smiles.
?? ???? ?? ????? ??, ?? ????? ?? ????? ??-- ?? ???? ???????? ???? ????, ???? ???? ?????	Ki shobha, ki chhaea go, Ki sneho, ki maea go, Ki achol bichhaeechho Bo?er mule, Nodir kule kule!	Ah, what a beauty, what shades, what an affection And what a tenderness! What a quilt have you spread at the feet of Banyan trees And along the banks of rivers!
??, ??? ????? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????? ???-- (??? ????, ???? ??) ??, ??? ??????? ???? ??? ??? ???? ??? ??????	Ma, tor mukher bani Amar kane lage shudhar moto, Mori hae, hae re, Ma, tor bodonkhani molin hole, Ami noeon ami noeonjole bhashi.	O mother mine, words from your lips Are like nectar to my ears. Ah, what a thrill! If sadness, O mother mine, casts a gloom on your face, eyes are filled with tears!

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 82 years or less . This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works .

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