My mother was a classically trained singer. She sang the songs of Tagore. This one is for my mom [click for audio]. It is a song about remembrance. I’ve done my best to translate the lyrics from Bengali to English (much was lost in translation). Any suggestions from Bengali speakers to improve the translation would be much appreciated:
Stories of times pastWill you forget?What was seen with our own eyesWhat was felt with our own heartsCan that ever be forgotten?Stories of times pastWill you forget?What was seen with our own eyesWhat was felt with our own heartsCan that ever be forgotten?ComeCome my friendCome to the center of my heartWe will talk about happy and sad timesWe will fill our hearts.ComeCome my friendCome to the center of my heartWe will talk about happy and sad timesWe will fill our hearts.We picked flowers at dawnWe swayed on swingsWe played our flutesWe sang our songsUnder the flowering tree.We picked flowers at dawnWe swayed on swingsWe played our flutesWe sang our songsUnder the flowering tree.O, somewhere in the middleWe went our separate waysI became so lostIf we ever meet again my friendCome to the center of my heart.O, somewhere in the middleWe went our separate waysI became so lostIf we ever meet again my friendCome to the center of my heart.Stories of times pastWill you forget?What was seen with our own eyesWhat was felt with our own heartsCan that ever be forgotten?
awe…that made me nostalgic.
“Purano shei diner kotha bhulbi kire hai shokhi
chokher dakha praner kotha
she ki blolaaa jai…”
There’s not a single girl or boy in BD who doesn’t know the tune to this classic. 🙂
btw, your audio link doesn’t work (asks for pass word).
Surah is beautiful – does she take after her Dadu?
Zafa, the link works for me. Ignore the password box and hit play – you don’t have to log in to hear the song.
Hemanth always makes me nostalgic. I hope I didnt botch the translation of Tagore’s song! :-w
Surah has my mom’s eyes. She never got to see her dadi but I am sure her dadi watches over her.
Surah is a cute girl. She reminds me of my daughter Rianna. They both share the same hair cut 🙂
HEY!:( , is my comment in limbo land waiting to be approved or did the goblins just eat it!!:o
sigh, and it was so complimentary about Surah and you and the pond and and.. well, perhaps you can retrieve it from computer goblin land..tsa!
Ingrid
Sorry for the late response, but once I removed the spam filter, I got inundated with over 2000 spam comments that I had to deal with.
Rezwan, I saw the pics of your little girl on your blog. At the time, I thought exactly the same thing 🙂
Ingrid, I can’t find your previous comment. I think the spam filter killed it :-l But I appreciate the thought nonetheless.