Ekla Chalo (Walk Alone)

What you are listening is this song played on Sarod by "Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan".

Bangla script

যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে।
একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো রে॥
যদি কেউ কথা না কয়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি সবাই থাকে মুখ ফিরায়ে সবাই করে ভয়—
তবে পরান খুলে
ও তুই মুখ ফুটে তোর মনের কথা একলা বলো রে॥
যদি সবাই ফিরে যায়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি গহন পথে যাবার কালে কেউ ফিরে না চায়—
তবে পথের কাঁটা
ও তুই রক্তমাখা চরণতলে একলা দলো রে॥
যদি আলো না ধরে ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি ঝড়-বাদলে আঁধার রাতে দুয়ার দেয় ঘরে-
তবে বজ্রানলে
আপন বুকের পাঁজর জ্বালিয়ে নিয়ে একলা জ্বলো রে।।

 

Romanization of Bangla (Bangla phonemic transcription)

 

Jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe..Tobe ekla cholo.. Tobe ekla cholo, ekla cholo.. ekla cholo re.. Tobe ekla cholo, ekla cholo.. Ekla cholo re...

Jodi keu kotha na koy.. jodi shobai thake mukh firaye.. shobai kore voy.. Tobe poran khule.. o tui mukh fute tui moner kotha ekla bolo re. Jodu tor dak shune keu na ashe.. Tobe ekla cholo re...

Jodi shobai fire jay.. ore ore o.. ovaga, shobai fire jay.. Jodi gohon pothe jabar kale.. keu fire na chay..(2) Tobe pother kata...... O tui rokto makha choron tole ekla dolo re..

Jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe.. Tobe ekla cholo re..

Jodi alo na dhore, ore ore o.. ovaga, Alo na dhore.. Jodi jhor badole adhar Rate, Duar dey ghore.. Tobe Bojranole.. Apon buker pajor jaliye niye, Ekla jolo re.

Jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe tobe, ekla cholore... Tobe ekla cholo.. ekla cholo.. Ekla cholo.. Ekla cholo re...... 

 

 

Hindi translation

तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे
फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे
ओ तू चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे

तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे
फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे

यदि कोई भी ना बोले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे कोई भी ना बोले
यदि सभी मुख मोड़ रहे सब डरा करे
तब डरे बिना ओ तू मुक्तकंठ अपनी बात बोल अकेला रे
ओ तू मुक्तकंठ अपनी बात बोल अकेला रे

तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे

यदि लौट सब चले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे लौट सब चले
यदि रात गहरी चलती कोई गौर ना करे
तब पथ के कांटे ओ तू लहू लोहित चरण तल चल अकेला रे

तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे

यदि दिया ना जले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे दिया ना जले
यदि बदरी आंधी रात में द्वार बंद सब करे
तब वज्र शिखा से तू ह्रदय पंजर जला और जल अकेला रे
ओ तू हृदय पंजर चला और जल अकेला रे

तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे
फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे
ओ तू चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे

Translation into English

Here is the translation in prose of the Bengali original rendered by Rabindranath Tagore himself.

 

If they answer not to thy call walk alone

If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,

O thou unlucky one,

open thy mind and speak out alone.

If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,

O thou unlucky one,

trample the thorns under thy tread,

and along the blood-lined track travel alone.

If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,

O thou unlucky one,

with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart,

and let it burn alone.

History

This song was written by "Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore " in 1905 during India's struggle for Independence.

 

 

 

I dreamed a dream

This describes my life to the letter. I could not help but cry my eyes out.

 

 

I dreamed a dream in times gone by

When hope was high And life worth living

I dreamed that love would never die

I dreamed that God would be forgiving

 

Then I was young and unafraid

And dreams were made and used and wasted,

There was no ransom to be paid 

No song unsung No wine untasted 

 

But the tigers come at night,

With their voices soft as thunder,

As they tear your hope apart 

And they turn your dream to shame 

 

He slept a summer by my side 

He filled my days with endless wonder 

He took my childhood in his stride 

But he was gone when autumn came 

 

And still I dream he'll come to me 

That we'll live the years together 

But there are dreams that cannot be 

And there are storms we cannot weather 

 

I had a dream my life would be 

So much different from this hell I'm living 

So different now from what it seemed 

Now life has killed The dream I dreamed.

 

Dating rules and deal-breakers for Men

I've always had one main rule when it comes to dating: “Never go out with someone who wouldn’t be able to cope with going camping.”

To clarify, that didn’t ever mean that a potential partner had to be some hard core rough-and-ready outdoorsy type of girl, nor did I expect them to have actually been camping before. It was more the idea that if a girl was utterly horrified at the notion of roughing it for a few days in a tent in the wilderness, away from her makeup/shoes/café, then she probably wasn’t the one for me.

Admittedly it’s a little ridiculous, but I reckon it’s as good a rule as any “must have a good sense of humour” cliché.

This was my litmus test – my testing of the waters to see what lurked beneath. And that’s largely what dating is – trying to suss out the other person, to see the real them and evaluate if that’s the person you want to spend your future with.

It made me start to think about what sort of dating rules or deal-breakers friends of mine had. By and large, I reckon our gender gets painted as being rather simplistic and unsophisticated when it comes to dating – that all we want is a pretty girl who doesn’t give us too much grief. But dig beneath the surface and get past the universal “must not be mental” clause and things tend to get a little more interesting and personal.

A friend whom I shall call Dave (because that’s his name) said he tended to wear a t-shirt to first dates that said “Haikus are easy, but sometimes they don’t make sense, refrigerator.” If his date didn’t get it (“What sort of flower is a haiku?”) then he was done.

“Must like the beach,” says another mate. Fair enough, he’s a surfer.

“I’d never trust someone that says they don’t like animals,” says another. Fair enough, I get that.

Others were spur-of-the-moment things. A colleague told me about a date with a girl who decided to eat an apple in the cinema, oblivious to the irritation of the cinema-goers around them. He didn’t call her again.

Some deal-breakers are a little more inexplicable. A mate woke up beside someone he’d been on a date with the night before (obviously a successful one) only to discover a harp in her room. He slipped out of the room and never looked back. “Harps are bigger than you think,” he said, by way of explanation.

And some rules are just a little strange.

One of my friends states that he’d never be able to go out with someone who wouldn’t, erm, break wind in front of him. “I’d rather she didn’t do it on the first date,” he clarified. “But if a girl I’ve been dating for a while couldn’t do that, then it’s a sign we’re not that comfortable together.” That makes a certain sense, I guess…

I wonder if people should be more upfront with their dating deal-breakers? It might save everyone a lot of time.

If nothing else, it might make for some entertaining first date conversation.

“So…. do you own a harp?”

This article is taken from"live4com.au" and is written by "Anthony Reynolds" and not my creation.

Hari hari vasundhara

Hari vasundhara neela neela hai yeh gagan
yeh kispe badalon ki palaki uda raha pawan
dishayen dekho rang bhari ( 2)chamak rahi umang bhari
yeh kisne phool phool pe (2) kiya shringar hai

yeh kaun chitrakar hai yeh kaun chitrakar
yeh kauu....nn chitrakar hai

tapasviyon se hai atal yeh parvaton ki chotiya
yeh sarp se ghumerdhar dherdhar ghatiyan
dhwaje se yeh khade huae (2) hai vriksh deodar ke
kaliche ye ghulab ke bageeche yeh bahar ke
yeh kis kavi ki kalpana (2)ka chamatkar hai

yeh kaun chitrakar hai yeh kaun chitrakar
yeh kauu....nn chitrakar hai

kudrat ki is pavitrata ko tum niharlo
inke guno ko apne man mein tum utaar lo
chamkalo aaj laalima (2) apne lalat ki
kan kan se saans ke ,tumhe sabhi viraat ki
apni to ankh ek hai (2)uski hazar hai

yeh kaun chitrakar hai yeh kaun chitrakar
yeh kauu....nn chitrakar hai

12 bhawna

Dhan bina nirdhan dukhi

Trishna bus dhanwan

Kahin na sukh sansar mein

Sab jug dekha chhan

Ai Jo Silli Silli Aundi Hai Hawa

To Ex

You Told me You Loved Me, I Thought It was True, But Now I'm Sitting Here Crying, All Because Of You

You Said I Was The Perfect boy, So I Gave You My Heart, And All You Did To It, Was Tear It Apart

11 years Of Nothing, How Could This Be, We Were Meant For Each Other, But I Guess That You Could Not See