Amaro Porano Jaha Chay

Amaro Porano Jaha Chay

This page contains lyric of Tagore song Amaro Porano Jaha Chay and its transliteration in English with background history. Background of the song includes the place and date of the song written by Rabindranath, name of the newspaper or magazine the song was first published in and the name of the person who had prepared the notation or swaralipi. This page also contains the musical composition of song like parjaay, taal, raag and ango.

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Musical composition and background history of the song:

Parjaay: Prem (142)

Upa-parjaay: Prem-Boichitra

Taal: Tritaal

Raag: Pilu

Written on: 1888

Collection: Maayar Khela

Swarabitan: 48 (Maayar Khela)

Notation by: Indira Debi Chowdhurani / Jyotirindranath Tagore

Lyric in Bengali

আমার পরান যাহা চায় তুমি  তাই, তুমি তাই গো ।
    তোমা ছাড়া আর এ জগতে মোর  কেহ নাই, কিছু নাই গো ॥
    তুমি  সুখ যদি নাহি পাও,  যাও  সুখের সন্ধানে যাও–
    আমি   তোমারে পেয়েছি হৃদয়মাঝে,   আর কিছু নাহি চাই গো ॥
    আমি   তোমারি বিরহে রহিব বিলীন,   তোমাতে করিব বাস–
          দীর্ঘ দিবস, দীর্ঘ রজনী,  দীর্ঘ বরষ-মাস ।
    যদি    আর-কারে ভালোবাস,  যদি  আর ফিরে নাহি আস,
    তবে   তুমি যাহা চাও তাই যেন পাও,   আমি যত দুখ পাই গো ॥

Transliteration in English

Amaro porano jaha chay tumi tai, tumi tai go
Toma chara aar e jogothe mor keho nai, kichu nai go

Tumi shukho jodi nahi paao, jaao shukhero shondhane jaao—
Ami tomare peyechi hridoyo majhe, aaro kichu nahi chai go

Ami tomari birohe rohibo bileeno, tomatey koribo bash
Deergho dibosho deergho rajani, deergho borosho-mash

Jodi aaro-kaare bhalobasho, jodi aaro phire nahi asho,
Tobe tumi jaha chao tai jeno pao, ami joto dukho pai go

  English  version 

All my heart desires is you

All my heart desires is you, all it craves is your presence
There is none that I treasure as deeply as you,
Without you this realm ceases to hold all meaning

If it is happiness that you seek, I free you to go and find it
What joy have I found with you in my soul,
Thus fulfilled, I have nothing more to ask for

Even as I am consumed by the pangs of separation, I will live by your memories
Through the eternal day and night, through endless years and months.

If you should love another, if to me you should never return
I wish for you fulfilment of all that you solicit
Let me take all the sorrow instead