Amar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) is the national anthem of Bangladesh. Written and composed by esteemed poet Rabindranath Tagore, it was adopted in 1972. The National Anthem is the name of a song by the band Radiohead. ... The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (Bangla: গনপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলােদশ) is a country in South Asia that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal. ... Rabindranath Tagore (or Rabindranath Thakur) (May 6, 1861 – August 7, 1941), also called Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher and nationalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, becoming the first Asian to be awarded a Nobel. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Transliteration from Bengali/আমার সোনার বাংলা

Āmār shonār Bānglā
Āmi tomāy bhālobāshi.
Chirodin tomār ākāsh, tomār bātāsh, āmār prāne.
O mā, āmār prāne, bājāy bāshi.
Shonār Bānglā, āmi tomāy bhālobāshi.
O mā, phāgune tor āmer bone ghrāne pāgol kore, mori hāy, hāy re
O mā, phāgune tor āmer bone ghrāne pāgol kare,
O mā, aghrāne tor bhorā khete ki dekhechhi, āmi ki dekhechhi modhur hāshi
Shonār Bānglā āmi tomay bhālobāshi.
Ki shobhā, ki chhāya go Ki sneho,
ki māyā go Ki āchol bichhāyechho
BoTer mule, nodir kule kule!
Mā, tor mukher bāni āmār kāne lāge shudhār moto.
Mori hāy, hāy re, mā tor mukher bāni āmār kāne lāge sudhār moto.
Mā tor bodonkhāni molin hole āmi noyon, o mā, āmi noyonjole bhāshi.
Shonār Bānglā, āmi tomāy bhālobāshi.

English translation/ইংরেজী

My Bengal of gold, I love you.
Forever your skies, your air set my heart in tune
As if it were a flute.
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.
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!
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!

External links

• MIDI file (http://www.lengua-translations.de/anthems/bangladesh.mid)