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Prabháta Saḿgiita 2529 – Saḿgiita: Song, Dance and Instrumentl Music version

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Saḿgiita: Song, Dance and Instrumental Music [a compilation]

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this version: is the printed Saḿgiita: Song, Dance and Instrumental Music, 1st edition, version (obvious spelling, punctuation and typographical mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition.

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Prabháta Saḿgiita 2529 – Saḿgiita: Song, Dance and Instrumentl Music version

28 March 1985, Kolkata

Báṋshiite kareche utalá,
Náhi máne belá-abelá.
Báṋshii báje paiṋcame dhariyá ámár náme,
Chut́i bhule láj ekelá.

Mana náhi base káje,
Sadá shuńi báṋshii báje
Se sarvanáshá surelá.

Bhavi káńe tuliba ná,
Ár sáŕá dobo ná,
Jatai dákuk more,
Shuńeo shuńiba ná.
Ná shuńiyá náhi pári,
Bheve pare láje mari,
Tomrá bala e kii jválá.

Madhumálaiṋca, Kolkata, 28/3/85

The sound of the flute unsettles me,
Day in, day out, heedless of time.
The fifth note calls me by name,
And I rush out alone, forgetting any shame.

I cannot focus on my work,
The flute sound haunts me over and over again,
And I lose myself in those ruinous strains.

I think that I will listen no more,
Nor shall I respond again,
No matter how ardent the call,
I will not hear, I will feign.
But I can’t help hearing,
And I die with shame.
Tell me, what agony is this?

28 March 1985, Kolkata

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