Tumi kothay cale jao

Tumi kothay cale jao
Music and lyrics ; by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Song number	0430
Date	1983 April 12
Place	Madhumalainca, Kolkata
Theme	Longing
Lyrics	Bengali
Music	Kaharva
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Tumi kothay cale jao is the 430^th song of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's Prabhat Samgiita.^[1]^[2]

Lyrics

Roman script^{[nb 1]}	Bengali script	Translation
Tumi kotháy cale jáo Práńera priyatama mor práńera priyatama Shúńya kare hrdi mor ogo antaratama Phulasáje sájáyechi hiyá mandira mor Suváse bhariyá áche ámár e sudhár ákar (Tumi) Jeo ná jeo ná Máno e ákuti mama (Tava) Nrtyera tále paráń neceche mor Tomár sure laye hayechi ámi vibhor (Tumi) Saro ná saro ná Ámi je vratatii sama	তুমি কোথায় চলে যাও প্রাণের প্রিয়তম মোর প্রাণের প্রিয়তম শূন্য করে হৃদি মোর ওগো অন্তরতম ফুলসাজে সাজায়েছি হিয়া মন্দির মোর সুবাসে ভরিয়া আছে আমার এ সুধার আকর (তুমি) যেও না যেও না মানো এ আকুতি মম (তব) নৃত্যের তালে পরাণ নেচেছে মোর তোমার সুরে লয়ে হয়েছি আমি বিভোর তুমি সরো না সরো না আমি যে ব্রততী সম	Where are You going, Love of my life, my sweet darling, Vacating my heart, oh dearest dear? I've adorned my heartshrine with flowers; Richly fragrant is that source of ambrosia. Do not leave, do not leave; Pay heed to my yearning. My life capers to the rhythm of Your dance; In the pulse of Your tune I've been fused. Don't withdraw, don't withdraw; I am Your harmonic chord.^{[nb 2]}

Notes

^ For details on the notation, see Roman Bengali transliteration.
^ Vratatii (ব্রততী) means "creeper or climbing plant". And, typically, sama (মম) is used as an adjective, meaning "resembling or like". So a literal translation would be: "I am like a clinging vine." However, in the context, another possibility arises. A less common meaning of sama (as a noun rather than an adjective) is "musical harmony", often the final and accentuated note in a measure. If we take that as the meaning of sama, then this would lend the preceding word, "vratatii", an adjectival quality. Though both translations make sense, given the earlier musical references, a more figurative and less literal translation seems more appropriate. Harmony is a melody's clinging vine. Can harmony exist in absence of a dominant tune?

References

^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 401-500 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082WFJPSJ ISBN 9781386431787
^ Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (1994) Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta, ed. Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1 (in Bengali) (2nd ed.) Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications ISBN 81-7252-082-4

Musical notations

Original Sargam notation, if available on Sarkarverse

Recordings

Listen to the song Tumi kothay cale jao sung by Acarya Priyashivananda Avadhuta on Sarkarverse

Preceded by Sabar haite tumi apanar	Prabhat Samgiita 1983 With: Tumi kothay cale jao	Succeeded by Hrdayakamale eso mor

[3] For details on the notation, see Roman Bengali transliteration.

[4] Vratatii (ব্রততী) means "creeper or climbing plant". And, typically, sama (মম) is used as an adjective, meaning "resembling or like". So a literal translation would be: "I am like a clinging vine." However, in the context, another possibility arises. A less common meaning of sama (as a noun rather than an adjective) is "musical harmony", often the final and accentuated note in a measure. If we take that as the meaning of sama, then this would lend the preceding word, "vratatii", an adjectival quality. Though both translations make sense, given the earlier musical references, a more figurative and less literal translation seems more appropriate. Harmony is a melody's clinging vine. Can harmony exist in absence of a dominant tune?

[PSV5-1] Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (2019) Prabhat Samgiita Songs 401-500 Translated by Acarya Abhidevananda Avadhuta (2nd ed.) Tel Aviv: AmRevolution, Inc. ASIN B082WFJPSJ ISBN 9781386431787

[PRS_Vol1-2] Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (1994) Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta, ed. Prabhat Samgiita Volume 1 (in Bengali) (2nd ed.) Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications ISBN 81-7252-082-4

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