Hemanta Mukherjee, Arundhati Holme Chowdhury, Sumitra Mukherjee — Purano Sei Diner Katha lyrics

Lyrics

O seichhokher dekha,
praner katha, se ki bhola jaay |
Aayaar-ektibar aayre sakha,
praner majhe aay |
Morasukher dukher katha kabo,
pran jurabe haay |
Mora bhorer bela phul tulechhi,
dulechhi dolaay —
Bajiye bansi gan geyechhi bakuler talaay|
Haaymajhe holo chharachhari,
gelem ke kothaay —
Abar dekha jodi holo tabe praner majhe aay ||
English translation of the song
How can you forgo events of the good old days, dear.
The glimpse of each other, spirited chatting, are unforgettable.
Come once more, my friend, come into my heart.
We’ll talk about the joy and sorrows to soothe heart.
We’ve collected flowers at dawn, played and swung a lot —
Sang and fluted under the BAKUL tree.
Then happened the separation, alas, we got diverged —
When we’ve got a chance to unite once more, come into my heart.
— Translated by Anjan Ganguly
Golden those days gone for ever, gone for ever, dear Glancing eyes whispering
hearts they can be ever
forgotten O come for once, come o dear, come into my heart, together We’ll
share, pains’n pleasures
to heal the laden heart.
In the early hours, plucked we flowers, swung in great joy Playing on flute,
beneath Bakul,
sang we together.
O separation, in between, not known where had we been O got you once more,
o dear,
come into the heart of hearts.