Stream of Life

"Stream of Life" is a Bengali poem from Gitanjali written by Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Named "Praan" and sung by Palbasha Siddique, it has been used as the background score for Matt Harding's "Dancing 2008" video. The song went on to be among the top ten of Amazon's soundtrack downloads over a week and is also in the top 100 of all of its MP3 downloads.^[1]

The lyrics, which are in Bengali:

Bengali	English transliteration	Word for Word translation
প্রাণ ভুলবো না আর সহজেতে সেই প্রাণে মন উঠবে মেতে মৃত্যু মাঝে ঢাকা আছে যে অন্তহীন প্রাণ বজ্রে তোমার বাজে বাঁশি সেকি সহজ গান সেই সুরেতে জাগবো আমি সেই ঝড় যেন সই আনন্দে চিত্তবীণার তারে সপ্তসিন্ধু দশ দিগন্ত নাচাও যে ঝঙ্কারে বজ্রে তোমার বাজে বাঁশি সেকি সহজ গান সেই সুরেতে জাগবো আমি	Praan Bhulbona ar shohojete Shei praan e mon uthbe mete Mrittu majhe dhaka ache je ontohin praan Bojre tomar baje bashi She ki shohoj gaan Shei shurete jagbo ami Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde Chittobinar taare Shopto-Shindhu dosh digonto Nachao je jhonkare!	Life I shall not ever easily forget, My heart shall fill up with life, Even in death, lies hidden That endless life In the lightning and thunder, your flute plays, But that is no ordinary tune, I shall wake up to that tune. X2 In the lightning and thunder, your flute plays, But that is no ordinary tune, Let me have, that very tune. May I happily weather that storm, Even on the verge of lifelessness, Across 7 rivers, in 10 directions, Make us dance with your tune.

References

1. Riemenschneider, Chris (2008-07-05). "Minneapolis teen is up there with Madonna and Mariah". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-01-15.

External links

 

Wikisource holds the complete text to Gitanjali.

• Dancing 2008 video featuring Praan