February 21_GS
This is a very famous Bengali patriotic song 'Ekla Chalo re' written by Tagore in 1905 and was used in Indian freedom movement. It is also a favorite song of Mahatma Gandhi. We all would have heard this in many voices from Kishore Kumar to Amitabh Bachan to Shreya Goshal, but I'm sharing this song from one of my favorite band 'Swarathma'. This song also features a Baul musician Lakhan Das Baul.
(There needs to be a separate post on Baul musicians. Read if interested: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baul)
Notice in the video, he is playing an instrument called 'Dotara' used by Baul musicians (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotara)
Listen/watch: http://youtu.be/yBK7HgsuTsM
Lyrics/translation courtesy: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekla_Chalo_Re
We need to remember to walk alone and fight our own battles, no matter what.
When the little baby takes those first few steps alone, leaving the parental protective hands, it is a joy, a celebration. But as we grow up, we sometimes forget to 'walk alone' and look for more protective hands.
The great poet Rabindranath Tagore said
Walk Alone,
"If they answer not to your call walk alone
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open your mind and speak out alone.
If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O thou unlucky one,
trample the thorns under thy tread,
and along the blood-lined track travel alone.
If they shut doors and do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou unlucky one,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite your own heart,
and let it burn alone"
Walk Alone,
"If they answer not to your call walk alone
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open your mind and speak out alone.
If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O thou unlucky one,
trample the thorns under thy tread,
and along the blood-lined track travel alone.
If they shut doors and do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou unlucky one,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite your own heart,
and let it burn alone"
This is a very famous Bengali patriotic song 'Ekla Chalo re' written by Tagore in 1905 and was used in Indian freedom movement. It is also a favorite song of Mahatma Gandhi. We all would have heard this in many voices from Kishore Kumar to Amitabh Bachan to Shreya Goshal, but I'm sharing this song from one of my favorite band 'Swarathma'. This song also features a Baul musician Lakhan Das Baul.
(There needs to be a separate post on Baul musicians. Read if interested: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baul)
Notice in the video, he is playing an instrument called 'Dotara' used by Baul musicians (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotara)
Listen/watch: http://youtu.be/yBK7HgsuTsM
Lyrics/translation courtesy: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekla_Chalo_Re
We need to remember to walk alone and fight our own battles, no matter what.
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