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Geetāshtak "Eight songs" page 3

Rabindranath Tagore

Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Kolkata, India

'Geetāshtak' ('Eight songs') by Rabindranath Tagore, written in Nuremberg and Munich on 18-19 September 1926, during his trip to Germany. Most of these were originally written as poems, and were subsequently set to music. Among these there is a little gem – the original version of the poem 'Amar mukti ganer sure ei akashe' [‘My liberation is in the tunes of songs, within this sky’], written in Nuremberg on 19 September 1926, which Tagore later changed to 'Amar mukti aloy aloy ei akashe' [‘My liberation is among the light, within this sky’ – translation courtesy Amit Chaudhuri, 'Clearing a Space']. It may be noted that the piece on the left side of the same page – 'Nai nai bhoy, hobey hobey joy' [‘Fear not, victory will come’] – had no change in its lyrics subsequently.

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  • Title: Geetāshtak "Eight songs" page 3
  • Creator: Rabindranath Tagore
  • Creator Lifespan: 1861-05-07/1941-08-07
  • Creator Nationality: Indian
  • Date Created: 1926
  • Location: Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
  • Original Language: Bengali
  • Provenance: Sri Saroj Kumar Chatterjee, 143A Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata - 700029
  • Type: Manuscript
  • Medium: Paper
  • Number of Folios: 4 pages
  • Gallery Name: N/A
  • Creator's Biography: Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941), poet, writer, song composer & painter. Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913.
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

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