Lyric and background history of song jani jani kon adi

This page contains lyric of Tagore song jani jani kon adi and its transliteration in English with background history. Background of the song includes the place and date of the song written by Rabindranath, name of the newspaper or magazine the song was first published in and the name of the person who had prepared the notation or swaralipi. This page also contains the musical composition of song like parjaay, taal, raag and ango.

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Jaani jaani kon aadi kaal hote
Bhaasale aamare jibaner srote -
Sahosa, hey priyo, kato grihe pathe
Rekhe gechho praane kato haroshan.
Katobar tumi megher aarale
Emoni modhur haasiya dnaarale,
Oruno-kirane charon baarale,
Lalate raakhile shubho paroshan.
Sonchito hoye aachhe ei chokhe
Kato kaale kaale kato loke loke
Kato nabo nabo aaloke aaloke
Aruper kato rupodaroshan.
Kato juge juge keho naahi jaane
Bhoriya bhoriya uttheche parane
Kato sukhe dukhe kato preme gaane
Amriter kato rasobaroshan.

• Lyric and background history with taal, raag, parjaay. Transliterate in English.
• Bengali notation / swaralipi
• Staff notation (Western)
• English translation
• Hindi translation