Lyric and background history of song sokhi lo sokhi lo

This page contains lyric of Tagore song sokhi lo sokhi lo 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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Sakhi lo, sakhi lo, nikarun madhaba
Mathurapur jaba jaay
Karla bisham pan maaninee raadha,
Royabe na so, na dibe baadha -
Kathin-hiya soi haasayi haasayi
Shyamoka karbo bidai.
Mridu mridu gamone aaol maadha,
Bayonapaan tachhu chaahal raadha,
Chaahayi rahala sa chaahyi rahala,
Danda danda, sakhi, chaahayi rahala,
Manda manda, sakhi, nayane bahala
Bindu bindu jaladhaar.
Mridu mridu haase baithala pashe,
Kahala shyam kato mridu madhu bhaashe.
Tutyi gaila pan, tutilo maan,
Gadagada aakulabyakulapraan,
Phukarayi uchhasayi kandala raadhaa,
Gadagada bhaab nikaashal aadha,
Shyamaka charone bahu pasari,
Kahol, shyam re, shyam hamari,
Raho tnuhu, raho tnuhu, bnadhu go raho tnuhu,
Anukhana saath saath re raha pnuhu -
Tnuhu bine maadhaba, ballabha, bandhaba,
Aachay kon hamar!
Parla bhumi’para shyamacharona dhari,
Rakhla mukh tachhu shyamacharana’pari,
Uchasi uchasi kato kandayi kandayi
Rajani karla prabhat.
Maadhaba baisala, mridu madhu haasla,
Kato ashwasbachan mitth bhaasla,
Dharila baalik haat.
Sakhi lo, sakhi lo, bol ta sakhi lo,
Jato dukh paawala raadha,
Nitthur shyam kiye aapan maname
Paawal tachhu kachhu aadha?
Haasawi haasawi nikate aasawi
Bahut sa prabodh del,
Haaswai haasawi paltawi chaahawi
Dur dur chali gel.
Ab so mathurapurak panthame
Inha jab royat raadha,
Marme ki laaglo tilbhar bedana,
Charone ki tilbhar baadha.
Barkhi aankhijala bhaanu kahe - ati
Dukher jibana bhaai.
Haasibar tar sanga mile bahu,
Kaandibar ko nai.

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