Kol, kol, kol
Kol ebid phol
Kol khale gaath hoye
Hatir shoman bol
Topa mura paluane thali ahar khaey
Dotal hatir shurot dhori nogor ghuraey
Kuhi paat kumoliya gochor agot
Kuhi paat kumoliya amar hatot
Translation:
Banana, banana, banana
The banana is a fruit
Eating bananas gives me strength
Makes me strong like an elephant
The bald strongman eats from a plate piled high
On the trunk of a tusker around town I fly
New leaves lie before the tree
New studies lie before me
NOTE
The translation is a loose one, in an attempt to keep the merry rhythm of the original. The sense I hope is transmitted even where the exact words aren't.
11 comments:
A rhyme about elephants and bananas. What could be lovelier? AND in a language we wanted more rhymes from. Awesome stuff:) Thanks!
Tulika -- My pleasure. :)
Nice! I wish I knew the language to really understand the meaning. Somehow, to me, translations lose the essence sometimes (don't mean to say you don't translate well - I just want to be able to read a different language and understand it)
Cee -- It's quite similar to Bengali, actually, but the words used aren't ones I was familiar with so I needed to have it translated for me. Will mail you an explanation.
BTW the translation is a loose one, in an attempt to keep a rhythm. Mostly it's true to the original but a few lines are closer to the meaning than the words.
lovely rhyme
wow you made me so nostalgic...i grew up on this.
thank you!
btw, your translation is spot on!
Uttara -- Isn't it! I wish I could hear it though.
Suku -- Thanks. Am dead nervous of being caught out on translation errors given that I don't really know what I'm translating! Why don't you put up a little video of how it's to be sung? Please?
Ooh, nice! Thank you! I'd never heard it before.
But then I should probably turn in my Assamese card anyway.
Done!!
http://golkamra.blogspot.com/2010/07/bachpan-key-din-bhula-na-deyna.html
Love the rhymes. Fun, clean and realistic.
I don't like rhymes where tails of blind mice are cut or girls cry after being kissed by boys or an old man is thrown down the stairs!
Unmana -- LOL You know other rhymes, I'm sure. I don't know very many Bengali ones.
Aneela -- Yay!
IHM -- I don't know about realistic, but fun for sure!
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