National anthem

Listen to the National Anthem of Bangladesh
 
 

Translation by Professor Syed Ali Ahsan: My Bengal of gold, I love you.  Forever your skies, your air set my heart in tune  As if it were a flute.  In spring, O mother mine, the fragrance from your mango groves  Makes me wild with joy  Ah, what a thrill!  In autumn, O mother mine,  In the full blossomed paddy fields  I have seen spread all over sweet smiles.  Ah, what a beauty, what shades, what an affection  And what a tenderness!  What a quilt have you spread at the feet of banyan trees  And along the banks of rivers!  O mother mine, words from your lips  Are like nectar to my ears.  Ah, what a thrill!  If sadness, O mother mine, casts a gloom on your face,  eyes are filled with tears!