"Amar Sonar Bangla" (My Golden Bengal) was adopted in 1971 by the provisional government, and officially approved after independence on January 13, 1972. According to the constitution, the first ten lines are official. The composer of the words and music for this anthem, Rabindranath Tagore (winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1913), also wrote the words and music to India's 1950's national anthem

To Hear the Indian National Anthem being Sung,
Click : Jana-Gana-Mana.

"Amar Sonar Bangla"

Amar sonar Bangla,

Ami tomay bhalobashi,

Ciradin tomar akash, tomar batash, amar prany,

O-ma amar prany bajay basi.

Sonar Bangla, Ami tomay bhalobasi.

O-ma, Fagune tor amer bane ghrane pagal kare, mari hay, hay re.

 O-ma, Fagune tor amer bane ghrane pagal kare,

O-ma, aghrane tor bhara ksete ki dekhechi ami ki dekhechi madhur hasi,

Sonar Bangla ami tomay bhalo basi, ki sobha, ki chaya go ki sneha, ki maya go ki acal bichayecha bater mule, nadir kule, kule.

Sonar Bangla, Ami tomay bhalobashi

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"My Golden Bengal"

My Golden Bengal, 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!

Oh mother mine, words from your lips are like nectar to my ears!

Ah, what a thrill!

If sadness, Oh mother mine, casts a gloom on your face,
My eyes are filled with tears!

Translated into English by :

Professor Syed Ali Ahsan