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OGO ÁMÁR ÁDARERA MÁT́I
SONÁR KHANI HIIRÁ
MAŃIR CEYEO CINI KHÁNT́I
DHARÁY ESE PRATHAM
ÁMI DEKHECHI TOMÁY
TOMÁR RÚPE SHYÁMAL SHOBHÁY
MAN JE BHARE JÁY
TOMÁR KÁCHE SHATEK
RIŃE RIŃII ÁMI MÁT́I

TUMI ÁMÁY JOGÁYECHO
KŚUDHÁR ANNA JAL
TOMÁR MADHU BHESE
ÁNE PRÁŃE PARIMAL
TOMÁR KÁCHE SHATEK
RIŃE RIŃII ÁMI MÁT́I

TOMÁR SEVÁY VISHVA
SEVÁ KARABO AVICAL
TOMÁR MUKTI SARVA BHÚME
CHINŔIBE SHRINKHALA
TOMÁR KÁCHE SHATEK
RIŃE RIŃII ÁMI MÁT́I







Dear mother earth
with soil more pure
than diamonds or jewels,
whom first I saw
upon coming to this world.

My mind is enamoured
with Your exquisite hues.
In a hundred ways
You provide for me,
with simple sustenance
to quench my thirst,
with nectarial fragrance
to exalt my birth.

I shall serve You well
in this, my universal home.
I shall serve till
Your emancipation
will tear asunder all bondage.