Thursday, August 18, 2011

Gitanjali and Santiniketan (contd-1)

19 Aswin (5 Oct,1909) at Santiniketan Rabindranath wrote a song, 'Ei malina bastra chcharte habe'- Gitanjali 11/34-35. He wrote letter to Ajit Kumar Chakraborty on 4th Aswin, which bears some resemblance with this song. The preliminary draft of the song was,
Samay bujhi hoyeche eibar
Chcharte amay habe ahankar.
Dekha amar habe tahar sane
Ei barata esechche mor mane,
Sajte ebar habe Shovana Aabharane
Gante habe pushpamalar har.
He wrote another song , after coming to Selaidah,  on 25 Aswin (11 Oct), 'Gaye  amar pulak lage'-Gitanjali-11/35 Swara-38. The autumn of Selaidah was vividly described in this song. He informed Kshitimohan Sen, 'Sarada Lakshmi had betrayed me and brought me on this lonely bank of the river but did not deceive me.
On 27 Aswin (13 oct), he wrote another song , 'Prabhu aaji tomar dakshina hat..'- Gitanjali-11/36. Swara-37. He sent the song to Ajit Kumar Chakraborty and wrote , ' for the of Rakhi-Bandhan, I send a song to you, hope that you will get it in time.' Though the famous song of Rakhi Banmdhan was 'Banglar Mati, banglar jal' was written by him. But his mission was not fulfilled. But when the teachers and the students wanted to celebrate the day, he could not oppose it and wrote a letter on 23 Aswin (9 Oct) to Ajit kumar Chakraborty,
'The emotion and feelings with which the whole country became excited, Santiniketan was free from that. Moreover, i don't think that such feeling was appropriate in a school. In fact, that was not even proper. I had an idea of remaining with you upto puja vacation, I would have tried to make the celebration  of 30th Aswin successful in a different manner and in a befitting manner. I did not encourage narrow sense of opposition or of envy due to that.I did not allow Rakhibandhan to be mixed with  temporary excitement or sense of division.....' He wrote, on the same day,' Jagate Anandajange amar nimantrana' ;Gitanjali-11/36-37;Swara-37.    
Here he wrote four more songs.