tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post150321268521485111..comments2023-09-29T05:25:14.023-04:00Comments on The Baltimore Snacker: Dancing around the World...for Gum!Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-15516764747884940152009-01-29T11:48:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:48:00.000-05:00Though the essence of both the Bengali and English...Though the essence of both the Bengali and English lyrics is same - the eternal life, but still anyone who has read Tagore well can make out that the Bengali song doesn't exactly match with the English one.<BR/><BR/>I found out finally that the Bengali lyrics or Praan is indeed not the original song from which the English "Stream of Life" was derived by Rabindranath Tagore. The original Bengali poem for "Stream of Life" is as follows:<BR/>E aamaar sharirer shiraay shiraay<BR/>Je Praan-tarangamaalaa raatridin dhaay<BR/>Sei Praan chhutiyaachhe bishwadigbijaye,<BR/>Sei Praan aparoop chhande taale laye<BR/>Nachichhe bhubane; sei Praan chupe chupe<BR/>Basudhaar mrittikaar prati romkoope<BR/>Lokkho lokkho trine trine sanchaare harashe,<BR/>Bikaashe pallabe pushpe - barashe barashe<BR/>Bishwabyaapi janmamrityusamudradolaay<BR/>Dulitechhe antahiin joyaar bhaataay.<BR/>Karitechhi anubhab, se ananta Praan<BR/>Ange ange aamaare karechhe mahiyaan.<BR/> <BR/>Sei jugjugaanter biraat spandan<BR/>Aamaar nariite aaji karichhe nartan.<BR/>The Bengali lyrics of "Praan" features in the original Bengali Gitanjali, but not in the English version. Actually the English version is created out of a selection of 103 poems from the Bengali Gitanjali and three other booklets of poems by Tagore.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, when the essence is same and the impact is so great it doesn't matter what the original song was.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-43037984356159230452008-06-22T21:00:00.000-04:002008-06-22T21:00:00.000-04:00Anon: I can picture him doing that ;)Nathalie: Coo...Anon: I can picture him doing that ;)<BR/><BR/>Nathalie: Cool! You probably know about his website where dancers can comment in their own special section - there are some interesting comments there!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064972052546768332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-84239061329761484602008-06-22T18:17:00.000-04:002008-06-22T18:17:00.000-04:00my fiancé and my friend chris and i are in the was...my fiancé and my friend chris and i are in the washington d.c. clip. it was really fun meeting matt and dancing with him! he's really sweet, laid-back and funny.nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06312621398087556719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34312492.post-15775752869284314492008-06-21T23:32:00.000-04:002008-06-21T23:32:00.000-04:00I think its the music that brings the emotional re...I think its the music that brings the emotional response. So much more so after reading the lyrics. By the way, I laughed when he was in the demilitarized zone in Korea. I couldn't have seen James doing that while he was there:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com