Vande Mataram
Vande Mataram is the national song of India. The song was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and was a major aspirant of being the national anthem of India. However, Jana-Gana-Mana was finally selected to be the national anthem.
Vande Mataram! Vande Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam
Vande Mataram!
Shubhrajyothsna pulakitayaminim
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
Vande Mataram! Vande Mataram!
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh's English translation of the song : -
I bow to thee, Mother,
Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight
The Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss!
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Lyrics
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
Phullakusumita drumadala shobinim
Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!
richly-watered, richly-fruited ,cool with the winds of the south,
dark with the crops of the harvests, The Mother!
her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom
sweet of laughter, sweet of speech
