Sunday 28 January 2018

Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (Ranjana I won't be back no more)

A translation of the song "Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona" by Anjan Dutta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nl0pH0gmcg

Original
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona
Translation:
Ranjana I won't be back no more
Paara-y dhukle thyang khnora kore debo,
Boleche parar dadara,
Onno para diye jachchi tai...
Ranjana ami aar ashbona..

Paara-y dhukle thyang khnora kore debo,
Boleche parar dadara,
Onno para diye jachchi tai...
Ranjana ami aar ashbona..

Dhormo amar, ami nije beche neini,
Podobite chilona je haat,
Mosjide jete hoy tai jor kore jai,
Bochore du ekbaar.

Bangla-y sattar pai ami exam-e,
Bhalo laage khete bhat machh,
Ganja cigarette ami konotai chuina,
Parina chorte kono gaachh.

Chashmata khose gele mushkile pori,
Dada ami ekhono je isschool-e pori,
Kobjir jore ami parbona...
Parbona hote ami Romeo,
Tai duppur belate ghumiyo,
Ashte hobena aar baranda-y,
Ranjana ami aar ashbona..(2)

Bujhbo ki kore ami tomar oi mej dada,
Shudhu je tomar dada noy..
Aro koto dadagiri, kobjir karigori;
Kore taar din kete jaay
Tao jodi boltam Hindur chele ami
Nilu, Bilu kimba Nitai,
Mithye katha ami bolte je parina
Bhyaba bhyabachaka khai

Choshmata khose gele mushkile pori
Dada ami ekhono je isskul-e pori.....
Kobjir jore ami parbona...
Parbona hote ami Romeo,
Tai duppur belate ghumiyo,
Ashte hobena aar baranda-y,
Ranjana ami aar ashbona..(2)

Satyikarer prem janinato ki sheta
Jachche jome home-task
Lagchena bhalo aar metro channel ta
Kanna pachche sara rat
Hindu ki japani janinato tumi ki
Jane oi dadader gang
Cycle ta ami chere dite raji aachi
Parbona chharte e thyang

Choshmata khose gele mushkile pori...
Dada ami ekhono je isskul-e pori.....
Kobjir jore ami parbona...
Parbona hote ami Romeo,
Tai duppur belate ghumiyo,
Ashte hobena aar baranda-y,
Ranjana ami aar ashbona.
Ekhane, Ranjana ami aar ashbona.
Come this way, 'n' we'll break ya bloody bones,
Say the local goo-goons,
So another route I'm taking today…
Ranjana, I won't be back no more..

Come this way, 'n' we'll break ya bloody bones,
Say the local goo-goons,
So another route I'm taking today…
Ranjana, I won't be back no more..

This faith o' mine, I didn't pick it, no-no!
Surname's chosen by the Fates,
Masjids I go to, as I have to,
Once or twice a year.

Bangla tests are easy as pie,
I just love the fish curry rice,
Ganja cigarette, oh! I can't touch 'em,
And no trees can I climb.

When my specs slip, I look a fool,
Dada, I'm even now just in school,
Fists and fights are not for me,
No, no, just can't be a Romeo,
You don't have to come to the patio,
You can sleep the afternoon away.
Ranjana, I won't be back no more..(2)

How was I to know your big brother,
Was not just your big brother..
How much bullying, how many fistfights
He does to while his time away.
If only I'd said a Hindu's son am I:
Nili, Bilu or Nitai.
But alas, I can't tell such a lie,
Too scared, too scared am I.

When my specs slip, I look a fool,
Dada, I'm even now just in school,
Fists and fights are not for me.
No, no, just can't be a Romeo,
You don't have to come to the patio,
You can sleep the afternoon away.
Ranjana, I won't be back no more..(2)

What's true love I really don't know,
I just can't do my homework
Don't like the youtube channels no more
All night the tears just flow
Hindu or Japanese what you are I dunno
That gang of bros knows it all
I'm ready to give up my cycle
But not the bones they'll break.

When my specs slip, I look a fool,
Dada, I'm even now just in school,
Fists and fights are not for me.
No, no, just can't be a Romeo,
You don't have to come to the patio,
You can sleep the afternoon away.
Ranjana, I won't be back no more
Here, Ranjana I won't be back no more.

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