Vande Mataram

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National song of India by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - An objective study.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote Vande Mataram

Vande Mataram translated into English	Urdu Translation of Vande Mataram - by A.M.Khan
Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, bright with orchard gleams, Cool with thy winds of delight, Green fields waving Mother of might, Mother free. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease Laughing low and sweet! Mother I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low! Mother, to thee I bow. Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands When swords flash out in seventy million hands And seventy million voices roar Thy dreadful name from shore to shore? With many strengths who art mighty and stored, To thee I call Mother and Lord! Thou who saves, arise and save! To her I cry who ever her foe drove Back from plain and sea And shook herself free. Thou art wisdom, thou art law, Thou art heart, our soul, our breath Though art love divine, the awe In our hearts that conquers death. Thine the strength that nerves the arm, Thine the beauty, thine the charm. Every image made divine In our temples is but thine. Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen, With her hands that strike and her swords of sheen, Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned, And the Muse a hundred-toned, Pure and perfect without peer, Mother lend thine ear, Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with thy orchard gleems, Dark of hue O candid-fair In thy soul, with jewelled hair And thy glorious smile divine, Loveliest of all earthly lands, Showering wealth from well-stored hands! Mother, mother mine! Mother sweet, I bow to thee, Mother great and free! translated by Sri Aurobindo	Tasleemat, maan tasleemat tu bhari hai meethe pani se phal phoolon ki shadabi se dakkin ki thandi hawaon se faslon ki suhani fizaaon se tasleemat, maan tasleemat teri raaten roshan chand se teri raunaq sabze faam se teri pyar bhari muskan hai teri meethi bahut zuban hai teri banhon mein meri rahat hai tasleemat, maan tasleemat tere qadmon mein meri jannat hai Translator's comment... "This is an attempt to translate Vande Matram in easy spoken language. I wonder if those who declare the song anti-Islamic may have a look at this rendering in Urdu and point out the line or portion they find objectionable?" Arif Mohammed Khan (Its not exact translation. translated by Arif Mohammad Khan, Ex-MP India)
Vande Mataram In Devanagari script	Our interpretation of Vande Mataram
	AMother !...My obeisance………. The land of serene waters Delicious fruits ,cool breeze And vast stretching greeneries. Mother!...my obeisance The land bewitching moonlight Never ending fields in bloom… You smile sweet You talk soft Shower on us boons and happiness.. Mother my obeisance……………

The above given ten lines are attempt to interpret a patriotic song written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Composed by none other than the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore The author of “Jana gana mana” – the national anthem of India.

There has been an unfortunate controversy about introducing this song in to the schools and the media is gung ho in reporting the matter without revealing what the actual text and it’s meaning. Giving the general public that this song is written by some unknown person - a Hindu religious fanatic – who has advocated Malicious intentions against religious minorities and singing this Song may harm the religious harmony which is no doubt a very sensitive subject and anything -however beautiful it may be -Should not be allowed to rock the boat.

It is crystal clear from the above ten lines that it is a patriotic poem secular to the core - with ill will to none [ person or group ] is not only Just a beautiful-cute little song, but the emotion of patriotism in it is so expressed that any one who hears the song will fall in love with the immediate environment he so far ignored or rather failed to notice. It is high time to leave this patriotic song to it’s rightful place and concentrate attention in to matters of more urgency and relevance.

“Much ado about nothing” as the bard would have said

Author: Sinu Kumar

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Vande Mataram

Vande Mataram

National song of India by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - An objective study.

Vande Mataram translated into English

Urdu Translation of Vande Mataram - by A.M.Khan

Vande Mataram In Devanagari script

Our interpretation of Vande Mataram