I show gratitude to thee, Mother,
richly-watered, richly-fruited,
cool with the winds of the south,
dark with the crops of the harvests,
The Mother!
Her nights rejoicing in the glory of the moonlight,
her lands clothed beautifully with her trees in flowering bloom,
sweet of laughter, sweet of speech,
The Mother, giver of boons, giver of bliss.
Bankimchandra Chatterjee or Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independ…
View profile & all 16 Poems / StoriesHow hast thou lost, O month of honey and flowers,The voice that was thy soul! Creative showers,
"Mother, hail!Thou with sweet spring flowing,
Mother, I bow to thee!Rich with thy hurrying streams,
আদরমরুভূমি মাঝে যেন, একই কুসুম,
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