MUKTIRO MONDIRO SHOPANO TOLE: Wiki-Bengali Graphics Enhanced Karaoke

HOMAGE
A song that pays homage to those who went to prison and sacrificed their life for the cause of liberty and justice. Although the song was written in the Indian context, the appeal and lyrics of the song are universal. It is relevant everywhere and in all ages, wherever there is oppression and injustice. This karaoke is in Wiki-Bengali (wb) script.

LYRICS IN WIKI-BENGALI

Words: Mohini Chowdhuri (Mohini Choudhuri in wb)
Music: Krishna Chandra Dey (Krishnô Chôndro De in wb))

Muktirô mondiro shopanô tôle
Kôto pran holo bolidan
Lekha ache osru-jôle (x2)

Kôto biplobi bondhurô rôkte ranga
Bondi-shalar oi shikôlô bhanga (x2)

Tara ki phiribe ar
Tara ki phiribe ei shuprobhate
Jôto torun orun gêche ôstachôle

Muktirô mondiro shopanô tole
Kôto pran holo bolidan
Lekha ache osru-jôle

Jara shôrgogôtô tara êkhono jane
Shôrger cheye priyô jônmôbhumi
Esho shôdesh-broter môha dikkha-lobhi
Shei mrinttujoyider chôronô chumi (x2)

Jara jirno jatir buke jagalo asha
Mounô molin mukhe jagalo bhasha (x2)

Aji rôkto kômôle gãtha
Aji rôkto kômole gãtha mallo khani
Bijôyô lokkhi debe taderi gôle

Muktirô mondiro shopanô tole
Kôto pran holo bolidan
Lekha ache osru-jôle

LYRICS IN BENGALI

মুক্তির মন্দির সোপান তলে,
কত প্রাণ হলো বলিদান,
লেখা আছে অশ্রুজলে৷

কত বিপ্লবি বন্ধুর রক্তে রাঙা,বন্দীশালার ওই শিকল ভাঙা

তাঁরা কি ফিরিবে আর
তাঁরা কি ফিরিবে আজ সুপ্রভাতে,
যত তরুণ অরুণ গেছে অস্তাচলে৷

যারা স্বর্গগত তারা এখনো জানে,স্বর্গের চেয়ে প্রিয় জন্মভূমি
এসো স্বদেশ ব্রতের মহা দীক্ষা লভি, সেই মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ীদের চরণ চুমি

যারা জীর্ণ জাতির বুকে জাগালো আশা, মৌন মলিনমুখে জাগালো ভাষা

আজ রক্তকমলে গাঁথা,
আজ রক্তকমলে গাঁথা মাল্যখানি,
বিজয়লক্ষী দেবে তাঁদেরি গলে

KARAOKE IN WIKI-BENGALI

For karaoke in Roman script, the standard of Wiki-Bengali is preferable because of the huge influence the Wikipedia and the Internet. It is phonetic, easy to follow and very faithful to the present day standard pronunciation.

Wiki-Bengali uses extended roman script-set to avoid ambiguity between open and closed e, open and closed o, dental and retroflex t etc., although for the people with expert knowledge in Bengali, it can be written in characters without diacritics, by using a simple English typewriter keyboad or a computer English key-map.

Some guidance on wiki-bengali can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language#Romanization

Some characters:
o: (mon=mind) as in English go
ô: môt=opinion) as in pot in British English
e: (tel=oil) as in English met
ê: (gêlo=went) as 'a' in English bat
y: (kôyla=coal)as in English boy (I use y if I hear a clear 'য়' (yô ) sound, as e/- may create confusion with e)
~: (chãd=moon) nasalization of vowels, as in Portuguese pão (=bread)
ţ: (ţano=pull) as in English table (without aspiration)
t: (tôkon-then) as in French tu
đ: (đakat=robber) as in English dog
d: (dôl=party) as in Spanish adios

Long 'a', long 'i' and long 'u', used in other indic languages, are redundant and misleading in modern spoken Bengali. Hence the combinations 'aa', 'ee' 'oo' etc.,are incorrect in Wiki-Bengali. Shongit(=song) as a Bengali word should not be written 'Sangeet'.


LINUX SOFTWARE

To create this karaoke file, I have used Linux software. Some the the useful software for this purpose are:
1. Karlyriceditor (editing, synchronizing words with music and testing )
2. Audacity (audio editing)
3. Gimp (images creation and manipulation)
4. ffmpeg (screen-casting and trans-coding).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks to Prof. Abhijit Das (Obhijit Dash in wb) for his midi files of Bengali songs, of which.I have made use one after small editing.
http://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~abhij/

DISCLAIMER

I do not own this song. I made this word-synchronised karaoke version of this famous song for educational purpose only.


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