Welcome everyone to “I Love Singing – Songs by Sri Chinmoy”.
Each week you will find a new selection of three to five of Guru’s songs added to this page. The selection will include the words, sheet music and an audio recording for you to sing along with.
Quotes by Guru about singing his songs.
Singing is a form of meditation. If you cannot carry a tune, no harm. Then you will not sing in public. But certainly you can sing when you are alone.
The Supreme is not going to give you a bad mark if you cannot carry a tune. As long as you sing soulfully, the Supreme will be extremely pleased. Tagore once wrote in a poem, “You gave the bird a voice. To me you have not given a voice, but still I am singing.” When you do not have something, and still you are offering it to God, God is very pleased with you. So try to sing in your own way. Even if the tune is wrong, if you sing soulfully, it is a real form of meditation.
Sri Chinmoy, God the Supreme Musician, Agni Press, 1976
If you are singing soulfully and devotedly, and if you feel at every moment that you are offering a flower of gratitude to the Supreme inside yourself, then you are bound to feel your soul. You have to feel that you have within yourself an endless supply of gratitude-flowers, and that at each second you are offering gratitude. If you can feel this, then you are bound to see the soul, feel the soul and grow into the soul’s light and reality while singing and chanting.
Sri Chinmoy, Life-enquiry and self-discovery, Agni Press, 1974
Week 74: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Anugata Sebak Haye Karbo Aji
– Today I Shall Become a Devoted Server
– Nahi Pari Karte Daman
– My Restless Vital
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Anugata Sebak Haye Karbo Aji
Anugata sebak haye karbo aji
Prabhu hriday joy
Translation:
Today I shall become a devoted server
To conquer my Lord’s Heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. Today I Shall Become a Devoted Server
Today I shall become
A devoted server
To conquer my Lord’s Heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Nahi Pari Karte Daman
Nahi pari karte daman
Amar chapal pran
Translation:
I cannot control
My restless vital.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. My Restless Vital
I cannot control
My restless vital.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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January 9, 2022
Week 73: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Nutan Barashe Nutan Ahana
– In the New Year, a New Dawn
– Happy New Year #1 … Be Brave
– Happy New Year #2 … Go Forward
– Happy New Year! #3 God the Eye You Claim
– Happy New Year #4 … I Shall Be My God-Hope-Joy
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Nutan Barashe Nutan Ahana
Nutan bharashe nutan ahana
Hat chhani diye dakiche
Translation:
In the New Year, a new dawn
Is beckoning me.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. In the New Year, a New Dawn
In the New Year, a new dawn
Is beckoning me.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘In the New Year, a New Dawn’ songbook
3. Happy New Year (1) … Be Brave
Happy New Year,
Happy New Year!
Be brave, be brave!
No fear, no fear!
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 13’ songbook
4. Happy New Year (2) … Go Forward
Happy New Year,
Happy New Year!
Go forward,
Fly upward,
Dive inward!
No fear, no fear!
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 13’ songbook
5. Happy New Year! (3) God the Eye You Claim
Happy New Year!
God the Eye you claim,
God the Heart you claim
And God the Life you claim.
Claim, claim, claim, claim God.
No fear, no fear!
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 13’ songbook
6. Happy New Year (4) … I Shall Be My God-Hope-Joy
Happy New Year,
Happy New Year!
I shall be my God-hope-joy,
I shall be my God-promise-fulfiller.
No fear, no fear!
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 13’ songbook
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December 31, 2021
Week 72: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Karatale Rupar
– Never Depend
– Amar Basana Bijoy
– My Desire-Victory
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Karatale Rupar
Karatale rupar
Kabhu karona nirbhar
Translation:
Never depend on applause.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. Never Depend
Never depend
On applause.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Amar Basana Bijoy
Amar basana bijoy
Nahe kabhu bishwa pitar joy
Translation:
My desire-victory can never be
The Victory of the World-Father.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. My Desire-Victory
My desire-victory can never be
The Victory of the World-Father.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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December 19, 2021
Week 71: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Kandte Habe Kandte Habe
– I Must Cry
– Chinta Roge Pratikkhane
– Attacked by Thought-Disease
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Kandte Habe Kandte Habe
Kandte habe kandte habe
Agyanatar binash lagi
Translation:
I must cry, I must cry,
To end the life of ignorance.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. I Must Cry
I must cry, I must cry,
To end the life of ignorance.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Chinta Roge Pratikkhane
Chinta roge pratikkhane
Durbal abar man
Translation:
Attacked by thought-disease
At every moment,
My mind has become feeble.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. Attacked by Thought-Disease
Attacked by thought-disease
At every moment,
My mind has become feeble.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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December 12, 2021
Week 70: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Chahi Shudhu Ami
– My Little Self
– Tomai Kebal Bhalobasi
– I Love You Only
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Chahi Shudhu Ami
Chahi shudhu ami
Khudra amire nashite
Translation:
My little self I only
Want to destroy.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. My Little Self
My little self
I only want
To destroy.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Tomai Kebal Bhalobasi
Tomai kebal bhalobasi
Ei je amar parichoy
Translation:
I love You only.
This is my qualification.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. I Love You Only
I love You only.
This is my qualification.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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December 5, 2021
Week 69: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Esechho Jakhan Paran Bariya
– Since You Have Come, My Lord
– Ashar Bihane Kemane Rahibo Benche
– How Can I Live Without Hope?
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Esechho Jakhan Paran Bariya
Esechho jakhan paran bhariya
Laho laho more prabhu
Translation:
Since You have come, my Lord,
Do accept me with all Your Heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. Since You Have Come, My Lord
Since You have come, my Lord,
Do accept me with all Your Heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Ashar Bihane Kemane Rahibo Benche
Ashar bihane kemane
Rahibo benche
Translation:
How can I live without hope?
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. How Can I Live Without Hope?
How can I live without hope?
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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November 27, 2021
Week 68: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Ebar Ami Hiya Pure
– Smiling and Dancing
– Jante Chahi Manash Amar
– My Mind Wants to Know
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Ebar Ami Hiya Pure
Ebar ami hiya pure
Hese hese neche neche jabo
Translation:
Smiling and dancing I shall enter
Into my heart-city this time.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. Smiling and Dancing
Smiling and dancing
I shall enter into my heart-city
This time.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Jante Chahi Manash Amar
Jante chahi manas amar
Shikhte chahina
Translation:
My mind wants to know,
But does not want to learn.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. My Mind Wants to Know
My mind wants to know,
But does not want to learn.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
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November 21, 2021
Week 67: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Urdhe Uthite Chahi Ami Shudhu
– I Want Only to Ascend
– Nutaner Dake Puratane
– When the New Life Beckons
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Urdhe Uthite Chahi Ami Shudhu
Urdhe uthite chahi ami shudhu
Nimne namite chahina
Translation:
I want only to ascend.
Descent I want not.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. I Want Only to Ascend
I want only to ascend.
Descent I want not.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Nutaner Dake Puratane
Nutaner dake puratane chhere jabo
Translation:
When the new life beckons,
I shall leave the old
For the new.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. When the New Life Beckons
When the new life beckons
I shall leave the old
For the new.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
© 2021 Sri Chinmoy Centre
November 14, 2021
Week 66: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Amita Bhakati Bhitare
– Infinite Devotion Within
– Kandte Bhalo Lagena Kabhu
– I Never Like to Cry
– Manush Haye O
– No Inner Life He Has
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Amita Bhakati Bhitare
Amita bhakati bhitare
Amita shakati bahire
Translation:
Infinite devotion within,
Infinite power without.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. Infinite Devotion Within
Infinite devotion within,
Infinite power without.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Kandte Bhalo Lagena Kabhu
Kandte bhalo lagena kabhu
Haste shudhu bhalo lage
Translation:
I never like to cry.
I only like to smile.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. I Never Like to Cry
I never like to cry.
I only like to smile.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
5. Manush Haye O
Manush haye o
Amanush se je
Sadhana jahar nai
Translation:
No inner life he has,
Although a human being.
Therefore, he is an animal.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
6. No Inner Life He Has
No inner life he has,
Although a human being.
Therefore, he is an animal.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
© 2021 Sri Chinmoy Centre
November 7, 2021
Week 65: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Hriday Gabhire Kandibo Hasibo
– In the Depths of My Heart I Shall Cry Only
– Bhangte Habe Mukti Lagi Moher Bandhan
– Break Asunder I Must
– Bhakti Bina Mukti Nahi Pabe
– No Liberation for You
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Hriday Gabhire Kandibo Hasibo
Hriday gabhire kandibo hasibo
Kebal hriday gabhire
Translation:
In the depths of my heart
I shall cry.
Only in the depths of my heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
2. In the Depths of My Heart I Shall Cry Only
In the depths of my heart
I shall cry only,
In the depths of my heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
3. Bhangte Habe Mukti Lagi Moher Bandhan
Bhangte habe mukti lagi
Moher bandhan
Translation:
Break asunder I must
Attachment-chain for liberation.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
4. Break Asunder I Must
Break asunder I must
Attachment-chain
For liberation.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
5. Bhakti Bina Mukti Nahi Pabe
Bhakti bina mukti nahi pabe
Translation:
No liberation for you without devotion.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
6. No Liberation for You
No liberation for you
Without devotion.
– Sri Chinmoy, ‘Four Hundred Blue-Green-White-Red Soul-Birds, Part 1’ songbook
© 2021 Sri Chinmoy Centre
October 31, 2021