"BANDE MATARAM."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 3

"BANDE MATARAM."

•'■; Much'' has: been, heard 1 , recently ,of '■;.-'. the or Hail; ! -Mother-!; lahcVl.constantly ;pn : thelips of the Bengalis. ."Bando Mataram" is;ther-naine of ..what; is practically';' the. .Indian\riativo:'National •Anthem.' ,It"was written by.Bankim Chandra in a-; novel,'" Ananda:' Matha'.".' ■; He! put' the song into! the mouth, of .the Sanyasi sect—a sect winch led pure lives, practised austerities; ..did :■ good v jto the •, poor, :and . considered the! service of'.the. country :the .object of their ambition. So! says the "Indian Review;" which quotes this translation of,the. song,by. the\;latevMr. Lee, 'of..the '-.-Indiaii.! Civil-■ .Servifce.:;.-.'';.'• '■'■... 0. ..; .">:••; "!',..- ":■.-. ■',;;-; V "! V..:•

!"My Motherland'lsing, ;. 'Her <splendid streams,, her glorious trees, ' - The zcriliyr. from the far-off Vindyan heights, i.'; Her fields 0f.,-waving-'corn, ;,'■ '■!!.' •' The.rapturous : radiance of ller moonlight nights, '-■'-' The ..trees, in. flower/ that, flame; afar, • ,! : The smiling days; that.sweetly .vocal are, r \! „■ The happy, blessed, Motherland. •:' Her will by. seventy million throaty,extolled, Her power twice', seventy, millions arms up- ; ■■/■' hold';.," ' •''. ".!"■!! ■.'■■■!." Her ■; strength let no man scorn. ' Thou art my head, thou art my heart, : ,'<'! My,life and soul art thou.- : ■~.■•.';,' •'.-'■■ '- My .song,;my. worship, and.iny art, ■, ■ Before thy feet I.;bo\v. ' .'/ ''~!.■' :■•". As Durga,. scourge of all thy foes, • As'Lakshmi, bowered in .the".flower,,-:;.:,'. ~ : That.in the water grows, ,: .■.:.. -, As Bani,. wisdom,,power; .'. '" . .The'sourco of: ali our v might; ! Our. every temple doth thy form unfold—', • Unequalled, tender, happy, pure,, ■'.;■,- Of splendid streams, of. glorious;trees, •; My .Motherland.';l sing,- "! '' . \.~ \', The stainless 'charms,;'that, e'er endure,.' ' ".: ■And verdant banks and wholesome breeze,.' That with her.; praises ring." ' ' I ~ v