album cover of Antara Chowdhury
Bengali children have grown up to the songs of this child prodigy singer, trained by her famous father.
Antara Chowdhury is a household name in India, but very few outside India have heard of her and her songs. She is the daughter of Salil Chowdhury who is a legend in India. He wrote songs and created the tunes for numerous movies and made numerous hit songs that are popular in Bengali and Hindi. He was a poet, playwright and the well-known music director who wrote the lyrics of the song below that Antara at the age of seven sang, and it became an instant hit.
She recorded many childrens songs that her illustrious father wrote for her and left a lasting legacy in the music world in India. Salil Chowdhury is no more, but his music lives in his pretty daughter, who is now a young lady.
I now give you her most popular song called O sona Byang O kola Byang and the translation in English.
O Sona byang O kola Byang
O sona byang O kola byang
O sona byang O kola byang
Sara raat hende golai dakis ghangor ghang
Tora ki gola sadhis ni tora ki nara bandhis ni
Ay chole ay amaar katche sikhie debo gaan
O golden frog, O kola frog
O golden frog, O kola frog
You call all night in a bad voice ghangor ghang
Have you not taken voice lessons
Come to me I will teach you how to sing
Balo to balo na balo to
Pa pa dha pa pa pa dha pa re ga ma dha pa pa
Very good Kola bang tumio bolo
Ba ba re ba ba re baa
Say now, say now
Pa pa dha pa pa pa dha pa re ga ma dha pa pa
Very good Kola bang, you too sing
Bah bah re bah
Sarata din lompo jhompo bondo kore dao
Tanpuratay surti bendhe rewaj kore jao
Ma bolbe bhalo meye sona kola bang
Ta jodi na koro tobe bhangbo tomar thang
Balo to sa re ga ma pa pa dha pa
Ba ba re ba ba re baa
Stop jumping around the whole day
Practice singing using the tanpura
Ma will say golden and kola frog are good girls
If you dont, I will break your legs
Say sa re ga ma pa pa dha pa
Bah bah re bah
O sona bang O kola bang
O sona bang O kola bang
Balo to balo na pa pa dha pa
Ba ba re ba ba re baa
O golden frog, O kola frog (refrain)
O golden frog, O kola frog (refrain)
Say it, say now pa pa dha pa
Bah bah re bah
Sammelane gaiben khan sagid sona bang
Sangate sangite thaken pundit kola bang
Tomra sobai sunte esho kola banger gaan
Are sunbe gaaner sheshe nana rokom taan
Sunie dao sunie dao
Dha dha dhin dha .
Dha dha dhin dha.
Sona bang will sing in a concert
Pundit Kola bang will accompany by beat
You should all come to hear the songs of Kola frog
And will hear many tunes at the end
Let them hear you, let them hear you
Dha dha dhin dha…
Dha dha dhin dha…