State Anthem of Assam

অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ

English: O mor aponar dex (O my dearest country)
O mor aponar dex
State anthem of Assam  India
Lyrics	Laxminath Bezbarua
Music	Kamala Prasad Agarwala
Adopted	1927

O mor aponar desh (or O mor aponar dex, in Assamese: অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ) is the state song or state anthem of the Assam state of India. It was written by Laxminath Bezbarua and attuned by Kamala Prasad Agarwala. The song itself is from among the finest poems created by Laxminath Bezbarua. It was first published in 1909 in an Assamese magazine named Baahi (Flute in English). It was officially adopted as the Assam's state song in 1927 at Oxom Chhatra Xonmilon held in Tezpur. The song is also included in Kadamkali authored by Bezbaruah. It is the most popular Assamese patriotic song of all time.^[1]

The song

This is the English transliteration of the song.^[2]

O mor aponar dex
O mor sikuni dex
Aenekhon xuwola, aenekhon xuphola
Aenekhon moromor dex

O mor xuriya maat
Oxomor xuwodi maat
Prithiwir kotu, bisari nopowa
jonomto korileo paat

O mor aponar dex
O mor sikuni dex
Aenekhon xuwola, aenekhon xuphola
Aenekhon moromor dex

O mor upoja thai
O mor oxomi aai
Saai lou aebar, mukhoni tomar
Hepah mor poluwa nai.

O mor aponar dex
O mor sikuni dex
Aenekhon xuwola, aenekhon xuphola
Aenekhon moromor dex

(Key: D major
Rhythm: Waltz)

Assamese version

This is the Assamese version of the song.^[2]

অ’ মোৰ আপোনাৰ দেশ
অ’ মোৰ চিকুণী দেশ
এনেখন সুৱলা, এনেখন সুফলা
এনেখন মৰমৰ দেশ ।

অ’ মোৰ সুৰীয়া মাত
অ’ মোৰ সুৱদি মাত
পৃথিৱীৰ ক'তো বিচাৰি জনমটো
নোপোৱা কৰিলেও পাত ।

অ’ মোৰ ওপজা ঠাই
অ’ মোৰ অসমী আই
চাই লওঁ এবাৰ মুখনি তোমাৰ
হেঁপাহ মোৰ পলোৱা নাই ।

Translation into English

O my dearest country
O my finest country
Such a beautiful, such a fruitful
Such a dearest country

O my tuneful tongue
Asom’s melodic tongue
All over the world, even if you search for the life
Won’t find such a land

O my birthplace
O my mother Asomi
Let me see, your face for once
Am still not satisfied.

Song profile

The song profile is given as follows.^[3]

Title = O mor aponar dex
Artist= Chorus
Description = State anthem
Duration = 0:57
Size = 0.9 MB
Encoding = 128-bit Mono

References

1. ^ "Encyclopedia of Indian Literature Volume 1, 1989, pagina 416-418.
2. ^ ^{a b} Baruah, Krishna Dulal (May, 2004). "O mor aponar dex". Xongitor byobohari xutro aru guitar (2nd ed.). Ananta Hazarika, Banalata. pp. 46. 
3. ^ "Song profile". http://as01.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=244625&PHPSESSID=35f70eed19aa2c58e. Retrieved 2009-09-24.