Khiyo - Abar Ashibo Phirey

from Rising Silence OST by Various Artists

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lyrics

Abar Ashibo Phirey (I Will Return)

I will return
To the banks of the Dhanshiri
To this Bengal
Perhaps not as a human
Perhaps in the guise of a seagull or a shalik bird
Perhaps as the dawn’s crow
In this autumn land of new harvest

Floating in the heart of a dewy fog
One day I will return to the shade of this jackfruit tree
Perhaps I will be a duck
A young girl’s ankle bells will be on her reddened feet
I will spend the entire day floating on duckweed-scented waters
I will return with love for Bengal’s rivers and fields
To this sorrowful green land that is wet from the waves of the Jalangi River
I will return
To the banks of the Dhanshiri
To this Bengal

Perhaps I will see a hawk soaring in the breeze at dusk
Perhaps I will hear a spotted owl hooting in the branches of a Shimul tree
Perhaps a child will be scattering parched rice in a grassy courtyard.
In the murky waters of the Rupsha,
Perhaps a youth will steer his dinghy with its torn white sail.
Reddish clouds will swim in the dark water
The white herons will see it
In all this, you will find me

I will return
To the banks of the Dhanshiri in this Bengal
Perhaps not as a human
Perhaps in the guise of a gull or another bird
Perhaps as the dawn’s crow
In this autumn harvest land
I will return with love for Bengal’s rivers and fields
I will return
To the banks of the Dhanshiri
To this Bengal

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from Rising Silence OST, released November 19, 2018
Words by Jibanananda Das
Music by Sohini Alam & Oliver Weeks

Sohini Alam - vocals
Flora Curzon - violins
Ben Heartland - double bass
Richard Jones - violas
Oliver Weeks - acoustic guitars

Recorded by Ben Heartland & Oliver Weeks
Mixed & Mastered by Yohei Sasaki at YS Sound Production

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Khiyo UK

Khiyo is a London-based British-Bengali band that gives Bengali heritage music a modern London sound. Though the band members have backgrounds that include Western classical, rock, jazz, blues, Nazrul Sangeet, Bengali folk and Indian classical, the amalgamation of the whole has a singularly identifiable sound. ... more