^Lot 289 Rabindranath Tagore

Untranslated, eloquently-penned handwritten lyrics, in Bengali to ‘Amar Shonar Bhanga’ (My Golden Bengal) on an off-white 7.5 x 9.5 sheet, signed at the conclusion by Tagore. In very good condition, with uniform toning, scattered spotting and foxing, trimmed edges, and clipped corners. The song was written by Tagore in 1905 to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal, to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide. In 1972, the first ten lines of ‘Amar Shonar Bhanga’ were adopted as the Bangladeshi national anthem.