Sri Chinmoy's Longest Song Performed 11 November 2005

The original Bengali poem, August 15th 1945, was written by Chinmoy in Pondicherry, India, on August 14th, 1945, the day before Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. Chinmoy was then thirteen years old.

The poem became a song in New York on July 8th, 1995, fifty years later. It is the longest song of all Sri Chinmoy’s musical compositions. Sri Chinmoy began translating this Bengali song into English on June 9th, 1996. He completed the translation on August 4th so that it might be released on August 15th.

You can read a full translation at Sri Chinmoy Library