Welcome everyone to “I Love Singing – Songs by Sri Chinmoy”.
Each week you will find a new selection of three to five of Guru’s songs added to this page. The selection will include the words, sheet music and an audio recording for you to sing along with.
Quotes by Guru about singing his songs.
Singing is a form of meditation. If you cannot carry a tune, no harm. Then you will not sing in public. But certainly you can sing when you are alone.
The Supreme is not going to give you a bad mark if you cannot carry a tune. As long as you sing soulfully, the Supreme will be extremely pleased. Tagore once wrote in a poem, “You gave the bird a voice. To me you have not given a voice, but still I am singing.” When you do not have something, and still you are offering it to God, God is very pleased with you. So try to sing in your own way. Even if the tune is wrong, if you sing soulfully, it is a real form of meditation.
Sri Chinmoy, God the Supreme Musician, Agni Press, 1976
If you are singing soulfully and devotedly, and if you feel at every moment that you are offering a flower of gratitude to the Supreme inside yourself, then you are bound to feel your soul. You have to feel that you have within yourself an endless supply of gratitude-flowers, and that at each second you are offering gratitude. If you can feel this, then you are bound to see the soul, feel the soul and grow into the soul’s light and reality while singing and chanting.
Sri Chinmoy, Life-enquiry and self-discovery, Agni Press, 1974
Week 6: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Param Pita Esecho Tumi Tomai Dite Phulla
– Come on the Wings of Love
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Param Pita Esecho Tumi Tomai Dite Phulla
Param Pita Esecho Tumi Tomai Dite Phulla chitte khudra mama amire nite.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Bengali Songs 1994 to 1997’ songbook)
2. Come on the Wings of Love
Come, come, come, come
On the wings of love.
This message-light
Comes from Above.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 4’ songbook)
© Sri Chinmoy Centre
March 18, 2019
Week 5: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Chaowar Kudha Sarbada
– He Has Planted His Footsteps
– I Sing My God-Songs
– O, Make My Mind Tranquil and Calm
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. Chaowar Kudha Sarbada
Chaowar kudha sarbada
Barai tibra jani
Translation:
Desire-hunger always is very severe,
We all know.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Chander Deshe’ songbook)
2. He Has Planted His Footsteps
He has planted His Footsteps
Inside my love-heart,
Inside my gratitude-life,
Inside my surrender-perfection.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Are You Looking for Your Heart? Here, Come and Take It!’ songbook)
3. I Sing My God-Songs
I sing my God-songs
Only for God the Listener.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Are You Looking for Your Heart? Here, Come and Take It!’ songbook)
4. O, Make My Mind Tranquil and Calm
O, make my mind tranquil and calm.
Charidike neharite prashanti dham.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘God Answers Prayers’ songbook)
© Sri Chinmoy Centre
March 6, 2019
Week 4: I Love Singing
Songs:
– May I Not Cover My Heart-Garden
– Day and Night I Shall Keep
– Affection, Love, Sweetness, Fondness
– Mor Gurudev Maha Avatar Mor Gurudev Jani
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. May I Not Cover My Heart-Garden
May I not cover my heart-garden
With my mind-jungle.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘May My Heart-Flower-Smile Never Fade Away’ songbook)
2. Day and Night I Shall Keep
Day and night I shall keep
My heart-door open.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Song from the ‘I Long to Quench My Heart Thirst’ songbook)
3. Affection, Love, Sweetness, Fondness
Affection, love, sweetness, fondness
God has for me.
Every day I live and grow
Under His Protection-Tree.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 10’ songbook)
4. Mor Gurudev Maha Avatar Mor Gurudev Jani
Mor Gurudev, the great Avatar,
I know You as my Gurudev.
You are the support of the earth,
You are the unknowable nectar.
(Sri Chinmoy, May 25, 2002)
© Sri Chinmoy Centre
February 24, 2019
Week 3: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Come What May (1)
– To Improve and Not to Prove Myself
– Nutan Barashe Nutan Ahana
– Jagat Guru Param Guru
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Week 2: I Love Singing
Songs:
– Humility
– Let Us Try These
– Ajanare Achenare
– The Pride of the Earthly Race
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Week 1: I Love Singing
Songs:
– May I Not Cover My Heart-Garden
– Day and Night I Shall Keep
– Affection, Love, Sweetness, Fondness
– Mor Gurudev Maha Avatar Mor Gurudev Jani
Enjoy singing along with the audio recordings. These songs are composed by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciple Purnakama. Please click the links below to listen to or download the audio and song scores:
Lyrics:
1. May I Not Cover My Heart-Garden
May I not cover my heart-garden
With my mind-jungle.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘May My Heart-Flower-Smile Never Fade Away’ songbook)
2. Day and Night I Shall Keep
Day and night I shall keep
My heart-door open.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Song from the ‘I Long to Quench My Heart Thirst’ songbook)
3. Affection, Love, Sweetness, Fondness
Affection, love, sweetness, fondness
God has for me.
Every day I live and grow
Under His Protection-Tree.
(Sri Chinmoy, ‘Enthusiasm, Part 10’ songbook)
4. Mor Gurudev Maha Avatar Mor Gurudev Jani
Mor Gurudev, the great Avatar,
I know You as my Gurudev.
You are the support of the earth,
You are the unknowable nectar.
(Sri Chinmoy, May 25, 2002)
© Sri Chinmoy Centre
February 3, 2019