
With Valentine Day just round the corner, could not resist putting this up... Had read it a few years ago...
In Bengali,
Tumi (pronounced too-mi ) means You and Ami (pronounced aami means I)
Tumi samudra ami aranya, tumi Amit ami Labonya;
(You are the sea and I am the forest; You are infinite and I am beauty)
Tumi bhugal ami itihaash, tumi Paro ami Debdash;
(You are Geography and I am History; You are Paro and I am Devdas)
Tumi Closeup ami Colgate, tumi Romeo ami Juliette;
Tumi Makaibari ami Wah Taj, tumi Shajahan ami Mumtaz;
Tumi Thuja ami Arnica, tumi Clinton ami Monica;
Tumi chiruni ami ayna, tumi Dodi ami Diana;
(You are the comb and I am the mirror)
Tumi bulbul ami tota, tumi Jyoti ami Mamata;
Tumi dherosh ami alu, tumi Rabri ami Lallu;
(You are the lady's finger and I am the potato)
Tumi ucche ami potol, tumi Soniya ami Atal;
(You are a type of bitter gourd and I am parwal (a type of veggie)
Tumi chips ami popcorn, tumi Phulan (Devi) ami Birappan (Veerappan);
Tumi jilipi ami chumchum, tumi Suchitra ami Uttam;
(You are jalebi and I am chamcham)
Tumi hajmi ami toffee, tumi Boris ami Steffi;
Tumi khyal ami gazal, tumi Shahrukh ami Kajol;
Tumi CBI ami greftaar, tumi Sangeeta ami Azar;
Tumi Santro ami Ciello, tumi Desdemona ami Othello;
Tumi mach ami mangsho, tumi srishti ami dhangsho;
(You are fish and I am mutton; You are creation and I am destruction)
Tumi Ajit ami Mona, tumi Sourav ami Donna;
Tumi elish ami parshe, tumi Pheluda ami Topse;
(elish and parshe are types of fish)
Tumi dhakna ami shishi, tumi Katthak ami Orissi;
(You are the cork and I am the bottle)
Tumi Sholay ami Bazigar, tumi Minar ami Chabighar;
Tumi boma ami grenade, tumi Mahakaran ami Brigade;
(You are the bomb and I am the grenade)
Tumi Only Vimal ami DCM, tumi Congress ami CPM;
Tumi Raju ami Gopal, tumi Bharat ami Nepal;
Tumi galpa ami kobita, tumi Aishwariya ami Susmita;
(You are story and I am poetry)
Tumi OK ami fine, tumi aniyam ami ayeen;
(You are OK and I am fine; You are illegal and I am law)
Tumi bangla ami hindi, tumi tip ami bindi;
(Tip and Bindi mean the same thing)
Tumi uttejona ami kolahol, tumi cricket ami football;
(You are excitement and I am chaos)
Tumi jhamela ami gandagol, tumi Pk ami Amol;
(You are nuisance and I am disturbance)
Tumi gur ami chini, tumi hulo ami mini;
(You are jaggery and I am sugar)
Tumi gaja ami khaja, tumi Rani ami Raja;
Tumi botua ami pouch, tumi oof ami ouch;
Tumi babbah ami mago, tumi hyago ami ogo;
Tumi superb ami glory, tumi lekho ami pori.
(You are superb and I am glory; You keep writing and I will keep reading)
Hey that was funny!
ReplyDeleteI know bengali lil lil...like tumi kemon acho?bhalo i hope...:)
Hi………
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fantastic post! Good job!
Great! Keep writing…….
hehe.. lolz.. it was really funny, thnx for sharing ;)
ReplyDeletetumi lekho ami pori.. :D
hehe.. you keep writing and I will keep reading :))
ReplyDeleteu a bengali???
ReplyDeleteMy ex is bengali so I understood quite a bit of that! yay! :D
ReplyDeleteKhoob bhalo :)
ok that was incredibly funny and yet so amazingly cute!!!
ReplyDelete@ Meera : :) yeah Meera, bhalo is correct!
ReplyDelete@ Femin Susan : Thanks girl
@ Richa : Thanks!
@ Scattered Thoughts : I will do that :)
@ Jinxed Pixie : Yes... a true blue bong
@ Life 24*7 : I know D... ab aap hamare paas tution lene aa sakti hain!
@ ki : :) Dhonnobaad
@ mayz : Thanks!
ok, since this is a poem, I'm hijacking it for my blog too :P What say sis?
ReplyDeletebah bah besh bhalo... darun post ta... :P
ReplyDelete@ Shaunak : Go ahead, SKK!!! ;)
ReplyDelete@ Phoenix : Dhonnobaad!
:) funnny stuff..
ReplyDeleteMera comment kho gaya :(
ReplyDeleteThere is Romeo, there is Juliet,
ReplyDeleteMe your fan, You my Poet.
Great! Enjoyed it!
Cool ..... Never knew you were a Bengali !! :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I enjoyed every bit of it!!!
ReplyDeleteBrought back memories of a close bengali friend.
I have already started humming it,,
Way to go!!!
intresting
ReplyDeletelols very sweet!!!
ReplyDeletehahhahha somehow they way they sing these songs makes me smile more . listen to this " shono amra ki shoobaaaaiiii bondhu hote pari naaaa"
ReplyDeleteand this one takes the icing " jiboooon ar cholche na shoja potheeeee , benche gechi boli hote hoteeeeee"
hehhehe
LOL
ReplyDeletethat was funny :)
happy valentines day jalebi :P
hehe
ReplyDeletekya baat kahii
wah wah
Hehe ...lol...
ReplyDeleteStill loling :D