বাঁশি রে আমার Oh My Flute মাতাল রাজ্জাক আব্দুল হাই Matal Rajjak Dewan & Abdul Hai Dewan (Half-Matal

Sung by Matal Rajjak Dewan and Abdul Hai Dewan in Bamansur, Bangladesh on August 18, 2002
Filmed and edited by Janet Best

Lyrics
Your whole life you sang and made others happy.
But they burned so many holes in your chest.
Oh, they made so many holes in your chest.
Oh you ate quicklime thinking it was yogurt.
You’re whole life you thought it was yogurt
But you ate mud and quicklime.
Why?
Your music caused a fire.
Flute, why did you burn me with your music?
If they hadn’t burned you, your heart would be white.
You could have stayed in the bush and swung in the wind.
Stayed in the bush.
Oh my flute!
What does the flute’s heart want?
Your whole life you never thought for even one day about what the flute’s heart wants.
Matal’s life was full of honey (happiness)
Full of honey.
I did not get peace.
Sorrow did not leave me, Malek Chan
Fortune didn’t favor me
That way you killed (Matal’s peaceful life.)
Why?
You set a fire with your music.
Flute why did you burn (Matal’s heart)?
Falgun (the month of spring) came and went
Falgun left because of your endless torture
Flute why did you burn with your music?
Flute why?