More music lyrics… but this time with some reservations. There could some errors in the lyrics (this is true for everything else that I write, of course, but more so for this one). That being said, I’m quite certain the vast majority of the lines are accurate. Please let me know if you find errors, though. :)

This is Bnaador, from Fossils 4.

As always, you can listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana.

Song: Bnaador
Album: Fossils 4

bolte chaina, bolte chaina ashole
bhabte chaina ki hoto ki hole
khelte chaina, chharte chaichhi e-khela
badore merechhe thhela!

Oore baba re!

below-the-belt but oh-so-natural blame-e
Kishkindha policy’r porechi preme
sensitive tok norom, mone jhamela
sojore kheyechi thhela

laal bador, neel bador
bol na bhara koto tor
tor thhomoke chomoke
laage komorer jor

jaani roji laage taan
ke tepe romosh koti
kon kothi te naache tor
makaan kapda aur-roti

uunki mere dekhun go
key-hole-e ki hota hai
kar dugdugi te neche
kar paposhe sota hai
morkot nijer morji te naki boro bador has
thik kar ushkani te tor e-itna bara lyaj

bhul porishonkhan er
nei oitihashik daye
myth ullashe hashe
tai mithye jitte chaye

mukh bhengchabar sujog
tai juuge juuge tor
nitiheen er adore
tui hoyechish bador

uff ki jaala hayere kala jacchole
poro drobbo khamchiyo-na, na bole
sohobote sudha brithaye apatre dhala
badore chhireche kola

bador nachte koto nish?
payment cash-e na cheque-e?
bador kar jonno nachish?
supari nish ki dekhe?

bador pay korbo kaake–
toke na tor dalaal ke?
bachaal badraami ke daye
bureaucratic samal je?

jaat-chor, laath-khor
bandro-laal, bandro-neel
rock’n’roll, jack’n’jill
rondhro koto ta pichhil

kon khape dhyamon size,
kon paaper kemon prize,
kemon lagche limelight
dear monkey worldly-wise

laal bador koto jacche bajar-dor?
shithil tholthole sarir
sfito ghush kheko udar
jollader ki ahlade
bajar choshe tor o-ti
chushe chhibre kore daye
somman kapda aur-roti

uunki mere dekhun go
key-hole-e ki hota hai
kar dugdugi te neche
kar paposhe sota hai
morkot nijer morji te naki boro bador has
thik kon chulkani te tor e-itna bara lyaj

e-itna bara lyaj!

laal bador, bador neel
bandro laal, bandro neel
rock’n’roll, jack’n’jill
rondhro koto ta pichhil

baal bador, bador neel
bandro baal, bandro neel
rock’n’roll, jack’n’jill
rondhro koto ta pichhil

Time for more lyrics. :) Here’s Hajar Bichhana, from Fossils 4.

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana.

Song: Hajar Bichhana
Album: Fossils 4

ek hath theke onno haate
shudhu bodlao hajar bichhanaye
kisher shantona khuje berao

kon lojjaye bahu byabohrito
thote hashi rekhecho enke
hariyecho ki niruddeshe, thikana tao

ek hath theke onno haate
shudhu bodlao hajar bichhanaye
kisher shantona khuje berao
kon lojjaye bahu byabohrito
thote hashi rekhecho enke
hariyecho ki niruddeshe, thikana tao

tomake dekhle ekhon kichuta koshto hoy
tomader mithyer duniya ta shudhu sposhto hoy
ebhabei sab sombhabonai jodi noshto hoy
ochirei sesh hobe prithibi tumi ki setai chao?

ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
sesh hobe lok thokanor utsab
ja tumi bhabcho aaj osambhab, kal hobe

sei phele asha phire ashar poth
ar chhure phela kono shopoth
onushochonar ache jege raat, sokal hobe

rong palte nebe girgiti
biplob shudhu vanity
paikari ei karbare, baare baare

oo, dariye ache gypsy’r caravan
jabo, as soon as I can
britha udbhid ghor-baari te raat baare

tomake dekhle ekhon kichuta koshto hoy
tomader mithyer duniya ta shudhu sposhto hoy
ebhabei sab sambhabonai jodi noshto hoy
ochirei sesh hobe prithibi tumi ki setai chao?

ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
(chorus)
ek din sesh hoye jabe sab
(chorus)
 (continues)

The Bangla Band Fossils came out with their new album Fossils 4 recently, and I’ve been listening to it frequently. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the lyrics of some of the songs anywhere online, so I transcribed some of them myself. Here’s one. :)

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana. (Fossils band members, and Rupam Islam in particular—why not launch the album on iTunes? Makes obtaining music easier for people away from the country.)

Song: Khnoro Amar Fossil
Album: Fossils 4

bheshe jacchi ebong
bhije jacchi abar
ek opurbo asambhab-e

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

phire esho sahoshini
othoba duube jao
e-abeger mahotshobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

teere esho sahoshini
othoba duube jao
e abeger mahotshobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

majhe majhe dekhi toke
otite phiri poloke
ar notun kono stoboke
bondi hoy se onubhab

andho hoye jetam jodi
kolpona’r nijossho nodi
andhokar samudre mishe
janato pherata asambhab

khoro amar fossil
onubhutir michil
protikriyashil kono biplobe

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
aajo tumi ki amar

shono tumi ki amar hobe
bolo tumi ki amar
shono tumi ki amar hobe
tumi ki ama-aa-aa-aaaar

jodi e hridoy chhute
sannidhher bidyute
ek bar jodi hote bachar sesh sambhabona
hathchhani dicche je
opomrityur icche je
tor nishthur drishtite kokhono ki ashhash pabona

tui sesh spondon amar
mrityur somon amar
mrityur karon amar
rohosshyer somadhan

koto bikkhoto shira te
tui antoh-peera-te
preme a-protyakkhane
preme ar protyakkhane
aajo tor onusandhan

Continuing with today’s music theme, here’re the lyrics for another number from Fossils 4, the latest album from the bangla band Fossils.

Listen to the album on Saavn or Dhingana.

Song: Mohakaash
Album: Fossils 4

ekhon drishti oboruddho noy
ekhon thanda mohajuddho noy

belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash
belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash

ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore
bokeya joto struggle chukiye amar
ahladi tamadi obokash

sekole bedhechi mohakash

aaj daye bharheen halka mon
okal kushmando din japon
aaj daye bharheen halka mon
okal kushmando din japon

aaj chhatar-matha, matha-mundu-heen prokolper khoj
e-project bhul projection-er, durbeen bonam anubikkhoner
e-uponyash roj guuje guuje mil, shunyotar overdose

tomake niye jete pari jodi hou aalor sowari
jodi khojo notun bari aasman-e
ami bojhate pari aajgubir maane

chailei tui amar sange jabi
shudhu ektai alikhito daabi
rekho mohakasher chabi gopone
cholo amar sange amar free-zone-e

ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore
ekhon amar gotibeg jhorer dusshapno
bhenge diyechi nirjhore

bokeya joto struggle chukiye amar
ahladi tamadi obokash

tai,
belagam prithibi ke dilam chhuti ami
sekole bedhe mohakash

sekole bedhe mohakash
sekole bedhechi mohakash
sekole bedhe mohakash

(chorus continues)

I just wanted to jot down a few points about Matlab programming. Specifically, this is about finding a string within another cell array of strings, where the thing I’m really interested in is the index of the cell array where the reference string occurs. For example, if my reference string is 'Gamma', and my cell array is {'Alpha','Beta','Gamma','Delta'}, then the result of the code should be 3.

Say,

cellArray = {'Alpha','Beta','Gamma','Delta','GammaSquared'};
refString = 'Gamma';

Method 1

This method uses the Matlab function strfind (link).

index = strfind(cellArray,refString);
index = find(~cellfun(@isempty,index));

Result:

index = 
    3   5

This method works great if the idea is to find a substring, i.e. in the case where we are looking for all possible matches. It doesn’t work too well, however, if we’re looking for a specific match.

Method 2

This uses the Matlab function ismember (link).

index = find(ismember(cellArray,refString));

Result:

index = 
    3

Works great if the idea is to find a perfect match. However, let’s also keep tabs on the computation time.

tic; index = find(ismember(cellArray,refString)); toc;

Result:

Elapsed time is 0.001047 seconds.

Method 3

This uses the Matlab function strcmp (link).

index = find(strcmp(cellArray,refString));

Result:

index = 
    3

Same result as in Method 2, but what about computation time?

tic; index = find(strcmp(cellArray,refString)); toc;

Result:

Elapsed time is 0.000025 seconds.

Turns out Method 3 is more than 41 times faster to execute. So we have a winner!

Reference

Stack Overflow: How to search for a string in cell array in MATLAB?