Voices of Cecilia Stark, John Lurie, Richard Edson, and Rabindranath Tagore 

Excerpts from a scene in ‘Stranger Than Paradise’ (1984), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch; and from ‘Tabu Mone Rheko’ (Yet Remember Me), written and sung by Rabindranath Tagore, recorded in 1932. English translation of the full poem below

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Aunt Lotte: Who are you?
Bela: Hi
Aunt Lotte: Who’s there?
Bela: It’s me, Bela. You don’t remember me? Bela Molnar – I’m your nephew
Aunt Lotte: No, I don’t see you for about ten years. How can I … thinking of you?
Bela: Are you happy to see me?
Aunt Lotte: I’m very happy to see you
Bela: Yeah?
Aunt Lotte: Who’s that fella?
Bela: This is my friend Eddie
Aunt Lotte: I’m glad to see you
Eddie: Hi
Aunt Lotte: I’m glad to see you. I’m glad to see you two. Come on, you
Bela: Okay
Aunt Lotte: Come on in
Eddie: Thank you, thank you

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Rabindranath Tagore: 

Mone rekho
Oh, tobu mone rekho

Jodi dure jai chole
Tobu mone rekho
Jodi puraton prem dhaka pore jai nabopremajale
Mone rekho
Oh, tobu mone rekho

[…] Aachhi na aachhi

Mone rekho
Oh, tobu mone rekho

Mone rekho
Oh, tobu mone rekho

…

Tobu Mone Rekho (Yet Remember Me)

Yet remember me, if I were to travel far
If old amour were to be covered, in snares of loving new
If I were to be near
But you see me not, like a shade, I remain… or not
Yet remember me
If tears rest on thine eyelid
If play stops in still of honeyed nightfall
Yet remember me
One day when work halts abrupt on an autumn morn – yet remember
If ye remember
In splashed tears, and ye see me not from the corner of thine eye
Yet remember me

Poem by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Written in 1887

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