Vande Mataram "mātár-" (Sanskrit), "méter" (Greek), "mâter" (Latin) which mean "mother". The first two verses of "Vande Mataram" adopted as the "National Song" read as follows: The complete original lyrics of the "Vande Mataram" is available at . The first translation of Bankim Chandra Chatterji's novel "Anandamath", including the poem "Vande Mataram", into English was by Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta, with the fifth edition published in 1906 titled "The Abbey of Bliss". Here is the translation in prose of the above two stanzas rendered by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. This has also been adopted by the Government of India's national portal. The original "Vande
I Exalt Thee I Exalt Thee I Exalt Thee is a 1983 album by trumpeter and singer Phil Driscoll. It was released in 1983 on LP by Sparrow Records. The album was released on cassette in 1988. In addition to its regular CD release, in 1998 Driscoll re-performed and re-recorded the album under his own label, adding another track "I Will Bless the Lord", with the title "I Exalt Thee: 1998". The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Gospel Performance. It also garnered Driscoll the 1984 GMA Dove Award for Instrumentalist of the Year, and the album was nominated for the