Tagore travelled greatly and was influenced by folk tunes in various parts of the world. In these specific songs he has acknowledged the influence of the bagpiper tunes of Scotland (it actually appears as a footnote in 'Geetobitan' - the collection of his songs).

The song was used very aptly by Satyajit Ray in his adaptation of another of Tagore's novel 'Nashta Neer' - the story is about this lady who comes close to her husband's brother due to the husband's aloofness - humming this song which talks of the mind in a melancholy state flowing with the river ...