I am the shy village maiden frightened by her own budding youth.Īnd descriptions of the madness and wonder life brings us face to face with.Īmi apnar tale necha jai, ami mukto jibonanondho. I am the eternal-child, the adolescent of all times,

I am the fleeting glace of the veiled beloved, I am the throbbing tenderness of her first stolen kiss. I am the trembling first touch of the virgin, Throughout the poem, one finds metaphors of love and love-making.Īmi bonchito batha, Pothobashi Chiro griho-hara joto pothiker,Īmi obomaniter morom bedona, bish-jala, Priyo lanchhito bukr goti fer,Īmi obhimani, chiro-khubdho hiyar katorota, batha sunibirhĬhito-chumbono-choro-kompono ami thor-thor-thor Prothom porosh kumarir.Īmi gopon priyar chokito chahoni, Chhol kore dekha onukhonĪmi chopol meyer bhalobasha, tar kakon churhir kon-kon.Īmi joubon-vitu polli balar achor kacholi nichor! Leaving behind the moon, the sun, the planets Say: Ripping apart the wide sky of the universe, Uthiachi chiro bisway ami bishwa-bidhatur! Shir nehari amari notoshir oi shikhor himadrir

In this song of revolution, you find the rebel rooting himself within nature, comparing his rise to a one from the womb of mother earth. He wrote on subjects with a ferocity that is alive years after his death, yet at the same time his metaphors are poignantly romantic as ‘Bidrohi’ shows us. His poetic repertoire includes a vast oeuvre of poems on love and nature.

While known largely in the context of revolution, social mobilization and remembered in times of war and nationalism, Nazrul’s romanticism is often overlooked. Nazrul’s most famous work was a criticism of the British Empire – a poem titled ‘Bidrohi’ (the Rebel). His poem ‘Notuner Gaan’ (the Song of he Youth) is the national marching song – a war song – of Bangladesh. While also a writer of novels and short stories, as well as being a prolific musician, it is his poems that he is best known for. He advocated for religious pluralism – raised as a Muslim, he married a Hindu woman whom he fell in love with to further solidify his fame as the rebel poet. Kazi Nazrul Islam, the National Poet of Bangladesh, is known mostly for his revolutionary poetry and for speaking out against social injustices.

Bidrohi Kobita