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{{short description|Revolutionary poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam}}
{{Other uses|Bidrohi (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Nazrul young in 1921.jpg|thumb|266x266px|Young Nazrul in-front of Dalmadal Canon in [[Bishnupur, Bankura]]]]
'''"Bidrohi"''' ({{lang-bn|"বিদ্রোহী"|links=https://www.bongdunia.com/bidrohi-kobita-nazrul-islam/}}, {{lang-en|"The Rebel"}}) is a popular revolutionary [[Bengali poetry|Bengali poem]] and the most famous poem written by [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] in December 1921.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-235540|title=Vignettes of brilliance|date=2012-05-24|access-date=2016-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Huda|first=Mohammad Nurul|title=Flaming Flower: Poets' Response to the Emergence of Bangladesh|year=1986|publisher=[[Bangla Academy]]|location=[[Dhaka]]|page=189|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/A-tribute-to-Bengals-rebel-and-revolution/2013/06/09/article1622959.ece|title=A tribute to Bengal's rebel and revolution|access-date=2016-06-25}}</ref> Originally published in several periodicals, the poem was first collected in 1922 in a volume titled ''[[Agnibeena]]'': the first anthology of Nazrul's poems. Many has seen, in this poem, elements of romanticism, heroism, and love.<ref>{{cite book|last=Langley|first=Winston E.|title=Kazi Nazrul Islam The Voice of Poetry and the Struggle for Human Wholeness |year=2009|publisher=Nazrul Institute|location=Dhaka|oclc=173249071|isbn=984-555-384-2|page=41|chapter=The spirit of rebellion and creation}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gowswami|first=Karunamaya|title=Kazi Nazrul Islam: A Profile|year=1989|publisher=Nazrul Institute|location=[[Dhaka]]|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Chowdhury|first=Kabir|title=Nazrul: An Evaluation|year=1997|publisher=Nazrul Institute|location=Dhaka|page=87|editor=Mohammad N. Huda|chapter=Kazi Nazrul Islam: His Revolt and Love}}</ref> This poem, through which Nazrul celebrated human creative powers, asserted his affirmation of the individual human capacity for heroic action and human unity and solemnly called for rebellion against all forms of oppression (including that of the [[British Raj|British in India]]) elevated him to the status of a national figure.<ref>{{cite book|last=Langley|first=Winston E.|title=Kazi Nazrul Islam The Voice of Poetry and the Struggle for Human Wholeness |year=2009|publisher=Nazrul Institute|location=Dhaka|isbn=984-555-384-2|page=12|chapter=Introduction}}</ref> [[Syed Ali Ahsan]] wrote that the poem was inspired by [[Walt Whitman]]'s "[[Song of Myself]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Ahsan|first=Syed Ali|title=Walt Whitmaner Nirbachita Kabita : A bilingual collection of selected poems by Walt Whitman|year=1987|publisher=[[Bangla Academy]]|location=[[Dhaka]]|page=71|edition=2nd|language=Bengali, English|chapter=English text: Preface}}</ref>

== History ==
Upon returning from the first world war in 1919, Kazi Nazrul Islam started living in Kolkata along with his close friend [[Muzaffar Ahmed (communist)|Muzaffar Ahmed.]] In December 1921, while they were living at Taltala Lane in Kolkata, Nazrul wrote the poem. According to Muzaffar Ahmed, the poem was first published on 6 January 1922 in weekly ''Bijli Magazine.'' Upon its release, the poem gained widespread popularity and some other magazines also published the poem including ''[[The Moslem Bharat]], [[Prabasi|Prabashi]], Modhumati,'' and ''Shadhana magazine.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-05-25|title=‘বিদ্রোহী’ কবিতার আঁতুড়ঘর|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0-80971|access-date=2021-01-31|work=The Daily Star|language=bn}}</ref>

The poem was first collected in October 1922 along with other 11 poems in the book ''Agneebina'' published from Arya Publishing House.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:কাজী নজরুল ও বিদ্রোহী কবিতার সেই বাড়িটি|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/cat/news/bd/114094.details|access-date=2021-01-31|work=Banglanews24.com|language=bn}}</ref>

==Few lines from ''Bidrohi''==
<blockquote>
I am the unutterable grief, 

I am the trembling first touch of the virgin, 
I am the throbbing ten, 
I am the wild fire of the woods, 
I am Hell's mad terrific sea of wrath! 
I ride on the wings of lightning with joy and profundity, 
I scatter misery and fear all around, 
I bring earth-quakes on this world! “(8th stanza)”

==Last stanza==
Weary of struggles, I, the great rebel, 
Shall rest in quiet only when I find 
The sky and the air free of the piteous groans of the oppressed. 
Only when the battle fields are cleared of jingling bloody sabres 
Shall I, weary of struggles, rest in quiet, 
I am the rebel eternal, 
I raise my head beyond this world and
, 
High, ever erect and alone! “(Last stanza)”<ref name="Bidrohi">{{cite web
| last = Kabir
| first = Choudhary
| url = http://www.nazrul.org/nazrul_works/poems_lyrics/kabir_rebel.htm
| title = Rebel
| access-date = 2006-07-08
}}</ref> (''English translation by Kabir Choudhary'')</blockquote>

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=33em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nazrul.org/nazrul_works/poems_lyrics/kabir_rebel.htm Kabir Chowdhury's English translation of ''Bidrohi'']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzsO4Iqo4U Kazi Shabboshachi's Recitation of ''Bidrohi'' on Youtube]

[[Category:Bengali-language poems]]
[[Category:Poems written by Kazi Nazrul Islam]]
[[Category:1921 poems]]

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