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{{short description|Bengali patriotic song}} | {{short description|Bengali patriotic song}} | ||
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{{Infobox anthem | {{Infobox anthem | ||
| title = | | title = {{lang|bn|একুশের গান}} | ||
| english_title = | | transcription = {{translit|bn|Ekusher Gan}} | ||
| english_title = "Song of the Twentyfirst" | |||
| image = Shaheed Minar.JPG | | image = Shaheed Minar.JPG | ||
| caption = [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] of Dhaka | | caption = [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] of Dhaka | ||
| author = [[Abdul Gaffar Choudhury]] | | author = [[Abdul Gaffar Choudhury]] | ||
| composer = [[Altaf Mahmud]] | | composer = [[Altaf Mahmud]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Contains special characters|Bengali}} | {{Contains special characters|Bengali}} | ||
"'''Ekusher | "'''Ekusher Gan'''" ({{langx|bn|একুশের গান}} {{IPA|bn|ˈekuʃeɾ gan|}}; "Song of the Twentyfirst"), more popularly known by its incipit as "'''Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano'''" ({{langx|bn|আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাঙানো|link=no}} {{IPA|bn|ˈamaɾ ˈbʱai̯jeɾ ˈrɔkte ˈraŋano|}}; "My Brothers' Blood Spattered"), is a Bengali [[protest song]] written by [[Abdul Gaffar Choudhury]] to mark the [[Bengali language movement]] in 1952 [[East Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Harun ur Rashid |date=12 November 2004 |title=Ekush |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/11/02/bookr.htm |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine |access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref> It was first published anonymously in the last page of a newspaper with the headline ''Ekusher Gaan'', but was later published in ''Ekushey''{{'}}s February edition. | ||
The song | The song was initially written as a poem in 1952 at the bedside of an injured language movement activist who was shot by the Pakistani military police.<ref>{{Harv|Al Helal|2003|pp=586–89}}</ref> The cultural secretary of the [[Jubo League]] gave the poem to [[Abdul Latif (musician)|Abdul Latif]] to put to a tune, which Latif Atikul Islam first sang. The students of [[Dhaka College]] also sung the song when they attempted to build a [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] on their college premises, getting them expelled from the college. [[Altaf Mahmud]], a renowned composer and a martyr of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], recomposed the song in 1969 using Abdul Latif's version, which is now a quasi-official tune. | ||
The [[ | The song is often recognized as the most influential song of the language movement, reminding numerous Bangladeshis about the conflicts of 1952. Every [[International Mother Language Day|21 February]] sees people from all parts of the [[Bangladesh]] heading to the Shaheed Minar in the ''probhat feri'', a barefoot march to the monument, paying homage to those killed in the language movement demonstrations by singing this song. It is regarded by the listeners of [[BBC]] Bengali Service as the third best song in [[Bengali language|Bengali]].{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
{| | {| class=৪ | ||
![[Bengali language|Bengali]] original | |||
![[Bengali | ![[Romanisation of Bengali]] | ||
! | !English translation by [[Kabir Chowdhury]]<ref>Glassie, Henry and Mahmud, Feroz. 2008. Living Traditions. Cultural Survey of Bangladesh Series-II. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Dhaka. pp. 578–579</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ekusher-gaan-13430 |title=Ekusher Gaan |date=2014-02-28 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-29 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
!English translation<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ekusher-gaan-13430|title=Ekusher Gaan|date=2014-02-28|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-29|language=en}}</ref> | |- style="valign:top; white-space:nowrap;" | ||
|- | |<poem>{{lang|bn|আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাঙানো একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি | ||
|<poem>{{lang|bn| | |||
আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি | আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি | ||
ছেলেহারা শত মায়ের অশ্রু গড়ায়ে ফেব্রুয়ারি | ছেলেহারা শত মায়ের অশ্রু গড়ায়ে ফেব্রুয়ারি | ||
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আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি।। | আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি।। | ||
জাগো নাগিনীরা জাগো নাগিনীরা জাগো কালবোশেখীরা | |||
শিশু হত্যার বিক্ষোভে আজ কাঁপুক বসুন্ধরা, | শিশু হত্যার বিক্ষোভে আজ কাঁপুক বসুন্ধরা, | ||
দেশের সোনার ছেলে খুন করে রোখে মানুষের দাবী | দেশের সোনার ছেলে খুন করে রোখে মানুষের দাবী | ||
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একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি। | একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি। | ||
সেদিনও এমনি নীল গগনের বসনে শীতের শেষে | |||
রাত জাগা চাঁদ চুমো খেয়েছিল হেসে; | রাত জাগা চাঁদ চুমো খেয়েছিল হেসে; | ||
পথে পথে ফোটে রজনীগন্ধা অলকনন্দা যেন, | পথে পথে ফোটে রজনীগন্ধা অলকনন্দা যেন, | ||
এমন সময় ঝড় এলো এক খ্যাপা বুনো।। | এমন সময় ঝড় এলো এক খ্যাপা বুনো।। | ||
সেই আঁধারের পশুদের মুখ চেনা, | |||
তাহাদের তরে মায়ের, বোনের, ভায়ের চরম ঘৃণা | তাহাদের তরে মায়ের, বোনের, ভায়ের চরম ঘৃণা | ||
ওরা গুলি ছোঁড়ে এদেশের প্রাণে দেশের দাবীকে রোখে | ওরা গুলি ছোঁড়ে এদেশের প্রাণে দেশের দাবীকে রোখে | ||
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একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।। | একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।। | ||
তুমি আজ জাগো তুমি আজ জাগো একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি | |||
আজো জালিমের কারাগারে মরে বীর ছেলে বীর নারী | আজো জালিমের কারাগারে মরে বীর ছেলে বীর নারী | ||
আমার শহীদ ভায়ের আত্মা ডাকে | আমার শহীদ ভায়ের আত্মা ডাকে | ||
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দারুণ ক্রোধের আগুনে আবার জ্বালবো ফেব্রুয়ারি | দারুণ ক্রোধের আগুনে আবার জ্বালবো ফেব্রুয়ারি | ||
একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।।}}</poem> | একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।।}}</poem> | ||
|<poem>{{translit|bn|Amar bhaiyer rokte rangano ekushe Februari | |||
Ami ki bhulite pari | |||
Chelehara shat mayer oshru goraye Februari | |||
Ami ki bhulite pari | |||
Amar shonar desher rokte rangano Februari | |||
Ami ki bhulite pari | |||
Jago naginira jago naginira jago kalboshekhira | |||
Shishu hottar bikkhobhe aj kãpuk boshundhora, | |||
Desher shonar chele khun kore rokhe manusher dabi | |||
Din bodoler krantilogne tobu tora par pabi? | |||
Na, na, na, na khun ranga itihashe shesh ray dewa taroi | |||
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari. | |||
Shedino emoni nil gogoner boshone shiter sheshe | |||
Rat jaga cãd cumo kheyechil heshe; | |||
Pothe pothe phote Rajanigandha oloknonda jen, | |||
Emon shomoy jhoṛ elo ek khaepa buno. | |||
Sei ãdharer poshuder mukh cena, | |||
Tahader tore mayer, boner, bhayer corom ghrina | |||
Ora gulo chõre edesher prane desher dabike rokhe | |||
Oder ghrinno podaghat ei shara Banglar buke | |||
Ora edesher noy, | |||
Ekushe Februari | Desher bhaggo ora kore bikroy | ||
Ora manusher onno, bostro, shanti niyeche kari | |||
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari. | |||
Tumi aj jago tumi aj jago ekushe Februari | |||
Ajo jalimer karagare more bir chele, bir nari | |||
Amar shohid bhayer atta dake | |||
Jago manusher supto shokti haṭe maṭhe ghaṭe baṭe | |||
Darun krodher agune abar jalbo Februari | |||
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari.|italic=no}}</poem> | |||
|<poem>My brothers' blood spattered on the twentyfirst of February | |||
Can I forget the twentyfirst of February | |||
Ajo | |||
Amar | |||
Jago | |||
Darun | |||
Ekushe Februari | |||
|<poem> | |||
Can I forget the | |||
incarnadined by the love of my brother? | incarnadined by the love of my brother? | ||
The | The twentyfirst of February, built by the tears | ||
of a hundred mothers robbed of their sons, | |||
Can I ever forget it? | |||
Wake up all serpents, all summer thunderstorms, | |||
Let the whole world rise up in anger and protest against the massacre of innocent children. | |||
They tried to crush the demand of the people by murdering the golden sons of the land. | |||
Can they get away with it at this hour when the times are poised for a radical change? | |||
No, no, no, no, in the history reddened by blood | |||
The final verdict has been given already by the twentyfirst of February. | |||
It was a smooth and pleasant night with the winter nearly gone, | |||
and the moon smiling in the blue sky, | |||
with the winter gone | |||
and the moon smiling in the blue sky | |||
and lovely fragrant flowers blossoming on the roadside, | and lovely fragrant flowers blossoming on the roadside, | ||
and all of a sudden rose a storm | and all of a sudden rose a storm. | ||
Fierce like a wild horde of savage beasts, even in the darkness we know who those beasts were. | |||
On them we shower the bitterest hatred of all mothers, brothers and sisters. | |||
On them we shower the bitterest hatred | |||
of all mothers brothers and sisters. | |||
They fired at the soul of this land, | They fired at the soul of this land, | ||
They tried to silence the demand of the people, | They tried to silence the demand of the people, | ||
They kicked at the bosom of Bengal | They kicked at the bosom of Bengal, they did not belong to this country. | ||
They wanted to sell away her good fortune. | They wanted to sell away her good fortune. | ||
They robbed the people of food, clothing and peace. | They robbed the people of food, clothing and peace. | ||
On them we shower our bitterest hatred. | On them we shower our bitterest hatred. | ||
Awaken today, the twentyfirst of February. | |||
Our heroic boys and girls still languish in the prisons of the tyrant. | Our heroic boys and girls still languish in the prisons of the tyrant. | ||
The souls of my martyred brothers still cry. | The souls of my martyred brothers still cry. | ||
But today everywhere the somnolent strength | But today everywhere the somnolent strength of the people have begun to stir, | ||
And we shall set February ablaze by the flame of our fierce anger. | |||
How can I ever forget the twentyfirst of February?</poem> | |||
by the flame of our fierce anger. | |||
How can I ever forget the | |||
|} | |} | ||
== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{Citation | * {{Citation |surname1=Al Helal |given1=B |author-link=Bashir Al Helal |year=2003 |title=Bhasha Andoloner Itihas (History of the Language Movement) |publisher=[[Agamee Prakashani]], Dhaka |isbn=984-401-523-5 |language=}} | ||
}} | |||
{{Language Movement}} | {{Language Movement}} | ||
[[Category:Bengali-language literature]] | [[Category:Bengali-language literature]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Music of Bangladesh]] | ||
[[Category:Bangladeshi patriotic songs]] | [[Category:Bangladeshi patriotic songs]] | ||
[[Category:Bangladeshi songs]] | [[Category:Bangladeshi songs]] | ||
[[Category:Bengali | [[Category:Songs in Bengali]] | ||
[[Category:Bengali language movement]] | [[Category:Works about the Bengali language movement]] | ||
[[Category:Songs about language]] | [[Category:Songs about language]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1952 in East Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:Bangladeshi anthems]] | |||
[[Category:Protest songs]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:19, 12 February 2026
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| English: "Song of the Twentyfirst" | |
|---|---|
| একুশের গান | |
Shaheed Minar of Dhaka | |
| Lyrics | Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, 1952 |
| Music | Altaf Mahmud, 1969 |
"Ekusher Gan" (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. bn; "Song of the Twentyfirst"), more popularly known by its incipit as "Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano" (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. bn; "My Brothers' Blood Spattered"), is a Bengali protest song written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali language movement in 1952 East Bengal.[1] It was first published anonymously in the last page of a newspaper with the headline Ekusher Gaan, but was later published in Ekushey's February edition.
The song was initially written as a poem in 1952 at the bedside of an injured language movement activist who was shot by the Pakistani military police.[2] The cultural secretary of the Jubo League gave the poem to Abdul Latif to put to a tune, which Latif Atikul Islam first sang. The students of Dhaka College also sung the song when they attempted to build a Shaheed Minar on their college premises, getting them expelled from the college. Altaf Mahmud, a renowned composer and a martyr of the Bangladesh Liberation War, recomposed the song in 1969 using Abdul Latif's version, which is now a quasi-official tune.
The song is often recognized as the most influential song of the language movement, reminding numerous Bangladeshis about the conflicts of 1952. Every 21 February sees people from all parts of the Bangladesh heading to the Shaheed Minar in the probhat feri, a barefoot march to the monument, paying homage to those killed in the language movement demonstrations by singing this song. It is regarded by the listeners of BBC Bengali Service as the third best song in Bengali.[citation needed]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
| Bengali original | Romanisation of Bengali | English translation by Kabir Chowdhury[3][4] |
|---|---|---|
আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাঙানো একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি |
My brothers' blood spattered on the twentyfirst of February |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Harun ur Rashid (12 November 2004). "Ekush". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ↑ (Al Helal 2003, pp. 586–89)
- ↑ Glassie, Henry and Mahmud, Feroz. 2008. Living Traditions. Cultural Survey of Bangladesh Series-II. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Dhaka. pp. 578–579
- ↑ "Ekusher Gaan". The Daily Star. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Al Helal, B (2003), Bhasha Andoloner Itihas (History of the Language Movement), Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka, ISBN 984-401-523-5