Shamsur Rahman - Sample Work

Sample Work

His most famous poem, arguably, is a poem written in 1971 during the liberation war in Bangladesh.

স্বাধীনতা তুমি

স্বাধীনতা তুমি রবি ঠাকুরের অজর কিবতা, অবিনাশী গান
স্বাধীনতা তুমি কাজী নজরুল, ঝাঁকড়া চুলের বাবির দোলানো মহান পুরুষ
সৃষ্টি সুখের উল্লাশে কাঁপা

Shadhinota Tumi

Shadhinota tumi Robi Ţhakurer ôjor kobita, obinashi gan
Shadhinota tumi Kazi Nozrul, jhakŗa chuler babri dolano môhan purush
srishţi-shukher ullashe kãpa ...

Freedom, You

Freedom, you are the immortal poems and songs of Rabindranath
Freedom, you are Kazi Nazrul, the great man with waving unkempt hair,
raptured in your joy of creation ...

the phrase "srishti-sukher ullase" also refers to one of Nazrul's poems "aaj srishti sukher ullase"

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