Pralayollas
English: The Ecstasy of Destruction | |
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Pralayollas প্রলয়োল্লাস | |
Kazi Nazrul Islam, composer of the song | |
Lyrics | Kazi Nazrul Islam, 1921 |
Music | Kazi Nazrul Islam, 1921 |
Pralayollas (Bengali: প্রলয়োল্লাস, romanized: Pralaẏōllāsa, The Ecstasy of Destruction or Destructive Euphoria), also known after its first line as Tora sab jayadbhani kar, is a popular revolutionary Bengali song set to Dadra Tala, whose lyrics and tune were written by national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in 1921.[1] It was the first revolutionary Bengali poem collected in early 1922 in a volume titled Agnibeena: the first anthology of Nazrul's poems.[2][3][4][5]
Lyrics
Bengali | Transliteration | English translation |
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তোরা সব জয়ধ্বনী কর! | Tora sob Joyodhoni kor! | All of you cheer Joy! |
References
- ^ Huda, Mohammad Nurul (1986). Flaming Flower: Poets' Response to the Emergence of Bangladesh (1st ed.). Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 189.
- ^ Langley, Winston E. (2009). "Introduction". Kazi Nazrul Islam The Voice of Poetry and the Struggle for Human Wholeness. Dhaka: Nazrul Institute. p. 12. ISBN 984-555-384-2.
- ^ Culturopedia.com. "Kazi Nazrul Islam". www.culturopedia.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Kazi Nazrul Islam: The Rebel Poet | IndiaFacts". IndiaFacts. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "The rebel poet". The Daily Star. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
External links
- Kabir Chowdhury's English translation of Pralayollas