From Churulia to the World: Kazi Nazrul’s Legacy of Secular Humanism
Kazi Nazrul Islam, our National Poet, was born on May 25, 1899 (11th Jaistha, 1306 Bangla) at the village of Churulia, under Asansol of the Burdwan district in West Bengal.…
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Nazrul’s Reply to Nargis
Jaare Haath Diye Mala Ditey Paaro Nai / Keno Mone Rakho Taare The one you have not adorned with a floral garland / Why hold that onein your inmost memory…
Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Song: Mor Ghumo ghore ele monohar
Kazi Nazrul Islam in 1926 (Chittagong) (Born 24 May, 1899 -- 29 August, 1976) “O my love, my soul, my heart/ in my deep sleep, you came, my love…” You…
Arise! Prisoners of Hunger (Jago Anashana Bandi Otho Re Joto)
(An English translation of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Bengali version of The Internationale from 1927) [Current translation by and copyright © Monish R Chatterjee (2024)] Arise! Ye prisoners of…
My Alibi – A revolutionary’s manifesto
Kazi Nazrul Islam Translation © 2020 Monish Chatterjee [A YouTube recitation by the poet’s son, Kazi Sabyasachi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O10yUEH1XPg I am the poet of now, not of the Nuevo future Call…
Captain, Beware!
Kandari Hoonshiar by Kazi Nazrul Islam Unscalable mounts, impassable deserts, turbulent seas These you must conquer in freedom’s quest in the dead of night Sailors, beware! The surf rises…
The Caste Hooligans – Part II
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) The Caste Hooligans - Part II - ( Jaater Naame Bajjati Shob ) Blinded even in daylight, do you see not How every moment…
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