"O Amar Desher Mati"
Song by Rabindranath Tagore
LanguageBengali
Written1905
GenreRabindra Sangeet
Songwriter(s)Rabindranath Tagore
Composer(s)Indira Devi

"O Amar Desher Mati" (Bengali: ও আমার দেশের মাটি) is a Bengali patriotic song written by Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] It was written against the Partition of Bengal in 1905.[1][3][4][5][2] Indira Debi Chowdhurani provided the notation of the song.[1] This song was included in the book named "Shawdesh". It was composed in Pilu-Baul Raga and Dadra Taal.[6]

Legacy

Old man with beard sitting in a chair in long coat
Rabindranath Tagore, writer of the song.

The song inspired the Bengali fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[7] Bengali revolutionary Krishnagopal Chowdhury sang this song on his way to death sentence given by the British Raj on charges of sedition in 1934.[8] The song was used in the Bengali film Ora Egaro Jon directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam.

Synopsis

The song recounts the narrative of the motherland's role as a nurturing entity towards her people, as well as the lamentable realization of their failure to reciprocate in kind.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Song o amar desher mati | Lyric and History". www.geetabitan.com. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. 1 2 "রবীন্দ্রনাথের সঙ্গীত ও কবিতায় স্বদেশপ্রেম". www.bhorerkagoj.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. ↑ Sen, Krishna (2017). "1910 and the Evolution of Rabindranath Tagore's Vernacular Nationalism". In Tuteja, K. L.; Chakraborty, Kaustav (eds.). Tagore and Nationalism. Springer. p. 42. ISBN 9788132236962.
  4. ↑ Sengupta, Tapati; Roy, Shreela (2007). Contesting Colonialism: Partition and Swadeshi Re-visited. Macmillan India. p. 69. ISBN 9781403931986. Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Silva, Neluka (April 14, 2004). The Gendered Nation: Contemporary Writings from South Asia. SAGE Publications India. p. 139. ISBN 9788132103172. Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Rabindranath Tagore - Songs - স্বদেশ - ও আমার দেশের (o amar desher mati)". www.tagoreweb.in. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. ↑ Ahsan, Syed Badrul (2013-12-01). "1971 and the songs we sang". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  8. ↑ জনকণ্ঠ, দৈনিক. "বিপ্লবীর রিভলবার". দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ || Daily Janakantha. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
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