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{{Infobox anthem<br />
| title = {{lang|bn|একুশের গান}}<br />
| transcription = {{translit|bn|Ekusher Gan}}<br />
| english_title = "Song of the Twentyfirst"<br />
| image = Shaheed Minar.JPG<br />
| caption = [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] of Dhaka<br />
| author = [[Abdul Gaffar Choudhury]]<br />
| composer = [[Altaf Mahmud]]<br />
| lyrics_date = 1952<br />
| music_date = 1969<br />
}}<br />
{{Contains special characters|Bengali}}<br />
"'''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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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}}<br />
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==Lyrics==<br />
{| class=৪<br />
![[Bengali language|Bengali]] original<br />
![[Romanisation of Bengali]]<br />
!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><br />
|- style="valign:top; white-space:nowrap;"<br />
|<poem>{{lang|bn|আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাঙানো একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি<br />
আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি<br />
ছেলেহারা শত মায়ের অশ্রু গড়ায়ে ফেব্রুয়ারি<br />
আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি<br />
আমার সোনার দেশের রক্তে রাঙানো ফেব্রুয়ারি<br />
আমি কি ভুলিতে পারি।।<br />
<br />
জাগো নাগিনীরা জাগো নাগিনীরা জাগো কালবোশেখীরা<br />
শিশু হত্যার বিক্ষোভে আজ কাঁপুক বসুন্ধরা,<br />
দেশের সোনার ছেলে খুন করে রোখে মানুষের দাবী<br />
দিন বদলের ক্রান্তিলগ্নে তবু তোরা পার পাবি?<br />
না, না, না, না খুন রাঙা ইতিহাসে শেষ রায় দেওয়া তারই<br />
একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।<br />
<br />
সেদিনও এমনি নীল গগনের বসনে শীতের শেষে<br />
রাত জাগা চাঁদ চুমো খেয়েছিল হেসে;<br />
পথে পথে ফোটে রজনীগন্ধা অলকনন্দা যেন,<br />
এমন সময় ঝড় এলো এক খ্যাপা বুনো।।<br />
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সেই আঁধারের পশুদের মুখ চেনা,<br />
তাহাদের তরে মায়ের, বোনের, ভায়ের চরম ঘৃণা<br />
ওরা গুলি ছোঁড়ে এদেশের প্রাণে দেশের দাবীকে রোখে<br />
ওদের ঘৃণ্য পদাঘাত এই সারা বাংলার বুকে<br />
ওরা এদেশের নয়,<br />
দেশের ভাগ্য ওরা করে বিক্রয়<br />
ওরা মানুষের অন্ন, বস্ত্র, শান্তি নিয়েছে কাড়ি<br />
একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।।<br />
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তুমি আজ জাগো তুমি আজ জাগো একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি<br />
আজো জালিমের কারাগারে মরে বীর ছেলে বীর নারী<br />
আমার শহীদ ভায়ের আত্মা ডাকে<br />
জাগো মানুষের সুপ্ত শক্তি হাটে মাঠে ঘাটে বাটে<br />
দারুণ ক্রোধের আগুনে আবার জ্বালবো ফেব্রুয়ারি<br />
একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি।।}}</poem><br />
|<poem>{{translit|bn|Amar bhaiyer rokte rangano ekushe Februari<br />
Ami ki bhulite pari<br />
Chelehara shat mayer oshru goraye Februari<br />
Ami ki bhulite pari<br />
Amar shonar desher rokte rangano Februari<br />
Ami ki bhulite pari<br />
<br />
Jago naginira jago naginira jago kalboshekhira<br />
Shishu hottar bikkhobhe aj kãpuk boshundhora,<br />
Desher shonar chele khun kore rokhe manusher dabi<br />
Din bodoler krantilogne tobu tora par pabi?<br />
Na, na, na, na khun ranga itihashe shesh ray dewa taroi<br />
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari.<br />
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Shedino emoni nil gogoner boshone shiter sheshe<br />
Rat jaga cãd cumo kheyechil heshe;<br />
Pothe pothe phote Rajanigandha oloknonda jen,<br />
Emon shomoy jhoṛ elo ek khaepa buno.<br />
<br />
Sei ãdharer poshuder mukh cena,<br />
Tahader tore mayer, boner, bhayer corom ghrina<br />
Ora gulo chõre edesher prane desher dabike rokhe<br />
Oder ghrinno podaghat ei shara Banglar buke<br />
Ora edesher noy,<br />
Desher bhaggo ora kore bikroy<br />
Ora manusher onno, bostro, shanti niyeche kari<br />
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari.<br />
<br />
Tumi aj jago tumi aj jago ekushe Februari<br />
Ajo jalimer karagare more bir chele, bir nari<br />
Amar shohid bhayer atta dake<br />
Jago manusher supto shokti haṭe maṭhe ghaṭe baṭe<br />
Darun krodher agune abar jalbo Februari<br />
Ekushe Februari, ekushe Februari.|italic=no}}</poem><br />
|<poem>My brothers' blood spattered on the twentyfirst of February<br />
Can I forget the twentyfirst of February<br />
incarnadined by the love of my brother?<br />
The twentyfirst of February, built by the tears<br />
of a hundred mothers robbed of their sons,<br />
Can I ever forget it?<br />
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Wake up all serpents, all summer thunderstorms,<br />
Let the whole world rise up in anger and protest against the massacre of innocent children.<br />
They tried to crush the demand of the people by murdering the golden sons of the land.<br />
Can they get away with it at this hour when the times are poised for a radical change?<br />
No, no, no, no, in the history reddened by blood<br />
The final verdict has been given already by the twentyfirst of February.<br />
<br />
It was a smooth and pleasant night with the winter nearly gone,<br />
and the moon smiling in the blue sky,<br />
and lovely fragrant flowers blossoming on the roadside,<br />
and all of a sudden rose a storm.<br />
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Fierce like a wild horde of savage beasts, even in the darkness we know who those beasts were.<br />
On them we shower the bitterest hatred of all mothers, brothers and sisters.<br />
They fired at the soul of this land,<br />
They tried to silence the demand of the people,<br />
They kicked at the bosom of Bengal, they did not belong to this country.<br />
They wanted to sell away her good fortune.<br />
They robbed the people of food, clothing and peace.<br />
On them we shower our bitterest hatred.<br />
<br />
Awaken today, the twentyfirst of February.<br />
Our heroic boys and girls still languish in the prisons of the tyrant.<br />
The souls of my martyred brothers still cry.<br />
But today everywhere the somnolent strength of the people have begun to stir,<br />
And we shall set February ablaze by the flame of our fierce anger.<br />
How can I ever forget the twentyfirst of February?</poem><br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{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=}}<br />
{{Language Movement}}<br />
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