Ekbar biday de Ma ghure ashi

"Ekbar Biday De Maa Ghure Ashi"
Song by Several artists
Genre	Patriotic
Writer	Pitambar Das
Composer	Pitambar Das
Language	Bengali

Ekbar biday de Ma ghure ashi (Bengali: একবার বিদায় দে মা ঘুরে আসি, English: "Bid me goodbye Mother") is a Bengali patriotic song written by Pitambar Das.^[1] This song was composed in honour of Khudiram Bose.^[2][3][4] This song is still very popular in West Bengal(India), Khudiram Bose is highly revered as a hero in India particularly West Bengal.

Background

Khudiram Bose was the first Bengali warrior rebel who was hanged by British Government. Khudiram took part in armed revolution against the British Raj was sentenced to death and hanged on 11 August 1908.^[5] At that time he was only 18 years old. The song was written on the occasion Khudiram's death. It was celebrated farewell song by Khudiram. Entire Bengali nation shed tears over this song.^[6]

Theme

The song written when young Khudiram was hanged to death. In the song, (in first person narrative), Khudiram is asking his mother to bid him goodbye (since he is going to die). The song goes on– "Let me wear the noose round my neck with pleasure. I'll come back in due time. Let the world be witness."^[6]

Lyrics

Bengali script	Bengali phonemic transcription	English translation
একবার বিদায় দে মা ঘুরে আসি। হাসি হাসি পরব ফাঁসি দেখবে ভারতবাসী। কলের বোমা তৈরি করে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিলেম রাস্তার ধারে মাগো, বড়লাটকে মারতে গিয়ে মারলাম আরেক ইংলন্ডবাসী। হাতে যদি থাকতো ছোরা তোর ক্ষুদি কি পড়তো ধরা মাগো রক্ত-মাংসে এক করিতাম দেখতো জগতবাসী শনিবার বেলা দশটার পরে জজকোর্টেতে লোক না ধরে মাগো হল অভিরামের দ্বীপ চালান মা ক্ষুদিরামের ফাঁসি বারো লক্ষ তেত্রিশ কোটি রইলো মা তোর বেটা বেটি মাগো তাদের নিয়ে ঘর করিস মা ওদের করিস দাসী দশ মাস দশদিন পরে জন্ম নেব মাসির ঘরে মাগো তখন যদি না চিনতে পারিস দেখবি গলায় ফাঁসি।	Ekbaar biday de ma ghure ashi Hasi hasi porbo phnashi dekhbe bharatbasi Koler boma toiri kore Dnariye chhilam rastar dhare Ma go Borolatke marte giye Marlam aarek Englandbashi Haate jodi thakto chhora Tor Khudi ki porto dhora Rokte-mangshe ek koritam Dekhto jagatbashi Shonibaar bela doshtar pore Judgecourtete lok na dhore Ma go Holo Abhiram-er dwip chalan Ma Khudiram-er phnashi Baro lokkho tetris koti Roilo Ma tor beta beti tader niye ghor koris Ma Oder koris dasi Dosh mash dosh din pore Jonmo nebo mashir ghore Ma go Tokhon jodi na chinte paris Dekhbi golay phnashi	Mother bid me farewell once, I will be back soon. Whole of India will watch me While I wear the noose smiling With me I had a bomb I'd made Waiting by the roadside O Mother I went to kill the Governor But killed some other poor Englander Had I had a dagger on me You think they could have caught me? Would have made a blood bath And the world would have watched how to fight On Saturday morning after 10AM The Judge Court Road will be packed with people O Mother Abhiram was deported to an island, Khudiram will hang by the neck A million and nigh another quarter Is the number of sons and daughters you will still have left O Mother Build your family around them You can make slaves out of them 10 months and 10 days from now I shall be born to my maternal aunt O Mother If you don’t recognize me Look for the noose around my neck.

References

1. "Biplobi Khudiram Basu". Retrieved 26 June 2012.
2. Aurobindo Mazumdar (1 January 2007). Vande Mataram And Islam. Mittal Publications. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-81-8324-159-5. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
3. West Bengal (India). Information & Cultural Affairs Dept (1987). India's struggle for freedom: an album. Dept. of Information & Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal. p. 71. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
4. Probal Dasgupta (1993). The otherness of English: India's auntie tongue syndrome. Newbury Park. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-0-8039-9456-0. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
5. Sarmila Bose (2011). Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War. Columbia University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-231-70164-8. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
6. Sunil Gangopadhyaya (1 January 2004). East-West. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 350–. ISBN 978-81-260-1895-6. Retrieved 26 June 2012.