"Tribhubôner Priyô Muhammad"
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Song by Abbasuddin Ahmed
WrittenKazi Nazrul Islam
Published1935
Released1935
Recorded1935
GenreNazrul Geeti, Ghazal
Songwriter(s)Kazi Nazrul Islam
Composer(s)Kazi Nazrul Islam
Lyricist(s)Kazi Nazrul Islam
Music video
"Tribhubôner Priyô Muhammad" by Kalarab on YouTube

"Tribhubôner Priyô Muhammad"[1][2] (Bengali: ত্রিভুবনের প্রিয় মুহাম্মদ, lit. 'Muhammad, the beloved of tri-dimension') is a nasheed or ghazal composed by the Kazi Nazrul Islam, celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The ghazal was composed in 1935, in the melody of "Kâtibim", a traditional Turkish folk music.[3][4] Nazrul's first song in the melody of Kâtibim was "Shukno Patar Nupur Paye", which was recorded by Harimati Devi in 1933. Two years later, in 1935, Tribhuvaner Priya Muhammad, in the same melody came out, featuring the voice of Nazrul's disciple and connoisseur Abbasuddin Ahmed.[4]

Background of the melody

The melody of Tribhubôner Priyô Muhammad was considered to be inspired from Arabic folk music once. According to the researcher Asadul Haque in his article titled "Successful application of Arabic melody in Bengali songs by composer Nazrul" (সঙ্গীতজ্ঞ নজরুলের বাংলা গানে আরবি সুরের সুষ্ঠু প্রয়োগ) in published the Dainik Ittefaq, he heard the same melody of a Turkish song while staying at Ankara, Turkey In 1965.[4] He became doubted about the claimed Arabic origin of that melody and went out for research.[4] When he went to Syria in an official trip, he asked a local old person who replied that it was "a thousand-year-old melody" of the Syrian song "Ya Banat Iskandaria" (Arabic: يا بنات اسكندريّة) meaning "Oh Girls of Alexandria",[5] the Turkish version of which is known as 'Kâtibim'. The song is about a girl and her clerk while visiting Üsküdar.[4]

No clear reference exists about source where Nazrul got the melody of this nasheed or from whom he learned it. Some researchers believe that Nazrul got the melody of Kâtibim from the soldiers of the Bengal Regiment, who were sent to Iraq for training against the German forces in 1914 at the beginning of the World War I.[6]

Lyrics

References

  1. ↑ banglaislamigaan (2011-02-27), Tri-vuboner prio Muhammad. naat-e-rasul nat islami gajal nazrul songit bangla islami gaan, retrieved 2016-09-22
  2. ↑ Priyo Muhammad, Tri Vuboner (August 24, 2022). "Tri Vuboner Priyo Muhammad". Sur Onuragi. SurOnuragi. Retrieved August 24, 2022. Tri-vuboner priyo Muhammad
  3. ↑ Deshkal, Shampratik. "নজরুলের ইসলামী সংগীত সৃষ্টির নেপথ্য ইতিহাস" [Background of Nazrul's creation of Islamic music]. Shampratik Deshkal (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "নজরুলের গান, ত্রিভুবনের সুর" [Nazrul's song, the melody of three dimensions]. www.anandabazar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  5. ↑ Tesha Teshanovic (2010-05-17), Mohammed El-Bakkar - Banat Iskandaria, retrieved 2018-03-09
  6. ↑ "কবি নজরুলের সৈনিক জীবন" [Soldier life of Poet Nazrul]. Chandpur Times (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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