Bidrohi (poem)
| Bidrohi | |
|---|---|
| by Kazi Nazrul Islam | |
First edition cover of the book Agnibeena (1922), where the poem was first published. | |
| Original title | বিদ্রোহী |
| Written | December 1921 |
| First published in | 6 January 1922 |
| Country | British India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject(s) | Rebellion, protest |
| Genre(s) | Rebel Poetry |
| Publisher | Bijli |
| Lines | 139 |
"Bidrohi" (Bengali: "বিদ্রোহী"; English: "The Rebel") is a popular revolutionary Bengali poem and the most famous poem written by Kazi Nazrul Islam in December 1921. Originally published in several periodicals, the poem was first collected in October 1922 in a volume titled Agnibeena: the first anthology of Nazrul's poems. Many have seen, in this poem, elements of romanticism, heroism, and love. Syed Ali Ahsan wrote that the poem was inspired by Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself".