Ghumaite Dao Shranto Robire | |
Cover: | Kazi Nazrul Islam, circa 1940.jpg |
Caption: | Kazi Nazrul Islam, composer of the song |
Type: | song |
Artist: | Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ela Mitra, Sunil Gosh |
Language: | Bengali |
Written: | 7 August 1941 |
Published: | 7 August 1941 |
Studio: | His Master's Voice (HMV) |
Genre: | Nazrul Geeti |
Composer: | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
Lyricist: | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
"Ghumaite Dao Shranto Robire" ("Let the Tired Sun Sleep") is a memorial song composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam.[1] On 22nd Shravan of Bengali 1348 (7 August 1941 AD), poet Nazrul composed the poem 'Ravihara' and the said music on the death anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore.[2] He then recorded his vocals at His Master's Voice Studios (HMV) with fellow artists Ela Mitra and Sunil Ghosh, which was broadcast live across India from the 'Akashvani' at Garstin Place.[3] [4]