Ramprasadi

Genre of Bengali song composed by Ramprasad Sen

Ramprasadi
Native name	রামপ্রসাদী
Etymology	songs and music composed by Ramprasad Sen
Stylistic origins	Bengali folk song, Shyama Sangeet, Kirtan
Regional scenes
India, West Bengal, Tripura, and Bangladesh

Ramprasadi (Bengali: রামপ্রসাদী) is the songs composed by eighteenth century Bengali saint-poet Ramprasad Sen. They are usually addressed to Hindu goddess Kali and written in Bengali language.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Influence

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Ramprasad Sen was the first shakta poet to address Kali with such as intimate devotion and to sing of her as a tender loving mother or even as a little girl. He is credited with creating a new compositional form that combined the Bengali folk style of Baul music with classical melodies and kirtan. After him, a school of shakta poets continued the Kali-bhakti tradition. Krishna Chandra Roy, Siraj ud-Daulah, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam were immensely inspired by the songs of Ramprasad.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Many of his songs were sung by famous Shyama sangeet singers like Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Pannalal Bhattacharya and Anup Ghoshal.

Incomplete list of songs

De maa amay tabildari
Abhay pade pran sanpechi
Mon re krishi kaaj jana na
Mon keno mayer charanchara
Dakre mon kali bole
Aamar antore anandamayee
Abhay charan sab lotale
Apar sangsar nahi parapar
Annapurnar dhanya kashi
Asakale jaba kotha
Aamar kapal go tara
Ami eto doshi kishe
Emon din ki hobe maa tara
Patitapabani tara
Maa aamar baro bhay hoyeche
Naam bhrama bateshwar
kemon kare charaye jaba
Rasane, kali nam ratare
Maa aamar khelan halo
Akalanka shashimukhi, sudhapane sada sukhi
Aami tei tarutale base
Aaj subhanishi pohailo tomar
Amay ki dhon dibi tor ki dhon ache
Amay choyo naa re shamon aamar jat giyache
Aamar sanad dheke jare
Ami oi khede khed kori
Ar kaaj ki aamar kashi?
Chi mon tui bisoybhola
Ar bholale bhulba naa go
Kemon kare tarabe tara
Kaligun geye bagal bajaye
Ke hare hridmajhe bihare
Mukta karo ma muktakeshi
Chi-chi monbhramara dili
Sura paan karine aami
Tilek dhara ore saman

baji^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "রামপ্রসাদের গলায় শ্যামাসংগীত শুনে কেঁদে ফেললেন বাংলার নবাব সিরাজ". nilkantho.in. 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
^ ^a ^b "রামপ্রসাদের ভিটেয় কালীর কদর যেমন, সাধককবির আদরও ততটাই!". Ei Samay (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
^ ^a ^b Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal, Ramprasad Sen, Translated by Rachel Fell McDermott (ISBN 0-19-513434-6)
^ ^a ^b History of Bengali Literature, Dr. Dulal Chakraborty, July - 2007, Bani Bitan. (Bengali)
^ "রামপ্রসাদের গানের তালিকা". onushilon.org. Retrieved 2022-08-19.