[4] Upon returning from the first world war in 1919, Kazi Nazrul Islam started living in Kolkata along with his close friend Muzaffar Ahmed.

[2][3] I am the unutterable grief, I am the trembling first touch of the virgin, I am the throbbing ten, I am the wild fire of the woods, I am Hell's mad terrific sea of wrath!

“(8th stanza)” Weary of struggles, I, the great rebel, Shall rest in quiet only when I find The sky and the air free of the piteous groans of the oppressed.

Only when the battle fields are cleared of jingling bloody sabres Shall I, weary of struggles, rest in quiet, I am the rebel eternal, I raise my head beyond this world and ,

“(Last stanza)”[10] (English translation by Kabir Choudhary)This poem is directly referenced by the 1995 song Rebel Warrior by Asian Dub Foundation.