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(19)
A SONG OF RAM-PERSHAD.
Ram Pershad Sen, the author of this song, was born in
a village named Kumdrhatta, near Hallishahar. He had a
fair knowledge of Sanskrit and Persian, and had, from a very
early age, a predilection for composing spiritual songs. He
was not a clever musician nor had he a good voice, but the
pathos which he threw into his compositions, together with the
peculiar character of the music to which he set them, has
rendered his songs exceedingly popular. He was a devout
follower of KdU, in whose praise he had composed a large
number of songs,full of simple and beautiful rhetoric, which have,
even to this day, continued to be looked upon as great favorites,
especially by men of a religious turn of mind. These songs are
frequently sung by the street-beggars who manage to make much
of these hackneyed yet ever-fresh compositions. Rajah Krisna
Chunder Roy of Krisnaghur (who was contemporary to Nawab
Sheraj-u-dowllah), liked Ram Pershad very much and is said to
have given him the literary title " Kabi-ranjana."
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(19)
A SONG OF RAM-PERSHAD.
Ram Pershad Sen, the author of this song, was born in
a village named Kumdrhatta, near Hallishahar. He had a
fair knowledge of Sanskrit and Persian, and had, from a very
early age, a predilection for composing spiritual songs. He
was not a clever musician nor had he a good voice, but the
pathos which he threw into his compositions, together with the
peculiar character of the music to which he set them, has
rendered his songs exceedingly popular. He was a devout
follower of KdU, in whose praise he had composed a large
number of songs,full of simple and beautiful rhetoric, which have,
even to this day, continued to be looked upon as great favorites,
especially by men of a religious turn of mind. These songs are
frequently sung by the street-beggars who manage to make much
of these hackneyed yet ever-fresh compositions. Rajah Krisna
Chunder Roy of Krisnaghur (who was contemporary to Nawab
Sheraj-u-dowllah), liked Ram Pershad very much and is said to
have given him the literary title " Kabi-ranjana."
(>*)
TfW f^T? ^ I fast* ?IT> C*M ^^^r 1
^rtwHt^ ^tf¥ fra, ^tf^s ^rtf^ ^?*3[p>; ^ti w