Ashura and Baishe Srabon Today, 8th August 2022, is coincidentally both Ashura ( ุนَุงุดُูุฑَุงุก สฟ ฤshลซrฤสพ ) – the 10th of the Islamic month of Muharram, a day of mourning for many Muslims (especially those of the Shia denomination) – and Baishe Srabon, the 22nd of the Bengali month of Srabon (mid-July to mid-August), which is the death anniversary of the famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore (เฆฐเฆฌীเฆจ্เฆฆ্เฆฐเฆจাเฆฅ เฆ াเฆুเฆฐ, robindronath ṭhakur ) (1861-1941) according to the Bengali calendar. On this occasion, I present my translations of two poems of another iconic Bengali poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam ( เฆাเฆী เฆจเฆเฆฐুเฆฒ เฆเฆธเฆฒাเฆฎ, kaji nojrul islam ) (1899-1976). Nazrul's own death anniversary is also this month, on the 29th according to the Gregorian calendar. The first poem is a song of mourning for Muharram, titled Moharrรดmer Cha̐d Elo Oi ( There Comes the Moon of Muharram ). It talks of this month of grief that every year brings back unhappy collective memories of the Battle of Karbala in which Ima...