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The wandering poet Jari Samrat Moslem Uddin Boyati (born 1904 - died 19 August 1990) was devoted to music from his very childhood and sang jari, bhab, murshidi and pala songs, among others. He vied in song with all the famous singers of his day and earned wide fame. Nearly every listener broke down in tears hearing his songs.
The renowned composer, singer and creator of tunes of jari songs, Moslem Uddin, was born in 1904 in Tarapur village of Narail district. His father was Abdul Wahed Molla and his mother's name was Sakhatunnessa.
In 1926 Moslem Uddin Boyati was united in marriage with Golchera Bibi of Kalia thana in Narail district. In 1950 his wife Golchera Bibi died leaving three sons, and in 1957 he married for the second time Rupjan Bibi, a resident of Kalia. In 1968, when his second wife died in childbirth leaving two sons and a daughter, Moslem Uddin married Amina Khatun for the third time. Two sons and two daughters were born of Amina Khatun.
His education began in childhood under his scantily educated father Abdul Wahed Molla. Formal schooling began at the Solpur lower primary school. He was then admitted to the higher primary school of his own village. He also studied for some time at the Chachuria-Purulia middle English school. While he was in class ten at Singia Solpur high school, his father died suddenly, and his student life came to an end there.
From childhood Moslem had a strong passion for music. He roamed the village fields singing alone. His heart swayed to the melodies of the bhasan songs, bhab songs, kirtan and jari-sari that drifted through the village air.
Orphaned and fatherless, Moslem had to shoulder the burden of the family from an early age. Even so he found the time to learn singing. His first lessons in music came from Fakir Moktar Biswas of Hatiar Ghop under Kalia thana, and later he also took instruction in bhab songs from Shah Sufi Porosh Ullah.
While working as a bookkeeper at a tobacconist's shop in Fultala, Khulna, he was moved by the tragic killing of Nandini Devi, wife of Sukhlal Babu of Damodar village, to compose a plaintive dhuwa song-poem. His first dhuwa song became extremely popular at the time. After that he never had to stop: one after another he composed jari and bhab songs. With his melodious sweet voice, Moslem Uddin began winning wide renown singing at various asars in the villages. At last, in 1936, he formed his own jari troupe.
That lakhs of listeners flocked to hear on one stage the two greatest figures of Narail in jari-gan and kabigan - the jarial Moslem Boyati and the kabiyal Bijoy Sarkar - remains as vivid in people's memory as a picture.
By taking part in musical programmes held in various districts of Bangladesh and by matching songs in jari and kabigan against various singers, he earned wide fame. Among the jarials and kabiyals with whom Jarial Moslem Uddin sang in matched contests were Bijoy Sarkar of Narail, Kibria Boyati, Rasiklal Sarkar, Torab Boyati of Khulna, Anadi Sarkar, Nishikanto Sarkar of Faridpur, Narayan Sarkar and Gani Boyati of Barishal.
Although kabigan and jari-gan are essentially parts of folk music, profound differences are observed between these genres in their performance and composition. The bearers of jari-gan are the people of the Muslim community, while the tradition of kabigan has long been nurtured in the hands of the Hindu community. Yet the audiences of both the Hindu and Muslim communities of this land have cherished kabigan and jari-gan alike in their hearts. This popular, famed jari singer and kabiyal Moslem Boyati, steeped in the devotional rasa of bhab songs, has created many, many timeless songs. The echo of his sweet voice still resounds in the hearts of lakhs of listeners. An evergreen song composed, set to music and performed by Moslem Uddin - an excerpt:
In the dead of night the cuckoo calls out, "O Shakina,
do not sleep on in this state.
Your red dinghy has sunk in midstream;
wake and you will find the gold of your nose dropped on the bed,
the necklace fallen from your throat
at the workshop of the Creator.
Seeing it, you strike your head and cry,
"Is this your judgement, O Creator?"
This master of melody, Moslem Uddin Boyati, passed away on 19 August 1990.
