Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was himself like a lyre, every bit of him was musical. From an early age he performed in a folk based group called the `letore group ’ and his ability to compose songs and tune them instantly were obvious from those early adolescent days. Later, in his adult life, he took training in classical music from various maestros including Ustad Zamiruddin Khan and researchers claim that he has written and composed almost four thousand songs. Once he was asked to speak in an occasion, Nazrul said `I am not a speaker, I am a poet of youth, what I want to say I express in my songs’. His own comment about his songs was that `I do not know about my other creations, but I am confident that whatever I have contributed in the form of music and poetry in my songs will stand the test of time’.