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-Please, dear sister in law,
+Respectfully, sister,{{#tag:ref|Here the word, "sister", is used in a very broad sense. The Bengali word, ''nanad'', literally means sister-in-law but may be used for any woman who is not a close, biological relative.|group="nb"}} please mark my words;
-I beseech you,
+I will give you a garland that I weave.
-oblige me by accompanying me.
+Yellow [[:wikipedia:Cascabela thevetia|kolke]] and red [[:wikipedia:Bombax|shimul]],
-I promise to weave a garland for you.
+They have blossomed aplenty.
+It's not the time to stay indoors.
-Yellow kolke flowers and radiant cottontree
-have bloomed in millions.
-I can't stay indoors at such a time as this.
 My mind dances excitedly to go to yonder forest.