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Jhaiṋjhágatite shilávrśt́ite

ঝঞ্ঝাগতিতে শিলাবৃষ্টিতে  

In the northeast, clouds are gathering.{{#tag:ref|This song is set in the Bengali month of [[wikipedia:Boishakh|Vaeshákh]], mid-April to mid-May. Vaeshákh is a summer month that is sometimes classified as pre-monsoon. The Indian monsoons typically begin in the northeastern part of India in late May or early June and gradually sweep over India in a southwesterly direction. Hence, in Vaeshákh, clouds are ''gathering'' in the northeast.|group="nb"}}

Terrible winds are blowing.

Today, the nor'westers{{#tag:ref|The ''kálvaeshákhii'' (কালবৈশাখী) or [[wikipedia:Norwesters|nor'wester]] is a destructive afternoon storm or strong wind that occurs with increasing frequency in Bangladesh and much of eastern India throughout the month of Vaeshákh. The Bengali name literally means "calamity of Vaeshákh".|group="nb"}} have come.

Alarmed by the sound of thunder,

All now stay indoors,

Listening for rain's dance.

So many cherished trees are getting uprooted.

Damaged fruits drop and drop.

In gale and in hail,

Birds who've lost their nest, how they do weep.

Midsummer, in the form of thunderbolts,

The awesome Lord, He dances so wildly.

At sea, ships in great terror

Are tossed by the waves.