• Subject: Bangla

• Lesson: 4, Page: 5

• Title: "Aata Gache Tota Pakhi" (The Parrot on the Custard-Apple Tree)

The Full Rhyme

This is one of the most popular rhymes for children in Bengal. Here is the full version for you:

আতা গাছে তোতা পাখি ডালিম গাছে মৌ, এতো ডাকি তবু কথা কও না কেন বউ?

Transliteration: Aata gache tota pakhi Dalim gache mou, Eto daki tobu kotha Kao na keno bou?

English Translation: A parrot sits on the custard-apple tree, A honeybee on the pomegranate tree, I call you so much, but still, Why don't you speak, oh bride?

Key Vocabulary

• আতা (Aata): Custard Apple

• তোতা (Tota): Parrot

• ডালিম (Dalim): Pomegranate

• মৌ (Mou): Honeybee

• বউ (Bou): Bride/Wife