Rain songs

01. Bengali Song

Clouds sometimes come to the canvas of my mind. In the evening of Shravan, that cloud comes down to quench the thirst of the earth.

This song of Srikanto Acharya from his album BRISHTI TOMAKE DILAM was published by Sagarika Music Pvt. Ltd. in the year 2000.  The song was written by Lilamoy Patra and tuned by Joy Sarkar.

Song Meaning

meaning

03. Water song

National Research Council of Sri Lanka

Lyrics

19. A song for children on rain

21. A rain unexpected

23. In a pouring rain I need to rush home…….

02. Pakistan Song

Song composed in Pakistan to promote rainwater harvesting by the Earthquake Reconstruction Rehabilitation Authority(ERRA) Project in 2010-14.

04. Monsoon Song “Asarai Mahinama” from Nepal

Song: Asarai Mahinama, Year: 1976

Original Singer: Chuujang Dukpa

Lyrics/Music: Tulsi Gazmer

The song is about a husband who is working abroad and misses his wife and son. He expresses how the monsoon rain drenches everyone and reminisces how his wife cried when he was leaving home for work. He feels his family back home is also missing him, especially his lonely wife who often remembers him despite being busy in household work and his son who keeps on asking his mother about his father’s whereabouts.

20. Rain brings memories – W. D Amaradeva

There is going to be a heavy down pour.

There is drizzle coming through the window sill.

22. As a sky that is silent after releasing rain

24. In one evening, we walked together in one umbrella in a welcome rain

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