ಜೀವಿಸಂಘವಿದೇನು? ಗಂಜೀಫಿನೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು |
ದೈವ ಪೌರುಷ ಪೂರ್ವವಾಸನೆಗಳೆಂಬಾ ||
ಮೂವರದನಾಡುವರು, ಚದರಿಸುತೆ, ಬೆರಸಿಡುತೆ |
ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರಾಟದೆಲೆ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
jIvasanGavidEnu? ganjIphinelekaTTu |
daiva pouruSha pUrvavaasanegaLembaa ||
mUvaradanaaDuvaru, chadarisute, berasiDute |
naavellaraaTadele - mankutimma ||
What is this worldly life? A deck of playing cards.
The divine, human and deeds of past - so called
Are the three who play, scatter and mix the cards.
We all are the playing cards - Mankutimma.
ದೈವ ಪೌರುಷ ಪೂರ್ವವಾಸನೆಗಳೆಂಬಾ ||
ಮೂವರದನಾಡುವರು, ಚದರಿಸುತೆ, ಬೆರಸಿಡುತೆ |
ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರಾಟದೆಲೆ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
jIvasanGavidEnu? ganjIphinelekaTTu |
daiva pouruSha pUrvavaasanegaLembaa ||
mUvaradanaaDuvaru, chadarisute, berasiDute |
naavellaraaTadele - mankutimma ||
What is this worldly life? A deck of playing cards.
The divine, human and deeds of past - so called
Are the three who play, scatter and mix the cards.
We all are the playing cards - Mankutimma.
Translator's thoughts: The quatrain is reminiscent of Bergman's classic Swedish movie "The Seventh Seal", where a man plays a game of chess with the personification of death and is also impacted by his past acts. A game of chess there, a game of cards here!
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