ನಿಲದೆ ನಡೆವುದು ಮೊದಲು ಕೊನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೀಯಾಟ |
ಕಳೆವುವದರಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಜನುಮಜನುಮಗಳು ||
ಗೆಲವಾರ್ಗೊ! ಸೋಲಾರ್ಗೊ! ಲೆಕ್ಕನೋಡುವುದೆಂದೊ |
ಫಲವು ಬರಿಯಾಟವೆಲೊ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
nilade naDevudu modalu koneyilladIyaaTa |
kaLevuvadarali namma janumajanumagaLu ||
gelavaargo! solaargo! lekkanODuvudendo |
phalavu bariyaaTavelo - mankutimma ||
Nonstop runs this game with neither a beginning nor an end.
Spent in it are our perpetual cycles of life, death and the life after.
Victory to whom! Defeat to whom! When will the scores be tallied!
The game itself is the result - Mankutimma.
ಕಳೆವುವದರಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಜನುಮಜನುಮಗಳು ||
ಗೆಲವಾರ್ಗೊ! ಸೋಲಾರ್ಗೊ! ಲೆಕ್ಕನೋಡುವುದೆಂದೊ |
ಫಲವು ಬರಿಯಾಟವೆಲೊ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
nilade naDevudu modalu koneyilladIyaaTa |
kaLevuvadarali namma janumajanumagaLu ||
gelavaargo! solaargo! lekkanODuvudendo |
phalavu bariyaaTavelo - mankutimma ||
Nonstop runs this game with neither a beginning nor an end.
Spent in it are our perpetual cycles of life, death and the life after.
Victory to whom! Defeat to whom! When will the scores be tallied!
The game itself is the result - Mankutimma.
Translator's thoughts: If you are a Holmesian, after reading this quatrain, you can't resist being reminded of the philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, which he best expressed when he said - "The work is its own reward"
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