ಬಿಳಲಲ್ಲ, ಬೇರಲ್ಲ, ಮುಂಡಕಾಂಡಗಳಲ್ಲ |
ತಳಿರಲ್ಲ, ಮಲರಲ್ಲ, ಕಾಯಿಹಣ್ಣಲ್ಲ ||
ಎಲೆ ನೀನು; ವಿಶ್ವವೃಕ್ಷದೊಳ್ ಎಲೆಯೊಳೊಂದು ನೀಂ |
ತಿಳಿದದನು ನೆರವಾಗು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
biLalala, bEralla, munDakaanDagaLalla |
taLiralla, malaralla, kaayihaNNalla ||
ele nInu; vishvavrukShadoL eleyoLondu Nim |
tiLidadanu neravaagu - mankutimma ||
Nor the aerial prop roots, nor the roots, nor the stem,
Neither the sprout, Neither the flower, Neither the fruit -
Thou are a leaf, In the tree of the universe, thou are within a leaf.
Aware of it, be helpful - Mankutimma.
ತಳಿರಲ್ಲ, ಮಲರಲ್ಲ, ಕಾಯಿಹಣ್ಣಲ್ಲ ||
ಎಲೆ ನೀನು; ವಿಶ್ವವೃಕ್ಷದೊಳ್ ಎಲೆಯೊಳೊಂದು ನೀಂ |
ತಿಳಿದದನು ನೆರವಾಗು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
biLalala, bEralla, munDakaanDagaLalla |
taLiralla, malaralla, kaayihaNNalla ||
ele nInu; vishvavrukShadoL eleyoLondu Nim |
tiLidadanu neravaagu - mankutimma ||
Nor the aerial prop roots, nor the roots, nor the stem,
Neither the sprout, Neither the flower, Neither the fruit -
Thou are a leaf, In the tree of the universe, thou are within a leaf.
Aware of it, be helpful - Mankutimma.
Translator's thoughts: Reminds me of the "Pale Blue Dot", especially how Carl Sagan described it in his book - "The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
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