ಸರಿಯಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲವದು ಸರಿಯಿದಲ್ಲವೆನುತ್ತ |
ಹರಡಿಕೊಳಬೇಡ ಮುಳ್ಳನು ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯಲಿ ||
ಕೊರೆಯಾದೊಡೇನೊಂದು? ನೆರೆದೊಡೇನಿನ್ನೊಂದು? |
ಒರಟು ಕೆಲಸವೊ ಬದುಕು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
sariyaagalillavadu sariyidallavenutta |
haraDikoLabEDa muLLanu haasigeyali ||
koreyaadoDEnondu? neredoDEninnondu? |
oraTu kelasavo baduku - mankutimma ||
That didn't work right, this isn't right - complaining so
Don't thou spread thorns in the bed (thou sleep in.)
What if there is a deficit? What if there is an excess?
Life is a crude task - Mankutimma.
ಹರಡಿಕೊಳಬೇಡ ಮುಳ್ಳನು ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯಲಿ ||
ಕೊರೆಯಾದೊಡೇನೊಂದು? ನೆರೆದೊಡೇನಿನ್ನೊಂದು? |
ಒರಟು ಕೆಲಸವೊ ಬದುಕು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
sariyaagalillavadu sariyidallavenutta |
haraDikoLabEDa muLLanu haasigeyali ||
koreyaadoDEnondu? neredoDEninnondu? |
oraTu kelasavo baduku - mankutimma ||
That didn't work right, this isn't right - complaining so
Don't thou spread thorns in the bed (thou sleep in.)
What if there is a deficit? What if there is an excess?
Life is a crude task - Mankutimma.
Translator's thoughts: I am reminded of what Kotresh used to tell me in our high school days - "Life is an incomplete journey towards perfection"!!
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