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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
b.
Tum dekhat jag jât hai, jagat dekhat ham jât. Yahi jagat ki rit hai; ek awat, ek jât.
0.
Tumbin hamâre Saiyân: tum lag hamari daur; Jaise kûg jahâz pai, sujhât aur na thaur.
d.
Tan ki tanak saray men nek na pâyô chain. Sâns naqqara kunch kâ, bajat hai din rain.
Chalna hai, rahnâ nahîn; chalnâ biswe bis, Aise sahal suhag ko, kaun guhâwe sis?
Translation, 8.
A man's body is a bag of dust and is filled (puffed out) with air. If by carelessness the air escapes, the end of the dust is dust.
b.
You see that the world is going and the world sees that I am going. It is the way of world; one comes and one goes.
0.
You alone are my Lord: to you I can complain;
Like the crow on the ship's mast that sees no end of the ocean.
d.
In the inn of the body I have found no rest;
The drum for departure is being beaten day and night.
[DECEMBER, 1910.
We have to go and may not tarry, for surely we have to go.
Then for such a transitory married life, who would adorn the hair? (What's the use of personal decorations and worldly pleasures that are not to last!)
8.
Hindi Mendicants.
Communicated by Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.
Text.
Nahak soch karo dhan ko. Tum gåth! kai udrå men ketik khayo? Jabai janmyo jag jiwan men, tab ketik laksh liye sang ayo? Tinhain bisrây phiro man mudh, jo.dîn ajân ajâchak khyâyo. Tulst: "Jiyu jâni bhajo Bhagwant, to sinchai wahî jin biro lagayo."
Translation,
You care for wealth uselessly. How much did you spend from your pocket in the womb? When you were born in the world, how many lakhs (of rupees) did you bring with you? Forgetting him who feeds the poor, the ignorant, the unbegging, you wander about.
Tulsi says "Repeat the name of the Blessed, fully believing that He who has planted the plants will water them."
