দুখৰ উপৰি দুখ,
কুকুৰে কামােৰে,
ছৱালে দলিয়াই,
ক'তো নিমিলে সুখ।
Dukhar upari dukh,
Kukure kámore,
Chhawále daliái,
Kato nimile sukh.
Misery upon misery,
The dogs bite me,
The (boys) pelt me,
Nowhere have I found rest.
This is the cry of a beggar who is thus treated.
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হাতি চুৰ কৰি নেই বাটে বাটে,
বেঙ্গেনা চোৰক ধৰে,
নাকটো কাটিলে লাজ নেলাগে,
নখটো কাটিলে মৰে।
Háti chur kari nei báte báte,
Bengená chorak dhare,
Nákto kátile láj neláge,
Nakhto kátile mare.
The elephant is stolen on the roadside,
He catches a man who has stolen brinjals,
If his nose is cut off, he is not ashamed,
But if you pare his nails, he dies (of grief).
A man steals an elephant from the roadside, but the thief of a brinjal is caught. If his nose is slit he is not ashamed, but if you pare his nails he dies (of grief ).
