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When lust is a lump lily
Youth gone, lust goes a lump lily,
Wealth on wane, withers family,
Water drained, vanishes the lake,
Truth once dawns, world looks nigh but fake.
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Translation |25.10.2024| lust, family, lake, truth/reality, world
Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. This verse strikes good rhymes with kaama-vikaarah, parivaarah, kaasaarah, and samsaarah. It points out what happens when something crucial vanishes. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows:
Vayasi gate kah kaama-vikaarah,
kshheene vitte kah parivaarah |
Shushhke neere kah kaasaarah,
jnyaate tattve kah samsaarah ||
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