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18: AirMf knyr-kpt snyhI

Caster oil plant, oleander - cheat person -

ruKW ivic kuruK hin dovYN ArMf knyr duAwly ]

roukhaan vichi kuroukh hani dovain arand kanayr duaalay.

Worse among the trees, castor and oleander plants appear all around.

ArMf PlY ArfolIAW Pl AMdir bIA icqimqwly ]

arandu phalai aradoleeaan phal andari beea chitamitaalay.

Flowers grow on castor and piebald seeds remain in them.

inbhY nwhIN injVw hrvir AweI hoie aucwly ]

nibahai naaheen nijarhaa haravari aaee hoi ouchaalay.

It has no deep roots and fast winds uproot it.

klIAW pvin knyr noN durmiq ivic durgMiD idKwly ]

kaleeaan pavani kanayr non duramati vichi durang dikhaalay.

On oleander plants grow buds which like evil sense scatter foul smell all around.

bwhru lwlu gulwlu hoie AMdr ictw duibDw nwly ]

baaharu laalu gulaalu hoi andari chitaa doubidhaa naalay.

Outwardly they are like red rose but internally like a dilemmatic person they are white (because of the fear of many kinds).

swDsMgiq gur sbdu suix gxqI ivic BvY Brnwly ]

saadhasangati gur sabadu souni ganatee vichi bhavai bharanaalai.

Even after listening to the word of the Guru in holy congregation if some body is still lost in the calculations, he goes astray in the world.

kpt snyh Kyh muh kwly ]18]

kapat sanayh khayh muhi kaalay ||18||

Ashes are thrown on the face of fake lover and his countenance is blackened.