17: b`krI

She goat

sIh pjUqI bkrI mrdI hoeI hV hV hsI ]

seeh pajootee bakaree maradee hoee harh harh hasee.

A goat was caught by a lion and while about to die, it gave out a horse­ laugh.

sIhu puCY ivsmwdu hoie iequ Aausr ikqu rhis rhsI ]

seehu pouchhai visamaadu hoi itu aousari kitu rahasi rahasee.

The surprised lion asked why it was so happy at such a moment (of its death).

ibnau kryNdI bkrI puqR Aswfy kIcin KsI ]

binau karayndee bakaree poutr asaaday keechani khasee.

Humbly the goat replied that the testicals of our male progeny are crushed in order to castrate them.

Ak DqUrw KwiDAw kuih kuih Kl auKil ivxsI ]

ak dhatooraa khaadhiaan kuhi kuhi khal oukhali vinasee.

We eat only wild plants of arid regions yet our skin is peeled and pounded.

mwsu Kwin gl viFkY hwlu iqnwVw kauxu hovsI ]

maasu khaani gal vaddhi kai haalu tinaarhaa kaounu hovasee.

I think about the plight of those (like you) who cut the throat of others and eat their flesh.

grbu grIbI dyh Kyh Kwju AKwju Akwju krsI ]

garabu gareebee dayh khayh khaaju akhaaju akaaju karasee.

The body of both of the proud and the humble will become dust ultimately, but, even then the body of the arrogant (lion) is inedible and that of the humble (goat) attaims the status of edible.

jig AwieAw sB koie mrsI ]17]

jagi aaiaa sabh koi marasee ||17||

All who came to this world have to die ultimately.