হুতাই তাই is impatient; হুতাহ্, is derived from the Sanskrit হুতাশন, fire; the word তাই is added for the sake of rhyme. This is the complaint of a troubled house wife. খৰিচা is a pickle made from the young shoots of the bamboo, and is eaten with boiled rice It is much esteemed.
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কওঁতেই কলা, জতৰতে শলা।
Ko (n) tei kalá, jatarate shalá.
If I tell him he is deaf, the spindle is in the spinning wheel.
“There are none so deaf as those who wo’nt hear.”
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মই কও ৰাজ ভগনৰ কথা,
সি কয় কল থোকা বাদুলিয়ে খালে।
Mai ko ráj bhaganar kathá,
Si kai kal thoká báduliye khále.
I talk about a revolution;
He interrupts me, saying, a bat has eaten the
bunch of plantains.
রাজভগন literally means the breaking up of a kingdom.
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যার নাই তৰ্জু তুল,
সি কি জানে বানিজৰ মোল।
Jár nái tarju tul,
Si ki jáne bánijar mol.
He who has not a pair of scales,
What does he know of the worth of trade?
মোল is value, worth.
