1. Endure, O life, for it too must endure you!
2. What does day gain by calling night back?
3. Who answers whose call! Who raids whose home!
4. Lean on duty, grow great in desire.
5. The rich man's moral failings are the poor man's consolation.
6. The flute that calls and Radha answers— that same flute calls to many other Radhas too.
7. Become dog-loyal and you'll receive the treatment dogs receive.
8. What comes of clutching broken mirror shards to your chest? When the fair ends, the Ferris wheel leaves only memory behind!
9. When someone doesn't wish to be selfless about something, forcing them to be selfless about it— that itself is selfishness.
10. When evening comes, who keeps you company but your own shadow?
11. Love that begins at sunset— its curtain falls at sunrise!
12. The lamp that weathered the whole night's storm— what does its light matter to the lover now?
13. In the flower's lap rain makes its home.
14. On the temple's ancient walls too— wild flowers' rainbow.
15. The wind's blows, blow after blow— leaves scattered in distress.
16. In the waterfall's rush— a failed lover's endless stream of tears.
17. That tiresome man's snoring breaks even the birds' sleep.
18. The street boy fills an empty Coke bottle with spring water and tastes the joy of soft drinks.
19. Even on grass trampled underfoot, flowers bloom.
20. The girl in bitter cold wets her waist with icy water to chase away the heat.