(1)

the army of the rainy season has slipped into the world
clouds too, from every direction, have slipped over the air
floods of rain too have come and slipped in everywhere
somebody's covered passage has, with a noise, slipped down,
the lower room is slanting, the upper room has fallen, the door has slipped down

(2)

those who had all-new houses and ladies' quarters
their roofs have become sieves and drip here and there
the walls subside, the doors groan
if a pillar stands propped by a stick, then so what?
the portico has fallen, the parapet-stone has slipped down

(3)

the rains have come and made such a downpour
that wherever you listen, there's a thrumming sound
someone calls out, 'my door has fallen and gone!'
someone says, 'alas, now what can I say to you?
you have lost a door, my house has slipped down!'

(4)

when the rains came, they shook a well-built house
so an unbaked-brick house, well, how would it be able to endure?
in every hut is clamor, in every house 'woe, woe'
they say, 'friends, quick, come running, alas, alas
the shed's back door has gone, the thatched roof has slipped down'

(5)

the rains having come, now since the house of some -- -- -- has fallen
and since the roof of his friend too falls down
every joker comes there and says to them
'why do you sit here and weep for the roof, my friend?
there, the whole house of your 'chhat-lagan' has slipped down!'

(6)

to such an extent, the ground is one where every single house would slip
whoever would emerge from a house, is convinced of its slipping
this is not at all confined to the poor and helpless
whether it is an elephant-rider, whether it is a palanquin-sitter
whoever came upon this ground, slipped down

(7)

whichever way you look, there's this same tumult and clamor
someone is trapped, someone else is stuck in the mud
if someone dies and is carried on foot, then it's his last ride
there's a turmoil of falling, countless times
where an elephant struggled, a camel fell, a donkey slipped down

(8)

on the slithery ground here, there's endless mud
no matter how careful, at some time one slips
neither has a servant any control over this, nor does a master have power
in streets and lanes, how many times we have seen
if the master would stagger, then the servant would slip down

(9)

someone fell in the street, someone else fell in the bazaar
someone, having fallen in a lane, writhes in the mud
in the middle of the street, someone's foot slid
he who had escaped this falling all over the place
came into the courtyard of his own house, and slipped down

(10)

when a quagmire, in every place, is soaking
when a man would struggle to rise, then a woman would remain trapped
what harsh difficulty it is, what harsh helplessness
he became greatly ruined, and greatly laughed-at
who in his own 'necessary place', slipped down

(11)

when some beautiful one went to dance -- --
-- -- too went with her, taking care of the instrument
when there came beneath their footsteps a slope of slippery ground
-- -- in that direction, going 'uu hii re', she fell in a heap
-- -- in that direction, going 'aah re', he slipped down

(12)

in such a lust, -- if there is some nit-picker
who says to her, -- -- when intimacy is near
'oh madam, is this -- -- or is it slippery ground?
I believe that -- -- would go inside you
but I consider that outside, it would slip down'

(13)

the learned man who now is called a big -- -- -player
-- -- where the world fell, then right there he too fell
those who were sharp-witted, here and there they call out
friends, this is an occasion for reflection, just take a bit of a look
the Baniya's son, having had a thought, slipped down

(14)

and whoever has in his heart a desire for boys' bodies
if he emerged along with a boy, would be destroyed in the mud
in order to pursue his desire for love, willy-nilly
if the lad fell ahead of him, then behind he too, ah
helplessly like him slipped down

(15)

although the slippery ground brings everyone low
still to the lover it has shown a different kind of 'springtime'
if there came before him some rose-resembling beloved
creating the trick-effect of falling, he leaped up at once
embracing that mischievous rose-body, he slipped down

(16)

he wandered a great deal, avoiding the mud of every house
but when there was visible a cloud of loosened hair
the lightning of beauty flashed too, the rain of coquetry poured down
when such a slippage came, then he had no more control
finally, there, Nazir too came and slipped down