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“ മുണ്ടോൻനട്ടുമുങ്ങണം, വിരിപ്പുനട്ടുണങ്ങണം”
English Translation:
Plant the Mundakan crop and plunge into the rains; plant the Virippu crop and bake under the sun. (Traditional farming wisdom on the differing seasonal conditions required for successive rice crops.)

“ കൂട്ടിൽ ഇട്ട മെരുവിനെപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a wild civet cat trapped in a cage. (Pacing restlessly back and forth in frantic agitation and trapped frustration.)

“ സർവാധിയുടെ ഈടും വിറകുവെട്ടിയുടെ പുലർച്ചയും”
English Translation:
The heavy security pledged by the high chancellor, and the daily daybreak of the poor woodcutter. (A sharp contrast between monumental, unshakeable state guarantees and the precarious, hand-to-mouth survival of the humble laborer.)