Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the oil-presser's house, oil; out in the forest, climbing vines; in the gardener's plot, bananas.
Three things, three rhyming names: tayl, bayl, kayl.
This one is the last ordinary rhyme. The pattern is set, and a surprise is coming.
Taylee kai ghar tayl aachhai — in the oil-presser's house there is tayl, oil. Jangal maDhay bayl — in the forest, bayl, vines. Maalee kay ghar kayl — in the gardener's home, kayl, bananas. The word kayl can also mean play. Tayl, bayl, kayl.
By now the pattern is fixed in your ear. You're finishing the rhyme before Naam Dayv says it. That's the whole design. For three verses he has trained your mind to group three rhyming things, taken from the plainest corners of daily life. It's like a magician doing the same simple trick three times, so you're watching the right hand when the real magic happens.
Everything is ready for the switch. The next set will look the same on the outside — three rhyming names. But it will be made of something completely different.
When you know how a song or rhyme is going to go, how does that change the moment when it suddenly turns?
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