Ubbiritherīgāthā
Ubbirī
“Amma jīvāti vanamhi kandasi, “You cry ‘Live, my dear mother!’ in the forest.
Attānaṁ adhigaccha ubbiri; Ubbirī, get a hold of yourself!
Cullāsītisahassāni,
Eighty-four thousand people,
Sabbā jīvasanāmikā; all named ‘Live’,
Etamhāḷāhane daḍḍhā, have been burnt in this funeral ground:
Tāsaṁ kamanusocasi”. which one do you grieve for?”
“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,
“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,
duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;
so hard to see, stuck in the heart.
Yaṁ me sokaparetāya, You’ve swept away the grief for my daughter
dhītusokaṁ byapānudi. in which I once was mired.
Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ, Today I’ve plucked the arrow,
Nicchātā parinibbutā; I’m hungerless, quenched.
Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca, I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,
Upemi saraṇaṁ munin”ti. to his teaching, and to the Sangha.”