śuṣka - dry; bāṅśera - of bamboo; lāṭhi-khāna - a stick; eta - this; kare apamāna - insults; ei - this; daśā - condition; karila - made; gosāñi - the master; nā sahi' - not tolerating; ki - what; karite pāri - can we do; tāhe - at that time; rahi - we remain; mauna dhari' - keeping silent; corāra - of a thief; māke - for the mother; ḍāki' - calling; kāndite - to cry; nāi - is not possible.

“This flute is nothing but a dry stick of bamboo, but it becomes our master and insults us in so many ways that it forces us into a predicament. What can we do but tolerate it? The mother of a thief cannot cry loudly for justice when the thief is punished. Therefore we simply remain silent.