Experiment 02 — Deciphering Manku Timmana Kagga

Manku Timmana Kagga

Notebook entry — 945 verses by a wise old sceptic. A Kagga is a four-line verse by a wise old sceptic — a shrug at life's confusion, half advice and half joke. I translate them one shrug at a time.

Nine hundred and forty-five four-line verses of practical philosophy, written a century ago and still very relevant in today's times. Each Kagga appears with its original, a translation and an interpretation — twenty verses to a page. 279 of 945 published so far.

  1. Kaggas 12020 / 20
  2. Kaggas 214020 / 20
  3. Kaggas 416020 / 20
  4. Kaggas 618020 / 20
  5. Kaggas 8110020 / 20
  6. Kaggas 10112020 / 20
  7. Kaggas 12114020 / 20
  8. Kaggas 14116020 / 20
  9. Kaggas 16118020 / 20
  10. Kaggas 18120020 / 20
  11. Kaggas 20122020 / 20
  12. Kaggas 221240In translation
  13. Kaggas 24126020 / 20
  14. Kaggas 26128020 / 20
  15. Kaggas 28130019 / 20
  16. Kaggas 301320In translation
  17. Kaggas 321340In translation
  18. Kaggas 341360In translation
  19. Kaggas 361380In translation
  20. Kaggas 381400In translation
  21. Kaggas 401420In translation
  22. Kaggas 421440In translation
  23. Kaggas 441460In translation
  24. Kaggas 461480In translation
  25. Kaggas 481500In translation
  26. Kaggas 501520In translation
  27. Kaggas 521540In translation
  28. Kaggas 541560In translation
  29. Kaggas 561580In translation
  30. Kaggas 581600In translation
  31. Kaggas 601620In translation
  32. Kaggas 621640In translation
  33. Kaggas 641660In translation
  34. Kaggas 661680In translation
  35. Kaggas 681700In translation
  36. Kaggas 701720In translation
  37. Kaggas 721740In translation
  38. Kaggas 741760In translation
  39. Kaggas 761780In translation
  40. Kaggas 781800In translation
  41. Kaggas 801820In translation
  42. Kaggas 821840In translation
  43. Kaggas 841860In translation
  44. Kaggas 861880In translation
  45. Kaggas 881900In translation
  46. Kaggas 901920In translation
  47. Kaggas 921940In translation
  48. Kaggas 941945In translation
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