Better to live elsewhere,
If no occupation is here,
If no food, no water,
No shelter is here,
If no love is here,
No respect is here,
No identity is here,
If language is used here
That is not ours.
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Rendering into Odia language, script is Brahmi;
ଆଉ କୋଉଠି ରହିବା ଭଲ
ଯଦି ନାହିଁ ଏଠି କିଛି କାମ,
ଯଦି ନାହିଁ ଖାଦ୍ୟ, ନାହିଁ ପାଣି,
ନାହିଁ ଆଶ୍ରୟ, ନାହିଁ ପ୍ରେମ,
ନାହିଁ ସମ୍ମାନ, ନାହିଁ ପରିଚିତି,
ନାହିଁ ଯଦି ବ୍ୟବହାର ଭାଷା ଆମର ।
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