Note 3 — The Millet Trader
H. (Henry) Parker translation
Elawa gihin melawa āwā, “Having gone to that world I came to this world.” This is a common saying, meaning in village talk, “What a long and tiring journey I have had.” According to the Rev. C. Alwis it also means, “I almost died, and recovered.” (The Orientalist, vol. i, p. 62.) ↑