Although there was much waywardness and straying in youth, yet we miss our youth very much.

In this tenderly nostalgic couplet, the poet looks back at youth and admits it was full of stubborn missteps, recklessness, and wandering off the right path ('kaj-raai'). Yet, looking back from the quiet shores of age, the heart aches for that very time. It reminds us that we don't miss our youth because it was wise or perfect, but because even its foolish blunders were full of passion, freedom, and vivid life.