(Be) hidden from view,(Be) sheltered from.
To sit hiddenfrom behind a pilla of the communal house.
(Be) absent.
Better be absent than feel a tug at one's heart - strings.
(Be)Gone;(Be) dead and gone.
The dead and the living.
Be brought to one's knees, be subdued.
not brought to one's knees by force by the colonialists.