Selective translation
of Poetry of Dr. G S Shivarudrappa national poet . last three
books(poetry collections chakragathi, vyakthamadhya (manifest
middle) and theerthavaani
PLEASE CORRECT IF THERE
ARE ANY MISTAKES
Possibility(sambhava
):
In
soundless shapeless was
Waiting
alone for poetry
Even if searched,not
Even single cloud
in sky
Dark was covering
around
In feelingless
shunya in sky
The branch had
stretched bald
Tree,orphan ,meaningless
cool
As I was waiting
for poetry alone
From some
where came black a crow
As though two
wings appearing to unclear
In between map
of curved expressed
Branch spreading wings
,rising tone sat the crow
The whole tree resulted
in in symbol
To poetry for
which I was waiting
I have doubt now
waiting so far is
Wheather tree,crow,I or
this one minute
One arranging
situation for other
Design of body
showing meanings?
………………………………..end………………………
Symbols(prathimegalu):
Enlighting coolly
In eye
light of small lamp
All brightness
(tejas) has filled up
In a single lamp’s eye
In a big extended
crop bunch(tene) of paddy wet field
All fertility
of this land have made it’s house
In embrace of single
crop bunch (tene)
In early morning
In cradle of twinkling
dew drop on green
All water of seven seas
has slept
In a
single dew drop.
Nameless
Small poets in one line
of poetry
Yesterdays desires
tomorrow s dreams are waiting
In only one
line of poetry
Wet in tears
having burning stomach
Tomorrows revolutionary
valcanos are smoking
In anger
of hungry burning stomach
……………………………………end…………………………………
Wheel turn
(fate) (wheel moovment):
Seing thumbless hand
Is
sitting silently ekalavya
Blessedness sorry(condolence)
sacrifice
Those are
possibilities of poet’s imagination
Flowing is hill’s river
Downing ghat
to distant sea
In
vasantha tree budding abundenly
Again in peak only
day leaves
Even if leaf
falls again to branch
Will appear
bud is sure
Not so in matter
of figure how many
Faces to exploit?it is
topic of history
Again and
again come acharya drone
Near ekalavya sitting
alone in silence
What
happens later? You know
In that
turning wheel of history
…………………………………end………………………………….
Question and
answer:
Father why
there is no thumb
In your right hand? One
day out of curiosity
Child
asked ekalavya ‘ I dedicated to god
Therefore no that
figure
God ? what kind of
god is he to
Ask your thumb?
O leave your
god is very bad
Don’t you
feel enjoying while giving?
Should
not tell so ‘god is god’
‘yes child ,instead of
asking
Figure did
not ask you.therefore
Really your
that god have been good’
How to tell
that child what I
Gave is
not merely figure
But whole
me.apart from that
How much I
gave how much I did not
I have
not understood so far
…………………………end……………………………
Mother’s worry
Had felt my
son will become
Very
big archerian(billugara)
Easily as king
of beda’s army
Will shine up on
seing some oldman having beare (gadda)
Came from some
where one day
After coming
in existing time
cut the
thumb some how and went off
what happened
to my son what
dullness (madness) cover
ed aim
when
asked why this happened
simply smiles as though
nothing has happened
to use arrow to hunt are
not
remaining
fingures enough
I am old lady I sit and
worry
In covering dark
This
forest these my children ,this attack
How
to face and live?
…………………………..end…………………………………..
At depth of my memory:
At depth of my memory
Always flowing rivers
Washed away banks
Broken fallen
houses
Silent tones
In depth of
my my memory
Sounding sea waves
Broken ships
In people
less banks
Shining old bones.
in depth of my
memory
forests of tiger
thunder
chasing dogs
blood striken fallen
helpless pains
at depth of my
memory
leaves fallen trees
in dusk
of early morning
opening up eyes
siting
parrots waiting
for
……………..end…………………
Life bird:
Always trying to fly
away
To tnis anxious bird
Is required or searching
for
Some
reason Is required
From where did it come
Where it will go
Not known
But still as far as it
stays
In this cage only
It’s struggle(chadapadike)
In spite of
within cage
No weight not
rised(attained)
No depth not
drowned
No views not seen
Games not played
Can’t be believed
This bird
Always trying to fly off
This guest
…………………………end……………………..
b.m. sri.:
through out state spread
rays
light of bellur
in this shine
opened crores
of tones
sound of navodaya
two briefs(chutukas):
1)all irons announcing
Hittale(metal) is itself
gold
At this time
Genine gold felt
It is right to go back
again
At silent depth
of land
2) you climbed on
elephant and went off
You rided on horse and
went off
Rising army attack
Went in
procession with archestra(bajabajanthri)
We
remained back in rised dust!
………………………..end…………………..
Where is uot way to you:
Pain of epochs and
epochs
Statue formed child
Where is base to keep
head for you
where is lap
to embrace and console
through out
furnace fire
in between
hammer and basement stone(adigallu)
broken bridge
sounding floods
on banks of noise
outside of closed
books rolling
blind wheels in between
without calling
neck,laugh less
faceless
frowned eye brows along with
passing
through dark of
lamps below
shriveled
out pet child
where is outlet
for you?
……………………..end…………………….
You only tell:
Hear
Mahajanas
Did you hear?
Temples will be
built
These (people)
Now.gods have no fear
Milk rain pours
Honey river flows
Whole country will
become
Ramarajya. No delay
But
listen mahajanas
What to do with
temples
Without food to stomach?
What to do with temples
Without light in eye?
What to do
temples fallen
Nacked mouthless?
You only tell
…………………………end………………………..
We and trees:
Not at all
trees these
To fly away now or later
Always birds
standing opening feathers(wings)
These coconut trees!
Spreading
branches and branches
Standing these
great trees flowing from ground to height
Stagnant(slent)
floods of green!
These plants and
creepers
From ground to above
always
Rebounding fountains
We only
keeping legs in this land
And stand only
Live
attached to this soil
still one one time
dreaming about sky
………………….end……………………..
Frog and elephant:
One day
Shining silver coin
Had fell on
street
A frog hopping
from drain came
Suddenly jumped
and sat
On
that silver coin chair
As soon
as sat it felt
Who is equal
to me in this world?
Elephant
came an elephant
Stepping slowly on
the same street
Was about
to keep leg forward
‘ hey, stop
Whom do you think
I am?
Elephant
saw downing eye below a little;
‘yes! You
are shining on silver coin
Namaskarams to you
…………………………………..end……………….
One fact:
In severe after noon
Two
only rama and laksmana.
Dandakaranya around
For separated from
seethe ,sorrowful sri rama
Was
thirsty
Not seen
anywhere water source(hint)
After walk and
walk at last
Small pond standing
Both
stopped , on sand of bank
Got
down from shoulders fixed their bows
Washing
face drinking water
mind became pleasant
rama came to
lift bow
saw;due to
moisture of bank
the bow which he had
fixed has passed through
inside one frog’s back!
Ayyo what injustice
, in hurry
What I did?
O frog why were
You keeping quiet at the
time of piercing bow?
Ayya treasure
of kindness if some body
Else would have
done like this
Surely I
would have prayed you
Now you yourself
have pierced me
Bow tip to back
Whom shall I
reqest to protect?s
………………………………..end……………………….
To shahajade :
Calling I sharayar:
Come my shahajade.
Burning
Flaming is our
Bagdad.raising black
hood
Dense smoke between me
and you
Road not
seenbreaking house
Lamps putting
off blood where ever leg kept
Who left like this
pening lid
Inside bottle big
devils progenies
Suddenly out?
Where is that manthra
ring(magic ring) ship of sindabad
The joint
house coming in your story?
Won shahajade spending
night
By telling thousand one
stories
Tell,when will this
night end?
Which
story can save us now?
(marrying shahsjade
and sharayar the emperor
who
heard thousand
stories From her)
……………………………….end…………………………………
Dark – light:
Existing before
was shapeless
Sea of dark. From
inside
This exaggeratedly(budbuda?)
appeared
Light,played by some
From big
veena emeting tune waves
Various forms
World of five senses
Sound-touch-
form-rasa-smell
Good happened let it be
here only
Continuously developing
Through out land
–water- air- sky
Sowing
it’s tejas (brightness) growing
Dark –light,
Light- dark
Mixing one in
other
Where is end
for play of imagination
Produced(born)? Opening
light
Dark covering
stimulating
In desire of knowing
principles(tatva)
Tired
intellect for existance
One faceis light
Another face is
dark
For
understanding eagles wing spirit
On the paper
of dark light
Is writing
criticism for this experience
…………………………….end……………………….
Current(prastuta):
O my country
What has happened to
you?
Why you
are swinging (oscilating)
In ill health?
Full of lamp like eye
Why fire burns?
Why poison filled
In milk like heart?
Algae ( pachi)
grown smelling rotening
Why your rivers?
Without green have
become barren
Forests –mountains bases
Naughty bull is treading
green
of grown land
rats –rodents are eating
old store of grains
in play of fire and
blood
noise of
tamasa torn becoming pieces
is our country map.
…………………………….end………………………..
Walk of attention:
Whole kannada
land(nadu) wondered at once
Rubbing fragrance
of musuru jasmine
From this earth’s soil
has not come this fragrance
Two
rasika peoples singing appreating
Still this is
fragrance of soil of this land
Not false;
fate-karma(deed ,work)-godless
Stand(openion):treasure
of of rise of summary(sarodaya)
Of family love is it’s
thing- ornament
Sorrow may be as much
as hill;still
All are soft in full
moon day moon light
Unless mind is
matured all edibles
Bitter.important
is inner moderation (hada)
In midst of
watches (clocks) horse not sending in fear
Attentive walk towards
light
Like flowing
water,all pbstacles
Softening,green
wear towards draught
………………………….end………………………
Bait:
Spread bait
sitting this man since morning
Till mid dayflowing
river,shining thala thala
Water.till this time not
even a single fish
Has
fallen expectation,despair , tumult
There is no
draught for fishes in this river
Still why not even a
single fish
Is caught at this timeto
this bait?
Above is burning
sun white metal sky
In
emotionless shunya ,wings of eagle
Ho! Insidesomewhere
inside falling
Into
bait.something little moovment
Pulled without
lessening hold that also came
Came came on
seing not fish; old tin
……………………end…………………………………
HuntLshikari)
One day morning
went with dog
For hunting of birds,
vast jondina(floating dirt? ……)spread
In the middle middle in
water
Gold magic of tender sun
Sound of bird’s
archestra above
At
height many birds opening silver
Wings lifting riddle
targeting
Stretched bow
,shooted white ball-
Fell down
spreading some where
In midst of jondu(floating dirt)
silently. As though
Afraid
of accident whole flock
Of birds suddenly flyed
to sky
Where is bird
which I shooted? Can i
Search that in
midst of water and jondu?
Soon after
gesture dog rushed what
It searched
and brought was not shooted bird
yesterday,day before
yesterday other bird
shooted by some body
else?how to
make it understand
today – yesterday
mine-others differences
to this
my dog?or is
this all our illusion?
……………………………………end………………………………….
Rise (birth) of
poetry(kavyodaya):
When fallen as shapeless
rock
No shy
After giving
bady to sculpture
When stood as
nacked statue came why?
In middle
of bad smell of manure in soil
Fefore lying
and getting body
No
existing fragrance
Slowly rising
head as plant
Bouncing as
flower
Blossomed time from
where it came?
Boiling kotha kotha in
midst of search
In speechless silence
Tired in
hapazard way body less feeling
Slowly becoming
food(paka)
In volume (edition)of
word meaning(dictionary)
As shining pearl
thinking
whose influence in this?
………………………………..end…………………………
Poetry:
Poetries fly out of nest
Beating wings in
blue(sky)
In dense dark
with with stars
Finding dreams
Dance in chest of youths
stepping according to
drum beats
in droupadi svayamvara
(self selection)
stretching thread to bow
rush
in ten directions poetries
aparampara paravara
(……………………………………….)
opening flag on
waves
through
out stay as garland of clouds
opening eyes
of lying seeds
bounce in
favourable ground
plant blossoming with
full flowers
blowing pipe of
fragrance
calling bees
in branches branches
honey
nest(building honey)
……………………………….end…………………………….
Weld(besuge)
To abhisheka of
monsoon
land became soft
in heat lessened heart
bounced beauty
shining water
in
thirsty desires
coolly kissing to eye
love like green.
In branch
of body mind
Emiting tune is melody
Dream coming true
tomorrow
Fragrance of
blossoming flower
In land of hopes
Poem of phlough –line
In shravana swinging
bunch(tene)
Song of
Life procession
………………………….end………………………….
One song:
Branches of one
tree
We are flowers
of one tree
Rooting in one ground
We jump to one sky
Fr one vasantha’s
touch suddenly
Budding opening
chest
Throwing old
memories to one air
Wabling loving hope
In fruits –nuts seed
of tomorrows
Dreams hidden and kept
In branches
branches singing birds
To raga given mind
In
seasonal measurement of day and night
Again again became new
Bringing front and
back to
Single centre stood and
based
……………………………………end…………………………….
Centre point:
Red rose lovely
child
Bouncing fountain
like smile
Shining eye like a star
Rasa fruit of moon
light
Joy
itself getting objective(Murtha)
Puta puta puta
bouncing ball
As new new is
world
Wonderful in moment
moment
In golden
sun leaf of coconut
swinging shining
kind
shining grand daughter
spreading
feather dancing peacock
coming from
somewhere
certre point
of house people
…………………..end…………………………..
Good
rise(shubhodaya):
Ray lay of navodaya(new
rise)
On this land of kannada
opened good
rise(shubhodaya)
In water of rivers
rivers
In head
(knot)of hill forests
Sculpture,art,music,
poetry
In tower of temples peak
In innocent folk lores
In burnt city confusion
Laughter(attahasa,dominance)
of machaines and techniques
In progress of wheel
moovment
In old and modern
In elders and
youngsters
Enthusiasm
of new spirit
In fountain of emiting
chest
…………………………end………………………….
To sri sharadadevi:
Ramakrishna sun of penance
Moon
ray image (bimba)
mother ambika-
in
land,water, hills rivers(streams),
embracing standing
kindness
varane of kindness
penance forest of
ramakrishna
lamp of leaf hut
to lamps coming near
light giving ray
silent shine region
pain of
forest problems
wearing
standing peak
river(male) –river
kindness
milk feeding
theertha(holy water)
divine kindness
form
……………………..end………………………..
To karthika:
Come karthila
come Star peacock’s
Spreading wng in dark
forest
Thousand flowers of
light blossom
In silence of
branches and branches
Come
karthika come ,sharada neerada(cloud)
Sculpturing ,statue
works in blue
Pearls of love
drops down
In lips of
swinging crops(bunches)
Come karthika
come fountain of
Light rising in
dark of heart
Solidified bad
dreams vanish
In flood of new
awareness
Come karthika
come, budding beauty
Where ever steped in
dried up life
Twinkling bright of
smile
In eyes
of dried up lamps
………………………….end………………………..
In temple of puri jagannatha:
Found in wheel eyes of
jagannatha; vast
Grandure of land
of sun flower
Holding day and night
together,
The skill (technique)
of bringing magnetic centre point.
Uthkala’s on
white sand even to war
Spread deep
blue depth of sea
Making red all
water of daya river
That
great war of kalinga filled memories
Later
covered repentance burnt peace
Moon bright
of asoka wheal
High sun
chariot temple of konark
Moovment
of stagnant silent wheels
Inner land of
dense forests hiden
in memory
of girijana folk magics manthras
secret
silence of before creation
past
current(present) future ‘s continuous rotation
…………………………….end………………………………….
They both loved:
They
both loved
Mutually;
He is war reporter
She is doctor in army
She gave to
him is
Second birth
What he gave to her is
report of daily
routine of war
his burning
view(vision) was
was
always his request
receding(hesitating)
smile was
her acception
‘let was finish,wait,
Was desire
of both
Agreement without talk
But they never got
married both
He while giving
report about war
was killed by
bullet.
She was murdered
While protecting the
wounded
No,both of then
have not died
Still living;
In between
some distant hill regions
red flowers shining as
her rose cheek
high trees
of greenish red
stand like him
straight.
Both of them still live
For their youth
and love
No destruction
She is twenty three
He is twenty four
Both have not passed
beyond that
( by jang
gimin china )
………………….end…………………………………
Flute at night:
This is not murmur
of somewhere flowing river
Or no sound
of jul julu
On bamboo flute
Some body plaing
song!
Floating is this
from
Karbuja growing
land
From
that of watchman of this land
Why not sleeping till
now
That boy?
For whom is playing
This bamboo flute?
Don’t worry
Probably he
also
Has got
listeners
Do you know
who? She
Herself is
yuying.sitting at door counts stars
By jang gimin (china)
Sorrow:
This whole world
Great graveyard
of love
Along
this wall of graveyard
Standing green
trees
As
though never rising up
Lying sleeping
Finding dream
of air
When dark flows into
morning only one sun ray
Passes through out
and comes here
Again
evening last ray of sun
Carved on grave my
name
Enlightens slowly
for a oment
By antonin
barjosic (poet of jek of language)
Around house
same old garden of bamboo sticks
Disarranged
books inide house
Sitting in this bamboo
shade
Reading poetry of great
is very much like to me
Play panchatari (five
stringed) instrument in evening
Fascinating memory
of boatman disturbs
Through out
day on water of river –lake
Sitting in small
boat singing spreading net
My loved boy who
had promised
to marry me went
off
Apart from me I am
alone like a small boat
Oscilating on river
whirl.
(unnamed) thai poetry)
…………………………..end…………………………………….
He-she :
Passing
beyomd fence of our
Garden only
two maru (measures)
At depth of well
Is
sleeping water inside
Every week
comes without missing
My lovely boy to
house
Water of this well
is very much
Liked to
him,has become mad for taste
Slept in lap of
branch like fruit
World is dipped in sleep
Now I have no
body in house
Heart is waiting
awakened
Silver –
gold clear water spilling
I along with
vessel
Waiting for my
love
see who is coming
there
in middle of spread dusk
what is this sound?
Only birds tone?
come my friend no body
here
is it right to
stand apart?
Both sat by the side of
tank
Attaching cheek to
cheek knitting hand to hand
Why is desire of
vessel of well water
Solve meaning of
this riddle
I know you can’t
answer this
why do vessel weep do
you know?
Morning evening
tears
again you can’t
stop
then tell me why
day and night
why is tumult like
this?
My mother also
knows; ‘all your mind
Is beyond you
outside’
Making me to
believe holding near
Gave faith like
this:
To chadi(false
allegations) words of opposite people
Why do you give
ear?
What ever it
is next ear only
Marriage to me and
you
Doing nonsense
thoughts
Don’t doubt my love
On day of our
marriage friends and relatives
Elders youngsters
meet(weld)
Singing
dancing let them celebrate
Walking us together both
On that golden
day play
Shining sunlight
of vasantha
From branches of
tree shining flowers fruits
Spread shadow of
blessings
Bending head
forward with shy bride
Removing
slowly the saree (face)
To this hand
figure which I hold
Will keep golden ring
I announce: god has
reserved
You for me only
Let opposite
people af end
bake in fire of
stomach of their own
(from‘ song of
peoples’ (hibru))
……………………….end………………………….
From expressed(manifest)
middle(1993 – 1999)(vyaktha madhya) poetry collection:
Flower star :
In midst of stars
What work flowers
have
You may ask
Flower is flower ,star
is star
relation from
where to where
but I tell you
flowers are stars
of land
stars are flowers of sky
I also know:
the life of these
Flowers is
for few time
But for few time
(less time)
Beauty which
Flowers have star’s
don’t have
Apart from
this I have also no
Illusion that
stars are permanent!
…………………………..end………………………………..
Poet – poetry:
Old age is for poet
Not for poetry
Teeth going(falling) back
bending
Poet covering
evening sky
sitting in
corner coughing
in face
of poetry
no sign of
tiredness!
Poetries
play with
Around
poet with others
Holding hand in
hand Smilimg kila kila
Like trees of
vasantha
Always
becoming new by new
Singing at
ten places in neck of birds
Becoming fountain
of raga (tune)
Poetries trouble
(disturb)
In heads of
criticisms
Rising up
and down in balance
Avoid and run away
In fastness(moovment) of
deer.
Real poems grow
always in mind
of matured
flashing many
meanings
in beauty of apsaras
continuously open
their wings and fly
in endless field (sky)
…………………………………end……………………………
Dark:
In middle
of dense darks laugh(attahasa,dominance)
To enlight lamp
is really very
Difficult work(job
,task ). Still dark is
Required
to us for sleeping.
To chase
somebody and hunt
To
destroy the built one.or
Awakening big
devils slept from
Graveyard ,to
swallow innocents
To leave
‘chu’ or holding one
Who is ready
to commit suicide
Making explosive bomb
,to make
Feast
by killing opposites.
If some
light rises it’s head some where
Treading(pressing) building
stage
To
distribute ashes to coming devotees
For
all these achievements
Light is required
to us for us.to this
Fundamental writing
criticism like
Giants astavakra
incarnating
In epochs and epochs
Moves
like this wheel of history!
…………………………………end………………………….
Lamp thought:
Rotating are day and
night
Around
us countless
Light systems in
abundant shunyas
Since early centuries
Still within
us again and again
Some how
in covering dark Our
Little lamp we
shall search and keep
In spite of this
much light
How did dark come?
Making this
existing light doing dark
Between word-deeds
Between life and
writing,between
dream and
reality probing
ugliness , to free this
is enough
only
one speech-meaning- moon lamp
………………………………end…………………………………
At mid night:
In silent hut
sitting at midnight
Worriful achrya
drone:
In what a
nonsense involved me god
Can happen
by me such kindles(cruel)
Wicked work! In
such forest ,missing
Road in which
net did I fall?
Why I
troubled wild(forest) hunters boy like this
In reason of
guru’s fee ,the thumb?
He also as
soon as asked suddenly
Gave up life of
pourusha (power,valience)
It would have been
god if he were
To refuse offer of
thumb
I also could have
lived.
Around halmoreva(…………………….)
forest by giving
Figure he became
great by asking to me ,was not
There any
other way?
…………………………..end……………………………
Like you only your
poetry:
Pure
green valley continuously river flowing
Without noise of
lightning thunders
Shravana relaxedly
spread
White clouds in sky, red
light spilling in house yard(angala)
Along with tree
plant flower ,birds, dogs
Talking meditation
of silence opening
chest to
surrounding world
faith of soft words will
win over three worlds.
Presenting
to nikasha ,(gold testing stone) in middle of
panchatanthra
Noise of this world
Weight not
missing stand
From
there here somewhere coming
Lights crystalising
in peace paka(cooking)
Building temple of
sonnets
Keeping lamp of love
To
enlighting art world is wondering!
Is other
description needed?
You poetry is
like yourself
(written for poet friend
channaveer kanavi in memory
Of 70th birthday)
……………………………end…………………….
At present
(current) (prastutha):
Stagnant
Yamuna,broken flute
Long sighing
forest
Fallen peacock
feather
Cry of strong wind
No,where ever
searched
His foot
step on floar
In nobody ‘s memory of
chest
Does not
retain flute tune
Like devil of old
memory
has fell
govardhana
in kunja(creeper house)
of vrindavana
cry of dry leaves
in pit of kalindi
again
progeny of naga
if you struggle
for this water
poison drink is your
fate!
………………………………end………………………..
Jada has destruction
(sthavarakkalivuntu):
Such a
bright beginning after
Eight centuries , such
bad condition
Kudala sanga?covered
with
Algae (fungi ,pachi )
smelling are
Water waves which
you constructed.
In gadduge (stage)
dark corners
Family of rats and
rodents.
Hitting of kottana of
your memories
are shining great flood
of lectures (pravachanas)
Deep dark
becoming solid from lights
Which you lighted getting
lamp(panju) lighted
Dancing putting
fire to mental peace
Mass of
animals(bhuthagana) freely (without restrictions)
The awareness bell of
mata is
Also dumb! ‘a dirt of
pralaya(destructions)
taking birth in
crop land’ how can it grow densely?
In ulive at end
what what did remain?
…………………………….end…………………………..
That day-this day:
Gandhi told:
open and keepthis windows
and doors of my house
broadly
come inside
this all air and lights
of whole world without
hindrance
but
I without entry of attak of air
fix my
leg and stand
in this land securedly
people who have
held administrative
formulas tell
‘we openthe doors of independent
bharatha
freely(generously)
let all troubles
of world rush freely
from capital of all ten
sides,bells coming
gazing here
by their rich dung(cow
dung)
manure our land
becomes fertile
wait and see.
……………………end……………………..
Song of
determination(pledge):
In dark covering
around
Let us light lamp
of love
The boat
oscilating due to wind
Let us
drive with care
To this adultrated river
waters
Let us become
monsoon rain
These barened
forests hills
Let us
touch by becoming vasanthas
Rising up and
standing the fallen one
Let us build new hopes
By destroying
cross walls between people
Let us become
bridge
All castes are
paths
In new
awareness let us live
With dried up eye in
fear and doubt
Let us grow
tomorrows dream.
…………………………end………………………….
Between two blues
What a bright blue to
this meditaranian
Sea! In half moon shaped
Bank of nies city,stood
and saw
moving waves
deep blue sea
vastness above is
cloudless blue
sky below
shining blue
diamond pure
water waves continuous
moovments.
One blue in
motionless stability(firmness)
One
blue.this iBetween two
blues without
getting melted
What is the secret of
this standing
……………………………….end…………………………
Song of vasantha:
vasantha has come friend
world to world has
become new
if told like this
why do you laugh
is new only
illusion?
Vasantha has come
friend
Which is new which
is old to us
Back and coming to
meet
In inner
mind(inner depth)
Vasantha has come friend
like old
memories falling down
bud of new hopes
emiting
in body and mind!
Vasantha has come
frien
Moment of
meeting of sound and silence
Has wondered mind
inner notes
To mode(kind)
of bouncing
Vasantha has come
friend
Again again barren
becoming life
Until there
is grace of touch of vasantha
Where is beauty to
world?
……………………………….end………………………………..
Grace:
Came to house in
thunder amd lightning
Became flower at door
Came attacking
clouds
Melted to
become drop pearl
Flow (rain) of
kindness of shravana
Poured and brought
cool
In mud of wet land
field
Became peacock
of green feather
In blue sky of sharath
season
Became cloud
sculptures (megha shilpa)
In wonder of night
Became cool light
of lamp
In
inside silence of magha
played seven tunes
beautiful
archestra of chaithra
opened hundred
colours.
………………………..end…………………………….
Sthavara (non moving):
As soon as
heard body exciting
This is not the
time of poetry
Without responding
to any figure
Strings have
become loose.
By touch of
vasantha plant and trees around
Have become
new each time
Without
dreaming without wonder
Where is in us new
bud?
Available to
measuring,weighing, counting
Daily product is
different
The wing of eagle
(garuda) fish’s alavu(adopting)
Attainable bases
are different
In between rock-hills
,forts
Life has become
stagnant (jada)
Going beyond
borders becoming mobile(moving)
Decision is
required
By breaking the
pot of little satisfaction
Fixing rootin mother
land
Whenwill it
grow this new generation
Beyond time and
place
…………………………………..end……………………………….
Desire:
To weight of water
swinging cloud
Tension (anxiety)
of getting down to land
For embrace of skyfull
earth’s body
Never
before celebrating excitement
For fragrance
of flower in plants
Tension of opening
leaves
In path of bee in
branch and branch
Tension of
becoming honey
Sea rising above
through sun(rays)
Anxiety of
wandering in sky
Along with air
downing in rain
Amxiety
of becoming river
For feeling
of struggling in silence of mind
Anxiety of becoming song
In gathering of
equal heart
Anxiety of becoming rasa
…………………………end………………………..
They,these,ourself(we):
They built a house
On hard rock
monsoon; trumping
wind(storm)
sounding rain mad river
around still
the house was safe
because it stood
on hard rock
these built one
house
on the base of
sand
monsson;
trumping wind
sounding rain mad
river
rushed in half
minute full collapsed house
because it was
built on basement of sand
question to
beasked: this on which
we have
built our house ?
wheather on hard rock or
on sand basement
(induction: bible
santha (saint) mathew7,24-27)
……………………………end……………………………………….
Agniparva(fire chapter)
and theerthavani two final poetry collections:
Tomorrow’s poetry:
How will be
tomorrows poetry?
Peculiar question am
I an astrologer?
What is tomorrow’s
poetry?
Poetry which I
wrote today is
Not only
tomorrow’s but yesterday’s also!
One who does not
keep faith in
Infinetness
of time can’t be poet
Poetry is poet standing
in present
Meditation running
with past and future
Where was poetry?
Inside without
your knowledge
When opened
by ray of imagination
Of poet, what a wonder
to you.!
Really it is
a kind of consciousness ?
What is consciousness
? on already existing
Accidentally fallen
light magic of
Till appearance of
thing not seen by you
That does not
mean there is
Nothing which
is not seen by you
Here is
no rule that all
existing things
must appear
why of
observation why
is different for recognisers
still foolish
ness that poet has
caught what
is seen
can sea be filled in pot
tell?
…………………………..end…………………………….
Difficulty of poetry:
Few poetries
Come as soon as they are
called
Like little children!
Still few won’t come out
beyond dor step(hosilu)
Like newly
married bride
To them bodyful of
shyness
Few potries
morning plant bodyful
Densely blossoming
flower.
Still few will
never come out how ever much
Pipe(pungi) is
played snakes
Shapeless pain
Few poetries
smiling kila kila
in
karthika houseful lamps
few are not seen
even through any telescopes(durbinu)
hidden rare stars
difficulty of
poetry can’t be
told like this only
often aeroplanes
easily rising to sky
is doubtful of getting
down into airport
so easily.
…………………………….end……………………………..
Preface poetry:
They came here
in burning of vasantha
This grandure who has
held
Continuously like
him?
This fruitful
tree branches branches
How many birds? How much
flowers?
Same wonder same
show off(fancy)
Swinging are beauty
–love
Same follow
(repetition) sound of horse step
Mark pf wheel on
green what gets
rusted is iron
Not to gold
becomes ornament
from time to time
eye not
seing loneliness of inner house
in in
memories magga(weaving machaine) lightning lali
at the age of
ninety
what a
diamond light in lamp!
On walked
road lines of steps gone
On distant
hill residence of light
Like full
river seriously flowing
Never
ending song
For spirit which
has hidden
Chestfull of
stars has no fear of dark
for bright
poet like sky of karthika
has no any subordination
of lamps of preface
(preface written
to poetry collection ‘chestful of stars’ (ede
thumba nakshathra) of
love poet k.s.
narasimhaswamy( k.s.na) )
………………………………….end………………………………………..
Few questions:
In this holy
bharatha
There hindus muslims
Christs, Buddhists,
jains.sikhs
Brahmins,lingayaths,
okkaligas
Untouchables exist
. but I am searching
for humans!
Please tell where
they are ?
Along breadth and
length of this country
Countless temples
are present.
Maszids ,matas are
present there are churches
But I am
searching gods
To be present in them
Please kindly tell
Where he is?
To hindus of this
country
There is bhagavdgeetha
Scriptures(shastea)-
epics- agamas
For muslims there
is khur-on
For christs bible
For Sikhs there is
grantha sahib
For lingayatha vachanas
But I am searching
for love! Please
tell; where it is?
…………………………end………………………..
What a god
is?!
What a god you
are? No
Silk yellow clothes,no
diamond crown
No medal(ornament
) of pachche(one ofnavarathnas)
No thrishula
swords ,no bow and arrows
As
though open field ( bayalu) solidified
You are standing
on hill alone
Nacked yogi in
divine silence!
In this country
worship is not for
Those who have
tied up all,to those
who have given up
everything
like
you at peak of victory is there
any
body who gave everything
to looser n
this world?is there
any other
example in history of world?
To this
stand(openion) searching for
Image (symbol) to
chavundaraya how he founded
Your this
big big statue hiden in rock?
From
where is this kind of spirit of gift to non
poet?
You
are great poetry rised up in earthful(soilful)
Consciousful .heard by
great people!
Now we are
in in the midst of market
Holding
balance,measuring all
Gathering by
hitting others
Violence- fear-
tumult(tallana)
Searching path in
your eye light
…………………………..end………………………………..
Observation (avalokana):
What if it
is wheather eighty or eight hundred
For fallen log of
wood without budding
at some
time in mid mid night suddenly
blosoming,opening
the petal of moon light
folding within early
morning
to brahma kamala which
is comparable?
Really how
much creative did welive?
Sum of such
moments is poets –artists
Blessed(sarthaka) life(longevity)
In this
count what is my age?
Still it
became eighty to me
I am not
responsible for that
Up to this day
some how if live
With laugh people like
yous
Love only
is basic support(muladhara) to this.
I have never
gone chasing back
Behind golden deer
Or in some recess
of valleys did not
Did not wait in front of
others
By solving , phloughing
my own land
Have
grown crops by sowing s
Have lighted the
lamps in dark corners
Played
fingures on slept strings
In between hundred trees
and hundred notes(tunes)
My tune is also one I
understand
………………………………..end………………………..
Along with us:
Are along with us: who
walk straight
Like arrow shooted
Who made memories
to remain
Noiseless, the
portion which has come
To his
part,sowing,phloughing, grown the crops
Along with
sun-wind-magi(winter) growing friendship
Who have brought the joy
of harvest to their chest
Name?profit?
designations?(posts)
Have gone beyond those
smiling
Though achieved
like hill (as much as hill)
At end did not count
what is remainder
(In memory
of friendship of prof. l.s. sheshagiri rao)
……………………………….end………………………..
Question:
Full flower
petals ,mother
Why so much
of dust?
To your knot and
god’s head(knot)
How shall I dress
it,tell?
All plants
and and trees seen around
Why is so much bald?
To singing bird
wandering bee
Where is place , tell?
Flowing julu julu
rivers and ponds
Water is dirty so
much?
To swimming
fish,thirsty mouth
is there no right to
live?
Day and night why is so
much
Roll of thousand wheels
In this noise is
not heard
Your cradle song neck.
…………………….end……………………….
Clouds:
Clouds clouds
In every
season mooving in various forms
Progeny of earth and sky
To baked land cooling
pouring mind
Dreams of generous
kindness
Ashada sky vessel
Flowing floods
of imagination
Sharada clouds
sculptures shapes
Talents composing
in sky
Thunder-lightning creating
world
Upsetting plans
Seas swinging without
going beyond banks
forms
of desires of liberation
since long time
creating wonder
floating waterchariot.
…………………………………end………………………..
Sky-earth:
What is worry for sky?
At night shining
starsare there
At day brightful sun I
there
Often there is cool of
moon light
Shape of clouds is there
Lightninf thunder
To this earth always
worry:
From water getting
down from above
Holding in lap ,to be
Collected in inner
depth
Milk feeding is to
be done to green
Singing cradle
song has to swing
the cradle
of crop bunches(tene)
what dries and withers
is to be hiden and kept
hearing sighs and
cries
and consoled
wiping tears laugh is to
be buded
again carrying all these
to be rotated silently
……………………end………………………..
Briefs(chtukas) of
chaithra:
Let us laugh at least
In ugadi day
Rest of through out the
year
Is
there rotary crushing us.
Wicked
duhyasana hemantha
Greenwear of trees and
trees
Sacking making
nacked
Did insult
See
came vasantha season
Standing
somewhere playing flute
Full body of trees
and trees
Weared (made
to wear) new buds
……..
Nose is radish
Eye onon ball
My beauty is of garlics
teeth
Similies of vegetables
Threading like this
Can I live on this
day of yugadi!
A word to
mini poets:
When we go to trip
To reside
Tents are enough
But for
residence
Houses are required
In such mini
poems poet may rest now and then
But should not rest in
them only
……………………….end………………………..
See thanks to you:
In borders of
kargil
Giving chest to
exloosive bombs
Fighting valients
At terrific(fearful)
height
Walking holding
flag of courage
Sparks of valience
Thanks to you
Thanks of
gratitude
White pure himalaya’s
In grand white walls
Laws(shasanas) of blood
letters
Written great soldiers
Thanks to you
Thanks of gratitude.
In
difficult snow peaks
Facing attack
Soldiers who
became hutatmas(self sacrifice)
Responding behind
you
In tears and pride this
whole country
Thanks to you
Thanks of gratitude
…………………………..end……………………………..
Theerthavani:
(translation
of devotional songs of Bengali 1953)
Is it ‘yes’ uma:
Is it yes uma is it yes
uma
What people say is it
real ?
Smearing ashes
of graveyard shiva
Wander’s somewhere!
As
though not having food and cloth
Begs in
towns and towns and eats!
You also to golden
body
Smear that same ashes!
For the sake of
mistake of being your mother
Shall I bear?insult?
Let
again shiva come and call
I Will
say’uma is not in house’
…………………………………..end…………………….
Don’t forget at least
now:
Don’t push me
beyond yout eternal joy
This man
does not know anything except your feet
Death has come and
frowning in front of me
Tell mother
what shall I say ?he is at door
Believing only your name
in ocean of this world
Arose desire of
my boat allowing to float
Boundless
deep dark in sounding in fore water
I never
dreamt that you will drop my hand at once
Remembering your
taraka(high) name here drown drown and rising
Though remembered day
and night pain is endless
Now this time if I drown
and die tomorrow your name
Again nobody will
chant don’t forget at least now
……………………………………….end…………………………………..
Who?:
As
midnight sky as kalmia becoming body
Who is female running?
Like blue lotus
in blood sea
Who is she dancing in
warfield
Who is
this digambere (having directions as clothes) all her three eyes
Rolls like
this into directions !
That trishula
holder treading like like cadever(dead body)
Dances as
earth to shake(vibrate).
…………………………end…………………..
Rare mass:
shining is your
rare beauty mass in deep dark!
By that only
remember you yogis in hills and caves!
Maha
nirvana(liberation) on endless dance in background
Is flowing
continuously peace spilling fragrance!
In this form of mahakala wearing
deep dark dress
Who are you
mother engaged in great Samadhi!
Your
fearless lotus feet twinkling of bright
love in light
Being in
pride(attahasa) your chinmaya face is seen here
……………………………………end……………………………….
Gratitude:
What a kindness
is yours towards human progeny!
If remembered
flood of tears flows!
Since birth I
went beyond your words
Still you in affection
showd mother’s love!
By sweet words joyed
consoling mind
On remembering
this tears flood flowing
By carrying burden
of your love I melted and tired
Without bearing it
further heart is worried pained
By your hand touch of
love solve this pain
By keeping me in
your lotus feet keep and protect me
…………………………….end………………………………….
Boat is drowning:
mother o motherdrowning
is boat
to the bottom of waves
of world’s dark sea!
From sorroundings air of
maya and moha
Is blowing attacking
sounding!
Mind became dull here
enemy class strengthed
Row breaking flag
teared broke and fell
In kindles air
my boat came
Is caught in
this stage today!
See rushing water
inside boat
Tell what can I do
now?
Around tired
eye family of dark your name is to
me telottilu(…………………..)!
……………………………..end………………………….
What wonder worship
is submitted(dedicated) daily:
Kept in plate of sky
like lamps
Arathi of sun and moon
enlighting(being done)
Like
decorating daily your beauty(dress)
Lakhs of stars shining.
Slow slowair rubbing
like dhupa
Air doing fan service
All vanaraji (lioness) lifting
arathi of flowers
Daily shining for you
What a wonderful worship
is done daily
To you
guru who has killd fear and sorrow
Onkara sound
is roaring like thunder
Inside chest of
all moving nonmoving!
O Never
before (apurva) grace your kindness
Request in heart
of nanaka
……………………………..end……………………….
As per your wih:
All going
accordingly to your wish
You are
boat carrying beyond sea of this world
While you are completing
your desire
People think that
is their work(effert)
You hold elephant
in lotus
You carry lame on
to hill
Giving brahmapada(post)
to many throwing
Few in sea of this world
whirl!
You are driving
force I am a machaine!
I am only an empty
house you are it’s manthra!
Wnen I become chariot
,you are it’s conducter(charioter)
If you make to walk I
will walk,this is your world!
…………………………….end………………………..
Dual pain(double pain):
All religions and
deeds(karmas) ended in me
I can’t remember
ghanashyame
By seing my
existence I am shying
I can’t control my
mind by myself
Holding
sword regarding rundamala(garland of heads)
When I was engaged
in worship
Playing flute
shape of vanamali
Comes and stands what
shall I do!
When I am
meditating on thrinethre(three eued)
Lotus eyed comes and
stands in front!
When I
submit(dedicate) flowers to mother’s sripada(feet)
I
was mad of Ghana shyama sundara.
Everything in
worship about ghanashyame
During time of worship
Ghanashyama
sundara making to forget all worship
Comes and stands
in golden bright!
…………………………….end………………………..
To farmer:
The land of your life
has fallen spoiled
You don’t know
even to do agriculture!
What kind of gold you
could have grown(harvested)
If you had worked hard
for few days
Now also fence of
mother sri nama(name)
Build and protect
yourself
Which is better
protection than that?
Ven death can’t come
near you
Today or tomorrowbefore
submitting land to owner
Awake before and
grow crop
Guru given
manthra making it seed and sowing
Pour love water
and clean
Even if this job is
difficult for you
Ramaprasada is to your
help.
…………………………..end……………………….
Even moon’s charm I
burning:
See there supreme shiva
Dances with joy
Dimi dimi dimi sound
drum(damaruga)
Sounding in brahmanda!
Garland of skulls
around neck
Swinging from one
direction to other
Ganga of jade(tuft of
hair of head) is hissing
Severe fire bright
of shula
Is pricking eyes.!
Around waist king
serpent
Is twinkling playing
hood
See in forehead
Even charm of moon is
burning.
…………………………end……………………..
Penance:
In cave of valley
of premagiri(prema hill) I will stand becoming yogi
In divine eternal joy
nirjhara in meditation I will bathe
Rasa(juice
of art) of tatva fruit by
drinking will cool(satisfy) jnana amrutha
Will worship feet
of supreme purushsa(god) by flower
of vairagya(dis interest
To poor water thirst
of chest without searching for well water
By lifting peace
water hearts golden vessel I fill
By
drinking your lotus feet amrutha (sudha) everyday
Smiling,dancing,weeping,singing drowning
in supreme joy
………………………………………..end…………………………………
Where do you search me?
Where do you search
me o my devotee(server)
I am living near you
Even if I am with
you,for me
You are searching at
distance an getting ired
I am not in skin
not in hairs
Not
hiden in bone vessel
Not in teples
muzjid or kasha kailasa
Not available
in dwaraka ,ayodhya
Not in sanyasa, or in
vairagya(disinterest)
I am away from
yogadi siddhi
If searched for
me I am available
………………………………………..end………………………..
You in yourself:
Be you in yourself
mind
Don’t search in
other’s dependence
What you are
searching this type
this is itself
hiden in your chest!
He responds to
call of heart
Touch bead(sparsha
mani) of all siddhies!
Is hiden inside your
heart
Golden mine of all
wealth!
pearls and ratnas (gems)
green crystal
in the temple of heart
dispersed fallen
where you are searching
like a
mad in other’s dependence
…………………………end…………………………s
Search:
To know reality
,god’s god
Mind is
suffering tiring
Resembles
mad wandering in
Locked room.
He is god by
divine love
Does not grace without
shraddha(interest,sincerity)!
Is standing beyond
Veda,scriptures,epics(purana),darshana(vision)
gracing to
devotion,amrutha joy
of heart he is
by
knowing that yogi es
do penance
for epochs and epochs
when devotion
awakens in heart he attacks you
this secret in
worlds market
will not reveal to
people mass!
Sri prasada tells like
this:
I remember in mathru
bhava( mother feel)
Knowing my
hint(instruction)
Know this
truth(reality)
…………………………end……………………..
Prayer:
You are my
everythinhg,my life of life,my inside of inside
Apart from
yourself no body is mine in three worlds
Peace,joy,desire,dependence
again all treasure wealth
You are strength of
intellect and knowledge(jnana)
You are house ,you
are mata,close relative family you are
You are my today
tomorrow,you are heaven and liberation
You are Vedas and
scriptures,you are supreme teacher(guru)
You are residence of
endless (infinet) joy(bliss)
Path you are,goal
you are you are mother and father
Creater you
are,destroyer you are
In sea of life sailor
of my boat you are
………………….end…………………………………………..
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