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?
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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
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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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